GB2306191A

GB2306191A - A device for securing portable equipment

Info

Publication number: GB2306191A
Application number: GB9521702A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Brian Richard Clack; Geoffrey Wallace Tett
Original assignee: DELTA 3 Ltd
Current assignee: DELTA 3 Ltd
Priority date: 1995-10-11
Filing date: 1995-10-11
Publication date: 1997-04-30
Also published as: GB9521702D0

Abstract

The device comprises a profiled plate 10 incorporating a pivotal running block 12 which is secured through or to the desired surface by a flanged pivot bolt 19. The pivotal running block is entrapped within the profiled plate 10 by the insertion of a security bolt 16 and stop block 22 at one end and stop/accessory attachment block 24 secured by stop pins 14 at the other. Once installed, the complete unit is concealed from general view. The profiled box plate also allows for the attachment of ancillary apparatus 20 to facilitate the protection of components within the equipment secured via matching incremental inter-locking profiles on the ancillary apparatus and profiled box plate 10 and stop/accessory attachment block 24.

Description

This invention relates to a device for securing portable equipment and its components.

There are a variety of devices for securing portable equipment.

The rnaioritv emDbv obtrusive cvlinder or lever bcks which toaetherwith associated aDDaratus of various forms aenerallv result in non-adustable installations. The rnaioritv of these installations still leave components vulnerable.

According to the present invention obtrusive and vulnerable keyed locks have been dispensed with in favour of a unique security bolt system, requiring individually matched tools for insertion and removal, capable of being produced in a large number of unique keyed variations. This method allows the device to be concealed from general view.

The main body of the apparatus comprises a profiled box plate incorporating a captive pivotal running block; both are uniquely profiled such that they inter-tock when sul:lected to a lateral bending moment. The main body is also profiled for the attachment of ancillary apparatus. The pivotal running block is captive within the profiled box plate once the security bolt is installed.

The pivotal running block itself is secured by a purpose made flanged stud or bolt passed through the surface to be affixed and secured within the depth of the running block body by circlipfbcking pin or any known engineering practice.

The profiled box plate is designed to be affixed by either bonding, bolting, screwing, welding, riveting or by any known engineering practice to the equipment to be secured.

This configuration albws full 360" rotational movement with fore and aft or alternatively lateral movement at any point of arc dependent on installation.

The attachment of ancillary apparatus of various types (for the protection of components for example) to the profiled box plate is achieved by the use of incremental inter-locking profiles of various configurations held in register by the installation of pins, bolts or screws.

A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described bv wav of example with reference to the accomnanvina drawina in which: Figure 1 shares an exploded isometric of the complete unit as described before.

Referring to the drawing, the device comprises a profiled box plate 10 that incorporates guide channels 11 to accommodate pivotal running b lock 12 and profiled channels for the attachment of ancillary apparatus 13. Stop pins 14 and stop/accessory attachment block 24 prevent egress of the pivotal running block at one end and a drilled threaded rebate 15 across the full width to entrap the pivotal running block once the unique security bolt 16 and blanking block 22 have been inserted into it.

The invention has been designed to be made and fabricated in various materials in all known engineering practice, one preferred method of manufacture is by extruded aluminium section.

The pivotal running block 12 is profiled to produce a sliding fit within the profile of box plate 10 and to inter-lock with itwhen box plate 10 is sul:iected to a lateral bending moment-see 23, and is rebated along the entire top surface 17 and vertically drilled on the centre point 18 to receive the flanged pivot stud or bolt 19.

The pivot bolt 19 is manufactured to pass through the surface to which portable equipment is to be secured and thence through hole 18 in pivotal running block 12 and secured within channel 17 over a thrust washer, by circlipthcking pin or any knawn general engineering practice.

The unique security bolt 16 is manufactured in a variety of formats and engineering techniques which comprise a mechanism manufactured in such a way as to necessitate individually mated tools to insert and extract. One method of which would be a bolt 16 internally and extemalty threaded requiring a similar threaded insertionlextraction tool. The security bolt 16 is passed into drilled hole 15 and through stop block 22 using special insertion tool to engage internal thread in trilled hole 15 ! entrap the pivotal running block 12.

The profiled box plate 10 having been appropriately attached to the portable equipment to be secured and pivotal running block 12 having been attached to the surface to which the portable equipment is to be secured by flanged pivot stud or bolt the profiled box plate 10 is then engaged over pivotal running block 12 and the securing bolt 16 and stop block 22 inserted and the insertion tool removed.

The attachment of ancillary apparatus of various types is achieved by the incremental inter-locking profiles 20 mating those within channels 13 on profiled box plate 10 held in lateral register by the insertion of pins, bolts or screws 21 or any known engineering practice.

Ancillary apparatus is also attached to box plate 10 via stop block 24 by pins or screws or any known engineering practice.

Claims

A A device for securing portable equipment that provides for the apparatus to be installed in such a way as to conceal the apparatus from general view.
2 A device for securing portable equipment as claimed in Cbim wherein the device eliminates the use of obtrusive and vulnerable locks.
3 A device for securing portable equipment as claimed in Claim 2, wherein the device incorporates a unique securing system requiring the use of individually matched tools for insertion and removal.
4 A device for securing portable equipment as claimed in Claim 1 and Claim 3, wherein the device incorporates a captive pivotal running block which when installed with a purpose made st[l > l]ud or bolt allows 360" rotational movement with fore and aft or alternatively lateral movement at any point of arc depending on installation.
5 A device for securing portable equipment as claimed in Claim 4 wherein the profiled box plate 10 inter-locks with the pivotal running block

12 when profiled box plate 10 is subjected to a lateral bending moment.
6 A device for securing portable equipment as claimed in Claim 1 and Claim 4, wherein the device may be affked above or below a horizontal surface or to a vertical surface.
7 A device for securing portable equipment as claimed in Claim 4 wherein the device incorporates incremental inter-locking profiles for the attachment of ancillary apparatus of various types.
8 A device for securing portable equipment as claimed in Claim 4 and Claim 7 wherein the device incorporates a unique stop block ancillary apparatus anchor 24.
9 A device for securing portable equipment as claimed in Claim 6, wherein ancillary devices incorporating unique incremental inter-locking profiles matching profiles as claimed in Claim 6 for the protection of components of secured equipment.
10 A device for securing portable equipment substantially as described herein with reference to Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing;