US 2013/0229098 A1Published application

Modular Rapid Access Illuminated Drawer Safe With Dual Access Methods

OwnerAdam Quinn Pletcherinventor

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Abstract

A modular drawer safe possessing upper indentions and lower protrusions allowing multiple units in varying sizes to be secured together. The drawer safe uses biometric recognition for its primary locking control and a manual keyed back-up. A multicolored illumination ring situated around the fingerprint reader provides low-level light as a visual point of reference and changes to green light when an authorized fingerprint is scanned or red light if an unauthorized or misread fingerprint is scanned. The drawer opens under its own spring or pneumatically driven motive force. Supplemental illumination within the drawer compartment consist of multiple pairs of red low-level illumination and brighter white illumination. All electrical components are powered by line voltage with an integral battery backup. AC power can be daisy-chained between multiple units thus only requiring a single receptacle to provide power to all components.

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Dependent claims

A modular drawer safe unit for securing an item(s) of value and/or a firearm, being comprised of

(a) a rectangular shaped main housing formed by a bottom exterior surface, top exterior surface and four surrounding surfaces, with the front facing surround surface having a rectangular opening to accept a drawer compartment
(b) a drawer compartment formed by four surround surfaces and a bottom surface mounted in a slidable manner within the main housing creating an area for placement of items of value and/or a firearm
(c) a deadbolt locking mechanism built within the front face of the drawer compartment with deadbolts which can extend outwards into the main housing, thus joining the drawer compartment within the main housing in a secure manner
(d) a control panel within to the front face of the drawer compartment containing biometric sensor and electronic components to control the operation of identifying users and triggering the engaging and disengaging of the deadbolt assembly, and
(e) a method of conveying electrical power to the control panel and all electrical components within the drawer compartment

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.