Patent ID: 8375751
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lockable enclosure comprising: a housing; an access door securable to the housing to block access to one or more cavities within the housing; a latch assembly assembled with the access door and movable with respect to the access door between a housing engaging position for securing the access door in a closed position and a housing disengaging position for allowing movement of the access door to an open position; a locking mechanism configured to hold the latch assembly in the housing engaging position when the locking mechanism is in a locked condition and to allow the latch assembly to move to the housing disengaging position when the locking mechanism is in an unlocked condition; and a user operable opening button disposed on the access door and slideable in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of movement of the latch assembly from a normal position to an opening position, wherein when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition, movement of the opening button to the opening position moves the latch assembly from the housing engaging position to the housing disengaging position; wherein the opening button is operatively connected to the latch assembly by a spring member, such that when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition, movement of the opening button toward the opening position compresses the spring member without moving the latch assembly out of the housing engaging position.