Wednesday a delegation of the finest Toool members visited the Safety & Security 2007 exhibition in Amsterdam. Besides the usual lock manufacturers there was not a lot of news.
One thing did caught my eye … secure suitcases and briefcases.
As you might know I am a big fan of clever inventions and good design work. And this range of cases seemed to have both.
I spoke with the inventor, Mr. Graham Sharp, for a long time. He told me a lot about the cases and got me really enthusiastic about them.
The design is clever. Lightweight trough use of a special aluminum alloy, and a 6 millimeter thick steel cable that keeps the case in place in your hotel room or car trunk.
Also clever is the use of the extremely hard to bypass ASSA desmo lock, witch key can only be removed when it is in the locked position.
The briefcase model is secured against prying it open with a screwdriver by using a high latch that falls into a deep groove at the sides of the case. Maybe not to clear to see on these images, but very well designed.
These products are certainly high on my wish list for carrying my laptop around or when traveling abroad. Too bad I was not around on the last day of the fair to try buy the demo models (for a special price of course) ….
But then again, they were pretty lightweight so I do not think Mr Sharp had a hard time carrying them back to the UK ….
And for our Dutch readers: Het FMC was ook ter plaatse op de beurs en wierp een zeer kritische blik op een nieuwe KPN dienst.