Portable utility container with latch and mount

Details Portable utility container with latch and mount Portable utility container with latch and mount

1993-05-17

1995-03-07

Shoap, Allan N.

Package and article carriers

Vehicle attached

Platform attached

224319, 296376, B60R 900

Patent

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053950194

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a universal equipment mounting device. It includes a portable utility container having a bottom, sides and a top and capable of being locked; a mount adapted for interlocking with the portable utility container, and a latch attached to either of the portable utility container or the mount and adapted to interact with the other of the portable utility container and the mount so as to releasably connect the portable utility container to the mount. The invention is further characterized in that one of the portable utility container and the mount contains a male counterpart of a male-female interlock and the other of the portable utility container and the mount contains a female counterpart of a male-female interlock. The device is adapted such that the portable utility container is slidable onto the mount and is further securable thereto by means of the latch. In preferred embodiments, a plurality of mounts is used.

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