Patent ID: 6125668
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A security storage container, comprising:a box having an open top;a lid hingedly connected to said box and movable between open and closed positions;a plurality of first ledges disposed on said box;a plurality of second ledges disposed on said lid;said second ledges being adjacent said first ledges when said lid is in said closed position;a slide latch slidably carried by said lid and movable between locked and unlocked positions, said slide latch holding said lid closed when in said locked position; said slide latch carried on the outside of said lid; said slide latch being retained on said lid when said lid is in the open position;a plurality of tangs on said slide latch, one of said tangs being disposed under one of said second ledges when said slide latch is in said unlocked position; one of said tangs being at least partially disposed under one of said first ledges when said slide latch is in said locked position;a lock mechanism that locks said slide latch in said locked position; said lock mechanism only being unlocked with a special key; anda lip on said box, said first ledges disposed above said lip to form a locking channel between each first ledge and said lip.