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Anti-theft Thermos

 To keep people from stealing your food at work.
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Put simply, a thermos with a combination lock. The way I envision this is to have a collar around the lid, and you have to turn the collar in the right combination to unlock the lid. This idea is posted in response to an alarming number of complaints from employees lately about going to the breakroom to find their lunch missing from the refrigerator.

I don't know if this is baked or not... I did a google search for "anti-theft thermos" and "locking thermos" and didn't find anything like this. There are lots of "locking" ones, but the term locking just means it clamps shut securely to keep the stuff inside from spilling out. Anynone can open it.

—21 Quest, Jan 13 2007

I Goooogled for 'lockable thermos'... http://www.freepate....com/EP1433407.html
...and got this. [angel, Jan 13 2007]

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       Note: After further searching the HB, I see this is possibly redundant with "lockable bottle" but there's quite a difference in the mechanism used, so I think it still stands on its own.
—21 Quest, Jan 13 2007
   

       Until it's invented for real you ought to consider leaving a flask in the fridge whose contents are laced with laxative*. That'll sort the lowlife out.   

       *nah, f**k it, make it rat poison. More fitting.
—boysparks, Jan 13 2007
   

       How did that come up, angel? It doesn't say anywhere that it locks! I don't understand Google sometimes....
—21 Quest, Jan 13 2007
   

       It does say 'lockable' in a couple of places in the text, but makes no mention of whether that means 'clamps shut' or 'prevents access', and doesn't appear to mention a mechanism regardless.   

       It's nothing like this idea, which may be angel's point.
—boysparks, Jan 13 2007
   

       The cup that fits on top could double up as the combination wheel, with numbers printed around its perimeter .... time for coffee - so that's left 21, right 36, left 72, right 5.... or was it? Bashes thermos against wall in frustration +
—xenzag, Jan 13 2007
   


 

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