Supports – With component frangible or deformable on impact or overload
Patent
1985-10-04
1986-07-08
Machado, Reinaldo P.
Supports
With component frangible or deformable on impact or overload
2483112, 169 51, A62C 2304
Patent
active
045988935
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a retaining device siutable for use in association with articles such as wall mounted fire extinguishers and other articles particularly those articles which require storing in a public access area.
For illustrative purposes, the present invention will be described with reference to fire extinguishers. However it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such applications and it may be used in association with whatever articles may be stored or supported in general access areas.
At present, hand-held and operated fire extinguishers are often mounted in areas accessable to the public such as on walls, either internally or externally of a building. The extinguishers are mounted by means of a bracket assembly and a fastening clip which extends around and retains the extinguisher to the bracket. A disadvantage of this arrangement is that the extinguisher may be easily tampered with and removal of the fire extinguisher from the bracket for the purpose of theft or unauthorised discharge is extremely easy. To overcome this problem, extinguishers are often arranged in a wall mounted box having a hinged glass front panel. Emergency access is gained to the extinguisher by breaking the glass at the front of the box. In such a box the hinged front is normally locked to the sides of the box such as to allow access for servicing purposes. A disadvantage of this arrangement is that the box construction is expensive, relatively large in size and lacking in aesthetic appearance. Furthermore, theft of the extinguishers from such boxes is relatively easy as most boxes include a screwed lid which may be easily unscrewed to allow access to the interior of the box.
A further disadvantage of such boxes is that when the glass at the front of the box is broken in emergency situations, pieces of the glass tend to remain fixed in the supporting frame. These glass fragments provide a dangerous protrusion to a person trying to obtain quick access to the extinguisher within the box. Additionally, such conventional boxes also do not provide full visibility of the extinguisher such that in many situations for example when one is in an emergency situation and is looking from the side or top of the box, it is difficult to locate the extinguisher or to determine whether the extinguisher is still in the box.
The present invention aims to alleviate the above disadvantages associated with fire extinguisher storage and to provide an improved locking device for use with articles such as fire extinguishers or the like. Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description.
With the foregoing and other objects in view this invention in one aspect resides broadly in a securing assembly for securing an article to a support in a selected location, said securing assembly including retaining means and link means co-operable therewith so as to retain said article in said selected location and said link means being removable to permit said article to be removed from said location.
According to a further aspect, this invention resides broadly in a securing assembly for securing an article to a support in a selected location, said securing assembly including:
retaining means, link means and locking means, said retaining means and said link means being co-operable to retain said article in said selected location; said locking means being releasable to permit said article to be removed from said selected location, and said link means being dislodgable to permit said article to be removed from said selected location.
Preferably the link means is formed of a frangible material whereby it may be removed or dislodged by being broken. In one form the link means has a glass panel.
Suitably the retaining means is adapted to extend part way around the article to be secured whereby the article may be removed from an operative position within the retaining means to a position remote therefrom and said link means is co-operable with said retaining means to form therewith an enclosure a
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