Patent Publication Number: US-11391082-B2

Title: Dresser integrated safe apparatus

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to storage devices and more particularly pertains to a new storage device for preventing dressers from tipping and providing safekeeping. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to storage devices both for traditional storage, such as dressers, and for safekeeping, such as fireproof safes and lockboxes. Existing dressers that also include safes typically function as a façade to hide the safe and sacrifice the function of the drawers. The safe in existing devices also does not integrate with the rails of the dresser to slide in and out for easy access and removal. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a dresser frame including a frame top side separated from a frame bottom side, a frame left side separated from a frame right side, and a frame front side separated from a frame back side defining a frame inside. The frame front side has a plurality of drawer apertures extending through to the frame inside. A plurality of tracks is coupled to the dresser frame and positioned on the frame left side and the frame right side within the frame inside adjacent the drawer apertures. A plurality of drawers each has a pair of drawer rails to slidingly engage the tracks. A safe body has a pair of safe rails to slidingly engage the tracks adjacent a lowest drawer aperture of the plurality of drawer apertures. A safe door is hingingly coupled to the safe body. The safe door covers and alternatively exposes a safe cavity of the safe body. A safe control is coupled within the safe door. The safe control includes a door lock to secure and alternatively release the safe door. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a dresser integrated safe apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an isometric view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a rear elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a side elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a detail view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new storage device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the dresser integrated safe apparatus  10  generally comprises a dresser frame  12  including a frame top side  14  separated from a frame bottom side  16 , a frame left side  18  separated from a frame right side  20 , and a frame front side  22  separated from a frame back side  24  defining a frame inside  26 . The frame front side  22  has a plurality of drawer apertures  28  extending through to the frame inside  26 . There may be a set of legs  30  coupled to the frame bottom side  16  to support the dresser frame  12 . 
     A plurality of tracks  32  is coupled to the dresser frame  12 . The plurality of tracks  32  is positioned on the frame left side  18  and the frame right side  20  within the frame inside  26  and adjacent the drawer apertures  28 . Each track  32  may have an upper squared U-shape portion  34  and a lower squared U-shape portion  36 . Each of a plurality of drawers  38  has a pair of drawer rails  40  to slidingly engage the tracks  32 . Each drawer  38  functions as in a standard dresser to store items such as clothing. Each drawer  38  may have a drawer face  42  and a pair of drawer knobs  44  coupled to the drawer face. 
     A safe body  46  has a pair of safe rails  48  to slidingly engage the tracks  32  adjacent a lowest drawer aperture  50  of the plurality of drawer apertures  28 . Each drawer rail  40  and each safe rail  48  may have an upper L-shaped extension  52  and a lower L-shaped extension  54  to engage within the upper U-shape portion  34  and the lower U-shape portion  36  of the track, respectively. The safe rails  48  conform to the shape of the drawer rails  40  and may be a standard shape to function with any dresser. A safe door  56  is hingingly coupled to the safe body  46  to cover and alternatively expose a safe cavity  58  of the safe body. The safe door  56  may have an extended back side  60  conforming to the perimeter of the safe cavity  58 . 
     A safe control  62  is coupled within the safe door  56 . The safe control  62  includes a door lock  64  to secure and alternatively release the safe door  56 . The safe control  62  may comprise a keypad  66  in operational communication with the door lock  64  and the door lock  64  may include a rotary handle  68  in operational communication with a plurality of engagement rods  70 . The rotary handle  68  may have a medial bar  72  extending across a circular perimeter  74  to be secured by a user to pull the safe body  46  out of the lowest drawer aperture  50 , as well as to rotate the rotary handle  68  to open the safe door  56 . 
     A rail lock  71  is coupled to the safe body  46  and is selectively engageable with the tracks  32  to prevent the safe body  46  from sliding out of the lowest drawer aperture  50  until disengaged. The rail lock  71  thus prevents unauthorized removal and theft of the safe body  46 . The rail lock  71  may include an actuator  73  coupled within the safe body  46  and supported by a flanged bracket  75 . The actuator  73  selectively extends a pin  76  through a pin aperture  78  of the safe body to engage and alternatively disengage a pin receptacle  80  within the track  32  adjacent the rail lock  71 . The actuator  73  may have a wireless receiver  82  in operational communication with a transmitter  84  of the safe control  62 . The safe control  62  has a first battery  86  and the actuator  73  has a second battery  88 . 
     A drawer façade  90  is hingingly coupled to the dresser frame  12  adjacent the lowest drawer aperture  50 . The drawer façade  90  covers and alternatively exposes the lowest drawer aperture  50  to hide or expose the safe door  56 . The drawer façade  90  conforms to the shape and appearance of the drawer face  42  and drawer knobs  44  to maintain the appearance of a traditional dresser to prevent attempted theft. The drawer façade  90  may have a façade hinge  92  coupled along a bottom edge  94  and a façade engagement member  96  selectively engageable with a façade receiving member  98  coupled within the frame front side  22  above the lowest drawer aperture  50 . The façade engagement member  96  and the façade receiving member  98  may be, but are not limited to, magnets, latches, or other selectively engageable members. 
     In use, the weight of the safe body  46  and the contents of the safe cavity  58  help stabilize the dresser frame  12  and prevent the apparatus  10  from falling and injuring children. The drawers  38  are used for traditional means. The drawer façade  90  is lowered to expose the safe door  56  and the safe control  62  is used to disengage the rail lock  71  to remove the safe body  46 . The safe control  62  is used to open the safe door  56  to access the contents of the safe cavity  58  when desired. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.