The Company
PowerPrize Limited started as a new products R&D company. It is managed by Dr Efim Rabinovitch, a scientist and author of many granted patents, who founded the company in London in 1998. He received his PhD from St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University 'LETI' in 1988. Before that he got MSc from Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) in 1978 and BSc from Tbilisi State University in 1972.
Dr Rabinovitch was inspired to start working on the lifesaving secure letter box by an arson attack through a letter box reported in the Evening Standard in May 2000 that killed four generations of one family.
Further research showed that this was not an isolated accident. The deliberate fire setting is a national problem in the UK.
In House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8 May 2001 (pt 13) Mr. Hawkins said: "It is not hard to envisage the consequences of such an unpleasant attack, in which petrol is poured through someone's letter box and set alight. We see that all too frequently in our towns and inner cities. In many of those tragic cases of criminal arson, people in the house have no connection with the subject of the grudge attack, and young children have been burned to death."
Police service reports that 95% of deliberate fires offences in dwellings involve accelerant introduced through the letterplate. Police also estimates that 5% of high-value vehicles in the UK were stolen by stealing car keys through a letterplate.
Arson is a growing problem for businesses too. Each year there are over 3,100 arson attacks on shops, cafes and small businesses. Arson claims cost over half (51%) of all insurance claims for businesses made in the last quarter of 2006 and the number of cases was further up by nearly 19% in the first half of 2007.
The current and the emerging situations are reasons enough for concern to the public, the fire security and police sectors. ACPO Crime Prevention Initiatives arranged a meeting in 2007 in order to discuss the situation with letter box related crime attacks on a property and to consider separate provision for the depositing of mail.
However, clearly, it is much more convenient and safe to have your mail delivered through the front door letter box rather than having to walk out into the cold and rain to retrieve your mail from the outdoors fitted mail box. Plus you will be letting warm air out through the open door and the mail box is often subjected to vandalism and mail theft. Add to that the nuisance of the locks and keys that tend to get lost.
Besides, it is a legal requirement in the UK since 19th century that the mail "must go through" the door and there are millions of domestic and non-domestic properties with the letterplate that needs protection.
Locking the letterplate would disrupt the mail delivery, so it defeats the purpose of the letter box and is not an option.
The concept of fitting a fire extinguisher into a private letter box seems bizarre and has many disadvantages. For example, small fire extinguisher fitted inside the letter box may cope with the burning paper, but it would be useless in stopping the real world threat when litres of petrol are poured in.
Also, the fire extinguishing action may begin only after the problem, such as fire, had started. This may be too late to stop the explosion and cannot protect against noxious substances that do not give rise to temperature. There will be no protection against the second and further arson attempts, the fire extinguisher needs periodic maintenance and replacement, etc.
So it was a huge challenge to create the letter box solution that would meet the new needs of the 21st century. It had to be super secure, with protection against liquids, maintenance-free, house energy saving, suitable for non-invasive fitting to most doors/door materials at any level and affordable. Protection against liquids is vital since liquid inflammable is more dangerous than the solid one. It gives out twice as much heat from the same mass, burns twice as fast and liquid inflammables are often used in letter box arson attacks. The company has completed research, conceptual design and development stages of a revolutionary new concept for letter/mail box design and engineering. A portfolio of key patents was secured.
A new brand IdealGuard™ products' samples were developed, manufactured, tested and demonstrated to a number of trades. They were also exhibited at the International FireExpo2007 in NEC Birmingham.
IdealGuard™ is a Trade Mark for the patented secure letter/mail box products, which were designed and developed by PowerPrize Limited. IdealGuard™ products are a real breakthrough. Secure by design, they generated evident buzz in the industry, received a remarkably good testimonials from the professionals and were awarded with a number of free publications in the professional media.
Recently the IdealGuard™ cutting edge concept was translated into the commercial arena with more advanced multi-functional IdealGuard™ secure letter box products. These lifesaving, ethical and green products, which pay for themselves, are highly beneficial for customers.
IdealGuard™ unique products are now exclusively available to buy from PowerPrize Limited. Do not miss this opportunity of a lifetime that would result in tremendous benefits for you, your family and/or business.
IdealGuard™ IS THE MOST ADVANCED SECURE LETTER BOX, WHICH IS MAINTENANCE-FREE, PAYS FOR ITSELF AND INTEGRATES MULTIPLE BENEFITS IN ONE PRODUCT