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US-12618282-B2 - Securable vehicular lock box

US12618282B2US 12618282 B2US12618282 B2US 12618282B2US-12618282-B2

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a lock box that includes an upper portion, a lower portion, a lock, and a hinge. The lower portion is connected to upper portion. One or more connectors are attached to the lower portion and are detachably connectable to one or more anchors. The lock locks the upper portion and the lower portion together at a first end. The hinge connecting the upper portion and the lower portion together at a second end.

Inventors

  • Skyler Baird

Assignees

  • Skyler Baird

Dates

Publication Date
20260505
Application Date
20221101

Claims (18)

  1. 1 . A lock box comprising: an upper portion; a lower portion connected to upper portion, the lower portion comprising: a first connector and a second connector both extending away from the lower portion and detachably connectable to respective anchors, the first connector and the second connector connecting to the respective anchors via a first catch in the first connector and a second catch in the second connector, wherein the first catch is disposed in a portion of the first connector that extends away from the lower portion of the lock box and the second catch is disposed in a portion of the second connector that extends away from the lower portion of the lock box, wherein the first connector and the second connector each include a release mechanism that is wholly disposed inside the lock box and accessible only from inside the lock box; a lock detachably connecting the upper portion and the lower portion together at a first end; and a hinge connecting the upper portion and the lower portion together at a second end.
  2. 2 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein the lock locks the first connector to a first anchor and a second connector to a second anchor.
  3. 3 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein the first connector and the second connector are attached to the posterior portion of the lower portion of the lock box.
  4. 4 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein the first connector and the second connector are connectable to anchors in a vehicle installed in a child seat securing system configuration.
  5. 5 . The lock box of claim 1 , the lock box further comprising: a handle.
  6. 6 . The lock box of claim 1 , the upper portion further comprising one or more child seat attachments.
  7. 7 . The lock box of claim 6 , wherein the one or more child seat attachments are attachable to a child seat.
  8. 8 . The lock box of claim 7 , the lock box further comprising: a seat strap.
  9. 9 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein the first connector and the second connector are attached to a flexible connection.
  10. 10 . The lock box of claim 9 , wherein the first connector and the second connector are attached to a rigid connection.
  11. 11 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein the first connector and the second connector are attached to a side portion of the bottom portion of the lock box.
  12. 12 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein the first connector and the second connector are attached to a belt.
  13. 13 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein unlocking the lock detaches a connection between the top portion and the bottom portion of the lockbox and the first connector and the second connector at the same time.
  14. 14 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein the lock disconnects the first connector and the second connector from their respective anchors without detaching the connection between the top portions and the bottom portions of the lock box.
  15. 15 . The lock box of claim 1 , wherein the first connector and the second connector each further comprising: a lock.
  16. 16 . The lock box of claim 1 , the lock box further comprising: a rail.
  17. 17 . The lock box of claim 16 , the lock box further comprising: a slide connected to the rail.
  18. 18 . The lock box of claim 17 , where the slide further comprising: a lock.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The disclosure relates generally to a lock box that is securable to a vehicle using existing vehicle components and components of the lock box. BACKGROUND The earliest known strongbox was found in Egypt in the tomb of Ramesses II and dates back to around 1300 BCE. Another ancient strongbox was preserved in Pompei, Italy due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Accordingly, strong boxes have been used for millennia to secure valuable items. Strongboxes have often been equipped with a lock allowing only the person with the key or combination to access the contents found therein. The durable nature of the strongbox made it difficult to break, but also made it heavy and difficult to transport. As a result, strongboxes were often placed and secured in a particular location. As modes of transportation have changed, the need for strongboxes to be transported increased. As these modes of transportation developed throughout the ages so too did the tactics of thieves, pirates, and outlaws who pursued the vehicles to try to acquire, illegally or otherwise, any valuables in the strongboxes. During the mid to late 1800s in the United States, stagecoach and train robberies became popular. Famous outlaws such as Jessie James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid found strongboxes to provide quick and easy money, albeit ill-gotten quick and easy money. To combat train robberies large heavy strongboxes were installed in trains and were guarded by armed guards. Stagecoaches during this time, to keep valuables safe, employed an armed guard and bolted the strongbox to the stagecoach with varying success. The drawback to heavy strongboxes is it makes the strongboxes difficult to transport from one mode of transportation to another. If the strongboxes were to remain in the train or stagecoach, not only did the strongbox add weight to the vehicle, but it required loading at the beginning of the trip and unloading once the destination was reached, frequently in unpredictably safe locations. The loading and unloading of a vehicle often occurred with other people around making the valuable cargo more vulnerable during these times. Today in the United States, the most popular form of transportation in is a vehicle i.e., a car, truck, or van. Almost every vehicle manufactured since 2002 and sold in the U.S. is equipped with anchor for a child seat connection system called Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (“LATCH”). These standards were developed to provide a way to correctly install child seats in a vehicle without using a seatbelt. As a result, seats in vehicles in the US, manufactured in or after 2002 in the US, are equipped with certain anchors that are secured to a frame of the vehicle seat. These anchors within the child seat securing systems provide a connection point for child car seats. Other names of similar child seat anchor systems include: ISOFIX (“International Standards Organisation Fix”), CANfix child seat anchor system from Canada, LUAS (“Lower Universal Anchor System”), and the UCSSS (“Universal Child Seat Safety System”). Though the LATCH system and other systems, provide a secure location to position a child car seat it does not provide any security for other valuables in a vehicle. Items in a vehicle are routinely stolen. Windows in these vehicles that allow a driver and passengers to see what is going on around the vehicle also provide thieves with a view of the contents within the vehicle. A glass window is a poor deterrent for a valuable item, in many cases. Within moments a “smash and grab” thief can strip a car of all valuables. Most vehicles do have a glove compartment, but most glove compartments are made of plastic and are easily compromised, if locked at all. Furthermore, glove compartments may do more to point to the location of the valuable items than to deter thieves from stealing them. Locked consoles function similarly to glove compartments and signal to a thief where valuable items are likely to be found. SUMMARY Disclosed herein is a secured vehicular lock box. The vehicular lock box is a lock box that includes an upper portion, a lower portion, a lock, and a hinge. The lower portion is connected to upper portion. One or more connectors are attached to the lower portion and are detachably connectable to one or more anchors. The lock locks the upper portion and the lower portion together at a first end. The hinge connecting the upper portion and the lower portion together at a second BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Non-limiting and non-exhaustive implementations of the present disclosure are described with reference to the following figures, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various views unless otherwise specified. Advantages of the present disclosure will become better understood with regard to the following description and accompanying drawings: FIG. 1 illustrates a top view of an embodiment of an unattached closed vehicular lock box.