Patent ID: 7743935
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: A47G,E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock box, comprising: a. a container; b. a lid hingedly coupled to said container, wherein said lid operates between a closed condition and an open condition; c. a latch having a first latch part coupled to said container and second latch part coupled to said lid, wherein said first latch part comprises a latch member which rotates about a pivot element fixedly engaged to said container, and wherein a first portion of said latch member responds to a latch member rotation generation element which generates directional rotation of a second portion of said latch member about said pivot element, and wherein said second portion of said latch member provides a latch element and a projection element, and wherein said second latch part comprises a first extension element which extends outwardly from said lid and a second extension element which extends outwardly from said lid, and wherein said first extension element and said projection element have a configuration capable of engagement upon directional rotation of said latch member about said pivot element upon a first occurrence of said lid in said closed condition, and wherein said first extension element and said projection element correspondingly provide a first projection element slide surface and a first extension element slide surface configured to provide a distance of slidable engagement upon operation of said lid element toward said open condition sufficient to avoid locked engagement of said latch element with said second extension element upon disengagement of said first projection element slide surface from said first extension element slide surface which allows further directional rotation of said latch member about said pivot element to engage a stop element, and wherein said second extension element provides a second extension element slide surface and said latch element provides a latch element slide surface which slidely engage upon operation of said lid toward said closed condition to generate rotation of said latch member in said opposite directional rotation sufficient to allow locked engagement of said latch element and said second extension element upon a second occurrence of said lid in said closed condition; and d. a lock coupled to said first portion of said latch member having a configuration which operates to rotate said second portion of said latch member in said opposite directional rotation to release locked engagement of said latch member and said second extension element.