US 12,326,034 B2
Safe locking mechanisms and related apparatus
Donald K. Suggs, Boise, ID (US); and Paul R. Walters, Jr., Meridian, ID (US)
Assigned to Rhino Metals, Inc., Caldwell, ID (US)
Filed by Rhino Metals, Inc., Caldwell, ID (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/978,061.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,920, filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0133473 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. E05G 1/04 (2006.01); E05B 55/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05G 1/026 (2006.01)
CPC E05G 1/04 (2013.01) [E05B 55/00 (2013.01); E05B 65/0075 (2013.01); E05G 1/026 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safe, comprising:
a body;
a door coupled with the body;
at least one protruding locking member fixedly coupled with and protruding from a portion of the body positioned internally of an outer frame of the body;
at least one actuation member moveably coupled with the door, wherein the at least one actuation member comprises a slot, wherein the at least one actuation member is configured to, upon actuation with the door in a closed configuration, selectively engage the at least one protruding locking member, and lock the door in the closed configuration; and
a recessed frame inset, at least in part, from an outer frame of the body to receive the door therein in the closed configuration, wherein the at least one protruding locking member is fixedly coupled with the recessed frame.