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US 12,729,581 B2Granted
Safe and safe locking mechanism
AssigneeSteelhead Outdoors LLC
InventorsCorey Daniel Meyer, Charles Gordon Pehrson
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Abstract
Certain embodiments provide a safe comprising a plurality of panels. The plurality of panels can include a top panel, a base panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a rear panel and a door. The first side panel includes a vertical receiving bar having a plurality of slots. The door includes a vertical protruding bar having a plurality of protrusions that extend into the plurality of slots. A handle assembly is provided that moves the vertical protruding bar between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration. A locking assembly is provided that locks the vertical protruding bar in the lowered configuration.
Claims31
A safe assembly comprising a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels comprising:
- a top panel;
- a base panel;
- a first side panel, comprising:
- a plurality of first side panel walls comprising a first side panel side wall and a first side panel front wall;
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- a vertical receiving bar, the vertical receiving bar being spaced inward the first side panel side wall and the first side panel front wall, the vertical receiving bar comprising a plurality of slots spaced along a longitudinal length of the vertical receiving bar;
- a second side panel;
- a door, comprising:
- a plurality of door walls comprising a door front wall and a door side wall;
- a vertical protruding bar, the vertical protruding bar being spaced inward the door front wall and the door side wall, the vertical protruding bar comprising a plurality of protrusions spaced along a longitudinal length of the vertical protruding bar, the plurality of protrusions being configured to insert into the plurality of slots on the vertical receiving bar, the vertical protruding bar being movable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, the vertical protruding bar including a row of threading holes spaced longitudinally along the longitudinal length of the vertical protruding bar;
- a handle assembly provided in the door front wall and being operably connected to the vertical protruding bar to move the vertical protruding bar between the raised configuration and the lowered configuration, the handle assembly including a teethed component having a plurality of teeth positioned about an outer circular circumference of the teethed component that rotatably engage the row of threading holes to move the vertical protruding bar between the raised configuration and the lowered configuration;
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- a lock assembly provided in the door front wall and being operably connected to the vertical protruding bar to lock the vertical protruding bar in the lowered configuration;
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- a rear panel.
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A safe, comprising:
- a plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a base panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a rear panel and a door that are secured together to form an enclosed interior space;
- the first side panel comprising a plurality of slots;
- the door comprising a vertical protruding bar that extends vertically along a longitudinal axis of the door, the vertical protruding bar being movable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, the vertical protruding bar including a plurality of protrusions spaced along a longitudinal length of the vertical protruding bar, the plurality of protrusions moving together when the vertical protruding bar moves between the raised configuration and the lowered configuration, the plurality of protrusions being configured to move freely into and out of the plurality of slots of the first side panel when the vertical protruding bar is in the raised configuration, the plurality of protrusions configured to be locked within the plurality of slots when the vertical protruding bar is in the lowered configuration, the vertical protruding bar including a row of threading holes spaced longitudinally along the longitudinal length of the vertical protruding bar;
- a handle assembly provided on the door and being operably connected to the vertical protruding bar to move the vertical protruding bar between the raised configuration and the lowered configuration, the handle assembly including a teethed component having a plurality of teeth positioned about an outer circular circumference of the teethed component that rotatably engage the row of threading holes to move the vertical protruding bar between the raised configuration and the lowered configuration;
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- a lock assembly provided on the door and being operably connected to lock the vertical protruding bar in the lowered configuration, thereby locking the plurality of protrusions within the plurality of slots and in turn locking the door to the first side panel.
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A safe comprising a plurality of panels secured together to form an enclosed interior space, the plurality of panels comprising:
- a top panel;
- a base panel;
- a first side panel, comprising:
- a plurality of first side panel walls comprising a first side panel side wall and a first side panel front wall;
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- a vertical receiving bar, the vertical receiving bar being spaced inward the first panel side wall and the first panel front wall, the vertical receiving bar comprising a plurality of slots spaced along a longitudinal length of the vertical receiving bar;
- a second side panel;
- a door, comprising:
- a plurality of door walls comprising a door front wall and a door side wall;
- a vertical protruding bar, the vertical protruding bar being spaced inward the door front wall and the door side wall, the vertical protruding bar comprising a plurality of protrusions spaced along a longitudinal length of the vertical protruding bar, the plurality of protrusions being sized and shaped to extend into the plurality of slots on the vertical receiving bar, the vertical protruding bar being movable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, the vertical protruding bar including a row of threading holes spaced longitudinally along the longitudinal length of the vertical protruding bar;
- a handle assembly provided in the door front wall and being operably connected to the vertical protruding bar to move the vertical protruding bar between the raised configuration and the lowered configuration, the handle assembly including a teethed component having a plurality of teeth positioned about an outer circular circumference of the teethed component that rotatably engage the row of threading holes to move the vertical protruding bar between the raised configuration and the lowered configuration;
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- a lock assembly provided in the door front wall and being operably connected to the vertical protruding bar to lock the vertical protruding bar in the lowered configuration;
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- a rear panel;
- wherein the safe has an open configuration, a closed configuration and a locked configuration;
- wherein in the open configuration, the vertical protruding bar is in the raised configuration;
- wherein in the closed configuration, the plurality of protrusions extend into the plurality of slots and the vertical protruding bar is in the lowered configuration;
- and wherein in the locked configuration, the plurality of protrusions extend into the plurality of slots, the vertical protruding bar is in the lowered configuration and the locking assembly locks the vertical protruding bar in the lowered configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.