Secure storage chamber

Abstract

A portable storage chamber, including a collapsible pen forming the sidewalls of the chamber; and a lid arrangement of the chamber, lockable to enclose a top edge of the pen when the pen is erected; and at least one fitment provided on the chamber and fixable to a floor of a worksite.

1 . A portable storage chamber, comprising:
 a collapsible pen forming the sidewalls of the chamber; and   a lid arrangement of the chamber, lockable to enclose a top edge of the pen when the pen is erected; and   at least one fitment provided on the chamber and fixable to a floor of a worksite.   
   
   
       2 . A chamber according to  claim 1  wherein the sidewalls of the chamber are permanently connected to each other so as to form the pen. 
   
   
       3 . A chamber according to  claim 1  wherein the sidewalls are hingedly connected so as to form the pen. 
   
   
       4 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , wherein the lid arrangement comprises a panel permanently hingedly connected to a sidewall of the pen. 
   
   
       5 . A chamber according to  claim 4  wherein the hinged connection comprises one or more hinge elements, in which each hinge element is hingedly connected to the lid arrangement and is hingedly connected to the sidewall. 
   
   
       6 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , wherein the lid arrangement is formed with a lip suitable for overlapping the top edge of the pen when the pen is erected. 
   
   
       7 . A chamber according to  claim 6 , wherein the hinged connection comprises one or more hinge elements, in which each hinge element is hingedly connected to the lid arrangement and is hingedly connected to the sidewall, and wherein the lip encloses the or each hinge element when the lid is closed. 
   
   
       8 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one lockable connector arrangement is provided between a side wall of the pen and the lid arrangement. 
   
   
       9 . A chamber according to  claim 8  wherein the or each lockable connector comprises a loop fitted to one of the sidewall or the lid and a flange hingedly fitted to the other of the sidewall or the lid and formed with a through hole for fitment over the loop. 
   
   
       10 . A chamber according to  claim 8  wherein the or each lockable connector comprises at least one loop depending from the lid and one or more corresponding through holes in one or more rim portions formed in the upper end of the sidewall, with each rim portion formed above a recess in the sidewall, wherein when the lid is closed, each loop passes through the corresponding through hole in the rim portion and into the or one of the recesses. 
   
   
       11 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , wherein the or each fitment is located at a bottom edge of the pen. 
   
   
       12 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , wherein the or each fitment is formed as a flange formed with a through hole. 
   
   
       13 . A chamber according to  claim 12  wherein the or each through hole is reinforced with a liner. 
   
   
       14 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , wherein the or each fitment extends inwardly from the sidewalls of the pen. 
   
   
       15 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , additionally including a detachable base, which can be releaseably fitted within the pen of the chamber, at the base of the pen. 
   
   
       16 . A chamber according to  claim 15  wherein the detachable base can be releaseably fitted within the lid arrangement, when not in use. 
   
   
       17 . A chamber according to  claim 1  having four side walls, hingedly connected to each other so as to form an enclosure and comprising: a pair rigid panels forming opposing primary sidewalls;
 a pair of foldable panels forming opposing secondary sidewalls; and each foldable panel comprising at least one fold line extending from a bottom edge to the top edge of that panel; wherein the pen is collapsed by folding the fold lines of the opposing secondary sidewalls towards each other and moving the primary sidewalls towards each other so as to entrap the folded secondary sidewalls between the primary sidewalls.   
   
   
       18 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , wherein the pen fits at least partly within the lid arrangement when the pen is collapsed. 
   
   
       19 . A chamber according to  claim 18 , wherein at least part of the pen fits within the lip of the lid arrangement when the pen is collapsed. 
   
   
       20 . A chamber according to  claim 18 , wherein a releasable latch arrangement is provided between the lid arrangement and the collapsed pen for releasably latching the collapsed pen within the lid arrangement. 
   
   
       21 . A chamber according to  claim 17 , wherein each foldable panel comprises a pair of ridged panel members hingedly connected to each other at the centre of the foldable panel. 
   
   
       22 . A chamber according to  claim 17 , wherein each foldable panel comprises a release tab, which is engageable to fold the foldable panel. 
   
   
       23 . A chamber according to  claim 1 , wherein at least the sidewalls and a panel portion of the lid arrangement are formed from a tough plastic or plastics material.