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US3481288A
US3481288A US719041A US3481288DA US3481288A US 3481288 A US3481288 A US 3481288A US 719041 A US719041 A US 719041A US 3481288D A US3481288D A US 3481288DA US 3481288 A US3481288 A US 3481288A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
    • E05G1/00—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables
    • E05G1/02—Details
    • E05G1/024—Wall or panel structure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
    • E05G2700/00—Safes or accessories thereof
    • E05G2700/02—Strong boxes, wall safes
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/42—Rigid engaging means
    • Y10T292/432—Sliding catch
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T70/00—Locks
    • Y10T70/80—Parts, attachments, accessories and adjuncts
    • Y10T70/8432—For key-operated mechanism
    • Y10T70/8459—Housings
    • Y10T70/8541—Mounting arrangements

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  • a wall safe which is characterized by a bodily removably door that is of such size that it may be conveniently carried in a traveling bag and which is constituted so as to cooperate with the frame at the opening of a permanently installed container portion of the safe so as to be easily placed in position in the opening and then moved laterally, preferably responsive to manual actuation of a lock comprised in the door, into position with opposite margins of the door securely retained in recesses comprised in said frame and to be removed upon leaving and carried by the traveler and available for his personal use with other container portions of the safe that are installed in other locations and that have frames constructed and dimensioned for use with the door that the traveler carries in his possession.
  • the door is reversible in that it is adapted for use as aforesaid when disposed at either of two rotational positions 180 apart in the plane of the door.
  • two container portions of the safe are provided as a pair disposed on opposite sides of a partition or othenwall with securing means extending through the wall for permanently securing each of the container portions respectively to opposite sides of the wall.
  • This invention relates to wall safes and more especially relates to wall safes for the storage of money, jewelry and other valuables.
  • the wall safe is especially suitable for installation in motels and hotels for the temporary safekeeping of valuables against theft.
  • Wall safes such as have been used in residences are inconvenient and expensive for use in individual rooms of a motel or a hotel. Moreover, the provision of a key presents a problem inasmuch as a guest provided with a key so as to make the wall safe available for use would have an opportunity to have a duplicate key made or he might forget to turn in the key. Moreover, in all likelihood the motel or hotel would have at least one other key for the same wall safe.
  • the wall safe of this invention comprises a strong container which has an opening therein adapted for the insertion and withdrawal of valuables therethrough and which is intended for permanent securement to a wall such as the wall of a room in a motel or a hotel.
  • It also comprises a removable door which can be readily put in place in the opening for the container and then moved laterally to a position wherein opposite margins of the door are very securely retained in recesses in the frame located at the opening into the container and wherein it is locked against movement by manual actuation of lock means secured to the inside surface of the door.
  • This lateral movement is preferably accomplished responsive to the manual actuation of the lock means.
  • the lock means is manually actuated to enable the door to be moved laterally to position at which it can be readily removed from the frame.
  • container portions of the safe which are of standard construction and dimensions as regards the frame for the container opening, with the result that a given door is adapted to be received by and locked in place in the frame of any of the container portions of the safe installed in other locations.
  • container portions having frames of standard construction and dimensions at the opening may be permanently installed in every room of a chain of hotels or motels or, for that matter, in all motels or hotels that may choose to install wall safe equipment in accordance with the present invention.
  • the traveler who wishes to protect his valuables therein may purchase a door equipped with a key and/or combination-operated lock which is so constructed and made that it is capable of actuating no other lock except the lock permanently secured to the door which has been purchased.
  • the traveler who has purchased the door then is enabled when stopping at a motel or hotel having the containers installed therein to place his valuables in the container in his room and then very easily and quickly place his door in the opening for the container and lock it in closed position with assurance that theft of the valuables would be very difiicult indeed.
  • the walls of the container may be of any desired thickness and strength and the door, while readily removable, is so held in locked position that it would present extreme difiiculty even to an experienced criminal to gain access to the contents of the safe.
  • a further feature of this invention resides in the way the container portion of the safe is secured in place so as to reduce to a minimum the possibility of the entire wall safe being stolen.
  • container portions are provided in pairs for securement to opposite sides of a partition or other wall with the securing means for the respective container portions passing through the wall and being permanently attached to the containers as by welding.
  • One of the features of preferred embodiments of this invention resides in the cooperation between opposite margins of the door panel and oppositely disposed frame members at the opening of the container.
  • a recess is provided in each of the frame members disposed oppositely to each other at the opening into the container. Each of these recesses is adapted to receive one of the margins of the door panel when the door panel is inclined relative to the plane of the opening of the container.
  • frame members are dimensioned in relation to the dimensions of the door panel such that the door panel may be swung into position with the margin thereof opposite to the margin already received in one of the recesses in juxtaposed relation to the entrance of the recess in the oppositely disposed frame member.
  • the lock means is such as to lock the door panel against lateral movement from this position.
