A safe with a concealed hinge assembly. A safe body has a pocket with a hinge pin attached to the pocket. A safe door has a hinge lug rigidly attached to the safe door. A hinge assembly is formed when the hinge pin is inserted through the hinge lug allowing for the safe door to be pivotally attached
A safe with a concealed hinge assembly. A safe body has a pocket with a hinge pin attached to the pocket. A safe door has a hinge lug rigidly attached to the safe door. A hinge assembly is formed when the hinge pin is inserted through the hinge lug allowing for the safe door to be pivotally attached to the safe body. The hinge assembly is contained within the pocket so that the hinge assembly is concealed and protected from tampering. In a preferred embodiment the safe body includes two pockets within a rigidly attached door frame. Two hinge assemblies are contained within the pockets so that they are concealed and protected from tampering.
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1. A safe having at least one concealed hinge assembly, comprising: A. a safe body, comprising: i. at least one hinge pocket, located within a portion of a wall of the safe body along an inside surface of the wall and having no opening except a single opening, defining a pocket opening, which is com
1. A safe having at least one concealed hinge assembly, comprising: A. a safe body, comprising: i. at least one hinge pocket, located within a portion of a wall of the safe body along an inside surface of the wall and having no opening except a single opening, defining a pocket opening, which is completely covered by a surface of the safe door when the safe door is closed, said at least one hinge pocket comprising: a. a horizontal bottom extending inward from the front edge of said safe,b. a vertical back parallel to the front edge of said safe,c. a horizontal top parallel to said horizontal bottom,ii. at least one hinge pin within the hinge pocket and connected to said horizontal bottom, andB. at least one hinge lug rigidly attached to a side wall of the safe door and adapted to extend through said pocket opening and form a hinge assembly when said at least one hinge pin is inserted through said at least one hinge lug in order to pivotally attach the safe door to the safe body;wherein said at least one hinge lug is positioned on the side wall in manner so that when the safe door is closed, the side wall of the safe door completely covers the pocket opening of the at least one hinge pocket so that said at least one hinge assemble in addition to being concealed within the safe body is also completely concealed and contained within the at least one hinge pocket, separated from other locations inside the safe and protected from tampering by thieves gaining access to the other locations inside the safe. 2. The safe as in claim 1, further comprising a door frame rigidly connected to said safe body becoming part of the safe body, wherein said at least one pocket is contained within said door frame. 3. The safe as in claim 2, wherein said door frame is continuous and without interruption at its front surface. 4. The safe as in claim 1 wherein said at least one pocket is two pockets, each of said two pockets comprising said at least one hinge pin, and wherein said at least one hinge lug is two hinge lugs. 5. The safe as in claim 1, wherein said at least one hinge pin is at least one spring loaded hinge pin. 6. The safe as in claim 1, wherein said pocket is a recessed pocket. 7. A safe, comprising: A. a safe body means, and a safe door for protecting a hinge assembly from tampering by providing at least one hinge pocket located within a wall of the safe body along an inside surface of the wall, said safe body means comprising: i. at least one pocket means having no opening except a single pocket opening, which is completely covered by a surface of the safe door when the safe door is closed, said at least one hinge pocket means comprising: a. a horizontal bottom extending inward from the front edge of said safe,b. a vertical back parallel to the front edge of said safe,c. a horizontal top parallel to said horizontal bottom,ii. at least one hinge pin means attached to said horizontal bottom, andB. a lug means attached to a side wall of the safe door adapted to be attached to the at least one hinge pin means to provide the hinge assembly which is, when the safe door is closed, completely concealed within the at least one hinge pocket means with the pocket opening being completely covered by the side wall of the safe door, so that the hinge assembly is concealed and protected from tampering when the safe door is closed, by being completely contained inside the safe body and by being completely concealed and contained inside the hinge pocket and protected from tampering by thieves gaining access to other locations inside the safe. 8. The safe as in claim 7, further comprising a door frame means rigidly connected to said safe body means, wherein said at least one pocket means is recessed contained within said door frame means. 9. The safe as in claim 8, wherein said door frame means is continuous and without interruption at its front surface for a hinge connection. 10. The safe as in claim 9, wherein said at least one hinge lug means connects to said at least one hinge pin means at the rear portion of the inner side of said door frame means. 11. The safe as in claim 7 wherein said at least one pocket means is two pockets, each of said two pockets comprising said at least one hinge pin means, and wherein said at least one hinge lug means is two hinge lugs. 12. The safe as in claim 7, wherein said at least one hinge pin means is at least one spring loaded hinge pin. 13. The safe as in claim 7, wherein said pocket means is a recessed pocket means.
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Sanderson Robert A. (Orem UT) Crosby Gaius P. (Orem UT), Concealed hinge for lightweight safes.
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