GB2167785A

GB2167785A - Safety shed

Info

Publication number: GB2167785A
Application number: GB08528869A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Stanley Batty
Original assignee: Batty S & E
Current assignee: Batty S & E
Priority date: 1984-11-29
Filing date: 1985-11-22
Publication date: 1986-06-04
Also published as: GB8430144D0; GB8528869D0

Abstract

A safety shed within which a motor cycle or motor mower for example can be locked to be protected against inclement weather and against being stolen or damaged. So that the motor cycle or motor mower cannot be removed from the shed even if the usual wooden panelling is removed by a determined thief, it is capable of being mounted on a manually operable bogey (16) which can be trundled into or out of the shed, the bogey being capable of being locked in position within the shed, and the shed having a metal frame to which the wooden panelling as secured and which will prevent the removal of the item concerned even if the wooden panelling is removed. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Safety shed The invention relates to a safety shed, for example a shed for the safe keeping of a motor cycle or of a motor mower.

The most popular means for housing a motor cycle for example is probably in a garden hut. However, there are many instances where lack of available space for even a small garden hut means that a motor cycle must be left unprotected or possibly protected only against inclement weather by means of waterproof sheeting. In such cases there is a great danger that the motor cycle may be stolen or damaged.

There is of course a somewhat lesser danger that a motor cycle or expensive motor mower for example can be stolen or damaged, although housed in a garden shed, because even though the door may be securely locked, a determined thief or vandal may conceivably be able to remove the usual wooden panelling of the shed to gain access to the shed and possibly to remove the item housed within it.

The object of the invention is to at least alleviate the difficulties referred to above.

According to the invention, there is provided a safety shed having a manually operable bogey which can be trundled into or out of the shed with the motor cycle or motor mower or the like mounted on it, the bogey being capable of being locked in position within the shed and the shed itself having a metal frame so that even if the outer cladding of the shed is broken away from the frame a potential thief will be unable to remove the motor cycle or motor mower from within the remaining metal frame. The shed may be of a size little greater in its overall dimensions that the motor cycle or motor mower itself. The metal frame will preferably be of either welded or riveted construction so that it will not be easy to dismantle if the outer cladding is broken away. The door or doors of the shed may be pivotally connected to a side wall or to side walls of the shed.On the other hand the door could be pivotally connected at its lower edge to an outer end of the bogey and serve as a ramp up which the motor cycle or motor mower, as the case may be, can be driven onto the bogey when said door has been lowered to rest on the ground.

In order that the invention may be fully understood and readily carried into effect, the same will now be described, by way of example, only with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a motor cycle shed embodying the invention; Figure 2 is a side view thereof, and Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a possible modification which will be referred to.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the motor cycle safety shed there illustrated is of relatively small size, being little greater in its overall dimensions than the motor cycle which it is to contain. (It is certainly too small to allow the entry of the motor cycle and rider together). As shown, the shed has a metal frame 10, the corners of the frame being welded, and wood cladding 12 has been secured to the metal frame by means of coach bolts 14. (It will be understood that the wood cladding may be constituted either by tongued and grooved boards or by sheets of wood, preferably of marine ply).

The shed has a manually operable bogey 16 which is mounted on small wheels 18 so that it can very easily be trundled into or out of the shed. The wheels 18 at an inner end of the bogey engage longitudinal frame members 19 of the shed (these being lengths of channel laid on edge) but the wheels at the outer end of the bogey are arranged to roll along the ground in front of the shed when doors 20,20 have been opened. (The doors are also metal framed and the arrangement is such that when they have been padlocked in closed condition, the lock joins together metal frame members of the two doors). When the doors have been locked shut, even if the outer cladding of the shed is broken away from the frame, a potential thief will be unable to remove the motor cycle from within the remaining metal frame.Because the corners of the frame are welded, a potential thief will not easily be able to detach one or more of the frame members in order to remove the motor cycle from within the frame.

It will be understood that unless the padlock of the doors is able to be opened, or possibly removed by means of bolt cutters, the bogey on which the motor cycle is mounted will not be able to be removed from within the metal frame even if the outer cladding is broken away from the frame. However, as an extra safeguard, the bogey could be independently locked within the frame by any suitable means.

Various other modifications may be made.

For example, the shed could be adapted for the storage of a motor mower rather than of a motor cycle. It will be understood that the shed need not necessarily be provided with a pair of doors hinged to the respective side walls as in the illustrated example. It could have a single door hingedly connected to one side wall. On the other hand such a single door could be an up-and-over door or could be hinged along its bottom edge so that it can be lowered to act as a loading ramp. If able to be lowered to act as a loading ramp, the door may be hingedly connected to the frame of the shed so that when lowered it acts-as a ramp on which the bogey can be trundled in or out of the shed.Alternately, the door may be hingedly connected to the bogey so that when the latter has been trundled out of the shed, the lowered door can be used as a ramp up which the motor cycle or motor mower, as the case may be, can be driven onto the bogey.

Referring now to Fig. 3, there is there 'illus- trated a possible modification in which the door or doors of the shed are provided with a lockable handle 22 and the handle is connected to means for locking the bogey within the shed. As shown, the means for locking the bogey within the shed are constituted by a pair of bolts 24,24 carried by the bogey and capable of being extended laterally to engage holes 26,26 in the lengths of channel laid on edge with which the wheels 16 engage. The bolts are urged towards each other, that is to say towards their inoperative positions, by respective springs 28. When in their inoperative positions their domed heads 30,30 abut together as shown in full lines in Fig. 3.

However, when the doors are shut and the handle moved to the locked position, the linkage arrangement shown forces a semi-spherical actuating member 32 between the domed heads 30,30 of the bolts to urge the latter outwards to their operative positions in engagement with the lengths of channel.

Other modifications could be made. For example, if the shed is to be placed on soft ground, it may be provided with a pair of track members which may be drawn out from beneath it and on which the wheels at the outer end of the bogey can ride. The shed could be provided with a collapsible work bench and/or with a helmet and tool store. It will of course be understood that the shed need not necessarily be provided with a ridged roof as illustrated in the drawings. It could have a flat or sloping roof if preferred.

The inner end of the bogey will preferably be provided with locking means to prevent the bogey from moving when being loaded or unloaded. Such locking means may be similar to the locking means illustrated in Fig. 3 but be engageable and disengageable by a separate lever. On the other hand, the locking means may be engageable automatically by spring means when the bogey is drawn out from the shed, the lever simply being employed to disengage the locking means when it is desired to return the bodey to its position within the shed.

Claims

1. A safety shed for a motor cycle or motor mower, having a manually operable bogey which can be trundled into or out of the shed with the motor cycle or motor mower or the like mounted on it, the bogey being capable of being locked in position within the shed and the shed itself having a metal frame so that even if the outer cladding of the shed is broken away from the frame a potential thief will be unable to remove the motor cycle or motor mower from within the remaining metal frame.

2. A safety shed according to claim 1, of a size little greater in its overall dimensions than the motor cycle or motor mower itself.

3. A safety shed according to either one of the preceding claims, in which the metal frame is of either welded or riveted construction so that it will not be easy to dismantle if the outer cladding is broken away.

4. A safety shed according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the door or doors of the shed are pivotally connected to a side wall or to side walls of the shed.

5. A safety shed according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in which the door is pivotally connected at its lower edge to an outer end of the bogey and serves as a ramp up which the motor cycle or motor mower, as the case may be, can be driven onto the bogey when said door has been lowered to rest on the ground.

6. A safety shed constructed, arranged and adapted to be used substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.