  • the lateral movement of the door panel is accomplished responsive to manual actuation of the lock secured to the inside surface of the door panel, as by moving a bolt laterally relative to the door panel in the direction of permitted lateral movement of the door panel until it initially contacts a fixed surface of the frame and then continuing the movement of the bolt relative to the door panel, thereby causing the door panel itself to be moved laterally.
  • a further feature of this invention resides in the provision of similar frame members in opposed relation at the opening of the container and in providing locking means so disposed that the door may be inserted and locked in position in either of two rotational positions 180 apart in the plane of the door panel.
  • the entry of a margin of the door panel into the recess is facilitated and when the door panel is brought into position parallel with the plane of the recesses in both of the oppositely disposed frame members the door panel becomes tightly held in place so that the outside surface of the margin of the door panel becomes in immediate juxtaposition with the outer wall of the recess, thereby holding the door more firmly in position and minimizing the possibility of inserting a prying instrument.
  • a rib is provided along one or the other, or both, of the other two walls of the opening so as to present a surface in substantial alignment with the inner extremity of the surface of the recesses in the frame members that is disposed in opposed relation to the inside surface of the door panel so that the door panel may be guided therealong into one or the other of the recesses.
  • FIG. 1 is an end elevation of a pair of wall safes embodying this invention permanently secured to opposite sides of a wall by securing means which passes through the wall;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view on a larger scale as compared with FIG. 1 of one of the wall safes showing the door in a position assumed when initially being moved into position in the opening in the container of the wall safe;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional plan view of the line 3-3 of FIG. 2 of the portion of the wall safe in the region of the opening, the removable door being shown in the position also shown in FIG. 2 with one margin of the door panel received into the recess in one of the frame members at the opening into the container portion of the safe;
  • FIG. 4 is similar to FIG. 3 except that the door has been moved into position in alignment with the recesses in the frame members on opposite sides of the opening into the container;
  • FIG. 5 is similar to FIGS. 3 and 4 except that it shows the door after it has been moved laterally into locked position
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of an extrusion suitable for each of the oppositely disposed recessed frame members disposed along the vertical walls of the opening into the container;
  • FIG. 10 is similar to FIG. 9 except that end portions of the upstanding rib have been milled away in order to permit assembly with the recessed frame members;
  • FIG. 12 is an exploded view of the container and of the frame members adapted to be secured in place at the opening into the container portion of the safe.
  • Each of the frame members 20 comprises a longitudinally disposed recess 21.
  • the wall 22 of the recess 21 which is in opposed relation to the inside surface of the door panel extends substantially further into the opening than the other wall.
  • the portion 22a of the wall 22 is formed with an inclined surface so that the recess 21 becomes substantially wider at the base than it is at its mouth.
  • the portion of the surface 22 of the recess 21 which extends the furthest into the opening is presented by the rib 23 which on the other side thereof facing the interior of the container presents the locking surface 24.
  • the frame members 20- may be secured permanently to the side walls of the container 15- as by welding.
  • the frame at the opening of the container is completed by oppositely disposed frame members 25 which can be economically produced as an extrusion, as shown in FIG.
  • the frame members 25 have a rib 26 protruding therefrom which presents a surface substantially in alignment with the extremities of the surfaces 22 of the recesses 21 at their point of maximum extent into the opening. After the extrusion for the frame members 25 has been cut into pieces of desired length, the end portions of the rib 26 are milled away so that when the frame members 20 and 25 are installed at the frame corners as shown in FIG. 11, the surface at the end of the rib 23 will be in alignment with and flush with the surface of the rib 26.
  • the frame members 25 likewise are permanently secured in place, e.g., by welding.
  • lock mechanism The particular type of lock mechanism that is employed is a matter of choice and many suitable lock mechanisms may be used in the practice of this invention. It is preferable to employ a key of the type which cooperates with a plurality of spring-loaded pins which can be brought to release position only by a key having a given marginal contour unlike that of all other keys for lock mechanisms used with other doors. It is not essential to use a key for operating the lock mechanism.
  • the locking mechanism may be one whose release is responsive to manipulation of a combination which is a permanent part of the lock so as to make it possible to move the bolt by manual actuation of a part available at the outside surface of the door.
  • the locking of the door is completed by moving the door panel 17 laterally so that both of the margins of the door panel fall respectively within the recesses 21 in the frame members 20.
  • this movement is effected by the manual actuation of the key 29 or other manually actuatable member so as to cause the bolt 28 to project from the lock 27, this motion of the bolt 28 after having initially made contact with the frame member adjacent thereto serving to move the lock and in turn the door panel laterally.
  • the ledge 32 moves into position overlying the surface 24 of the rib 23. If the key 29 is now removed, the door 17 is locked in place so that any attempt to remove it is rendered very difiicult indeed.
