Dislodge lever assembly for surface mountable safe
AssigneeMossberg Safe Systems, Inc.
InventorDavid P. Boisvert
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Abstract
A safe assembly includes a portable lockable enclosure, a mounting plate for securing the lockable enclosure to a stationary surface, and a latching element actuatable from an interior of the safe assembly to detach the lockable enclosure from the mounting plate for further travel or relocation. The latching element has a latch assembly engaging a pair of brackets extending from the mounting plate into the interior of the safe assembly and a release assembly enabling disengagement of the latch assembly.
Claims21
A safe assembly for temporary attachment to a surface and for retaining articles, comprising:
- a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to the surface and extend therefrom, the mounting bracket having at least one elongated arm provided with a free end;
- a lockable enclosure having an interior sized to receive the articles in its open state, the lockable enclosure further having an opening sized to receive the one arm in an engaging position between the lockable enclosure and the mounting bracket, wherein the free end is spaced outwardly from the opening and terminates in the interior of the lockable enclosure;
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- a latching element within the interior of the lockable enclosure and positioned with respect to the opening to releasably engage the mounting bracket in the engaging position, the latching element including a release lever having an inner end adjacent to the opening and an outer end spaced an external force to the outer end only in the open state of the lockable enclosure, and a latch plate biased toward the inner end of the release lever and continuously urging against it, the latch plate pressing against the one arm under its free end in the engaging position to prevent voluntary detachment of the mounting bracket, the inner end of the release lever displacing the latch plate from the one arm upon application of the external force to enable the free end of the one arm to slide through the opening from the interior of the lockable enclosure, so that the lockable enclosure may be detached from the mounting bracket to become portable for travel or relocation.
A safe assembly for mounting on a surface and for retaining articles such as guns and the like, the safe assembly comprising:
- a lockable enclosure provided with a swingable lid and having an interior, said interior receiving the articles in an unlocked state of the lockable enclosure, wherein the lid is swung open, and having a bottom provided with an opening;
- a mounting bracket attached to the bottom of the lockable enclosure for mounting the lockable enclosure to the surface, the mounting bracket having at least one arm extending through the opening into the interior during attachment of the lockable enclosure to the mounting bracket;
- a latching element having a release lever provided with an inner end, which is adjacent to the opening, and an outer end spaced from the opening;
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- a latch plate biased toward the release lever to urge against its inner end, the release lever being pivotal within the interior of said lockable enclosure to swing between a first position and a second position, wherein the the latch plate engages the arm of the mounting bracket, the release lever being actuated from the interior to swing towards its first position upon application of an external force to the outer end in the unlocked state of the lockable enclosure, so as to enable displacement of the latch plate away from the arm of the mounting bracket, so that the mounting bracket may be displaced from the opening.
A method for mounting a safe assembly on a surface and for retaining articles such as guns and the like, the safe assembly comprising a lockable enclosure formed with an interior, a mounting bracket for mounting the lockable enclosure to the surface and having at least one arm, which extends substantially perpendicular from the mounting bracket, and a latching element in the interior of the lockable enclosure and having a release lever, which is provided with an inner end adjacent to an opening, and an opposite outer end spaced from the opening, the release lever being pivotal about a pivot axis upon applying an external force to its outer end, the latching element further having a latch plate, which is biased toward the release lever to continue engagement with the inner end of the release lever, said method comprising the steps of:
- attaching the mounting bracket to the surface, said mounting bracket extending from the surface;
- pressing the lockable enclosure against the mounting bracket to insert the one arm through the opening into the interior, thereby engaging the one arm with the latch plate to have the lockable enclosure releasably secured to the surface;
- opening the lockable enclosure to have access to its interior;
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- actuating the outer end of the release lever of the latching element from the interior to displace the latch plate from the one arm of the mounting bracket thereby detaching the lockable enclosure from the surface for travel or relocation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.