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Portable safe with two-point latching mechanism

  • US 10,253,529 B1
  • Filed: 02/07/2017
  • Issued: 04/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A safe comprising:

  • a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing defining an interior compartment for storage of items, said second housing portion being pivotal with respect to said first housing portion between closed and open positions;

    a latching mechanism associated with one of said first housing portion and said second housing portion, said latching mechanism cooperating with spaced apart first and second strikers associated with another of said first housing portion and said second housing portion to maintain said second housing portion in the closed position;

    said latching mechanism including;

    movable first and second locking elements that engage respective of said first and second strikers when said second housing portion is being maintained in the closed position, said first and second locking elements being retracted away from said first and second strikers to release said second housing portion into the open position;

    a motor having a rotatable output shaft carrying a drive dog;

    a rotating plate rotatable about an axis, said rotating plate having an engaging element that is driven by said drive dog, wherein said axis of said rotating plate corresponds to an axis of the output shaft of the motor; and

    first and second levers pivotally connected at their proximal ends to said rotating plate at substantially diametrically opposed locations, distal ends of said first and second levers being connected to said locking elements.

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