  • a wall safe comprising a container for the reception of valuables which has an opening therein adapted for the insertion and withdrawal of valuables therethrough, said container being completely enclosed by walls except for said opening,
  • each frame member presented respectively by and along oppositely disposed walls of said opening, each frame member having a longitudinally disposed recess therein,
  • a readily removable door for said opening which has a margin thereof adapted to be received in the recess of said first frame member and which is adapted while said margin is so received to be swung into position with the opposite margin thereof in juxtaposed relation with respect to the recess in said second frame member and then moved laterally to effect penetration of said other margin into said recess in said second frame member while said firstmentioned margin remains to a substantial extent within the recess in said first frame member, and
  • lock means secured to the inside surface and said door which is manually actuatable from outside said door to lock said door against lateral movement when said door is disposed in position with said margins thereof received respectively within said recesses in said first and second frame members.
  • lock means comprises means responsive to manual actuation of said lock means for moving said door laterally from position with said other margin in juxtaposed relation with respect to said recess in said second member to position with said other margin received by said recess in said second member.
  • each of said first and second frame members c mprises a rib disposed along at least part of its longitudinal extent, a member in secured relation to the inside surface of said door having a protruding ledge that is adjacent one of the margins of the door and that is disposed in opposed looking relation with respect to the rib presented by one of said frame members when said door is moved into locked position and that is moved out of said locked position with respect to said rib when the adjacent margin of the door is moved out of locking position with respect to the recess in which it is disposed when the door is in locked position, and a bolt that is movable toward and away from the opposite frame member responsive to manual actuation of the lock and that is disposed so as to overlie the rib presented by the opposite frame member in locked engagement therewith when said bolt is disposed in extended position while said door is in its locked position.
  • a wall safe installation which comprises in combination with a building wall
  • a wall safe installation according to claim 9 in which the door of each of said containers is adapted to be'readily secured to and removed from the opening in each of said containers when in each of two positions of rotation through 180 in the plane of the door.

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US4145978A (en) * 1977-10-26 1979-03-27 The Eastern Company Security box
US4158337A (en) * 1976-10-11 1979-06-19 Abraham Bahry Safe
US4176440A (en) * 1977-01-12 1979-12-04 Lichter Robert J Safe, and method and apparatus for building it
US4304188A (en) * 1977-06-22 1981-12-08 Jonny Gulbrandsen Locker for personal valuables
US4408545A (en) * 1977-01-12 1983-10-11 Lichter Robert J Safe, and method and apparatus for building it
WO1985003324A1 (fr) * 1984-01-30 1985-08-01 Owen Williams Cassette pour conserver des objets de valeur
FR2563267A1 (fr) * 1984-04-20 1985-10-25 Gelin Michel Dispositif de coffre-fort
US4589709A (en) * 1984-10-17 1986-05-20 Amana Refrigeration, Inc. Locking cover for air conditioner
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US7975433B2 (en) 2005-07-07 2011-07-12 Lokaway Pty. Ltd. Door mount for a safe
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US4408545A (en) * 1977-01-12 1983-10-11 Lichter Robert J Safe, and method and apparatus for building it
US4304188A (en) * 1977-06-22 1981-12-08 Jonny Gulbrandsen Locker for personal valuables
US4145978A (en) * 1977-10-26 1979-03-27 The Eastern Company Security box
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US4589709A (en) * 1984-10-17 1986-05-20 Amana Refrigeration, Inc. Locking cover for air conditioner
US4712490A (en) * 1986-02-27 1987-12-15 Lichter Robert J Safe
US4821652A (en) * 1987-09-21 1989-04-18 Hoffman Steven H Wall safe simulating an air vent
US4850287A (en) * 1988-02-26 1989-07-25 Lichter Robert J Safe with double sliding door
US4852503A (en) * 1988-02-26 1989-08-01 Lichter Robert J Sliding door safe with anti-intrusion lock device
US20060037519A1 (en) * 2002-10-09 2006-02-23 Brett Dunstan Security door and frame construction
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US7404363B2 (en) 2002-10-09 2008-07-29 Lokaway Pty. Ltd Security door and frame construction
US7975433B2 (en) 2005-07-07 2011-07-12 Lokaway Pty. Ltd. Door mount for a safe
US20090260552A1 (en) * 2005-09-22 2009-10-22 Lokaway Pty. Ltd. Safe Construction for Swing and Slide Door
US8171866B2 (en) 2005-09-22 2012-05-08 Lokaway Pty. Ltd. Safe construction for swing and slide door
US7770330B2 (en) * 2007-12-19 2010-08-10 General Electric Company Method of opening an appliance door
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US20100031857A1 (en) * 2008-08-11 2010-02-11 Lokaway Pty. Ltd. Sequential safe door opening
US9004546B2 (en) 2008-09-03 2015-04-14 Lokaway Pty. Ltd. Security box
US8456819B1 (en) 2009-03-30 2013-06-04 Brian Delynn Smith Personal storage device with charging capability
US9192233B2 (en) 2009-03-30 2015-11-24 Brian Delynn Smith Personal storage device with charging capability
USD650761S1 (en) * 2010-09-17 2011-12-20 Askey Computer Corp. Wall-embedded door for telecommunication equipment
US20240301744A1 (en) * 2020-03-05 2024-09-12 The Valet Vault, LLC Secured Valet Vault

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