Patent Publication Number: US-10781625-B2

Title: Safe configured for holding valuables

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Exemplary embodiments relate to safes configured to hold valuable items which may be classified in US class 109, subclass 58; CPC E05G 1/00. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Individuals often need to store valuable items so that they cannot be stolen. Various forms of safes or other secure containers may be utilized for purposes of storing such items and limiting access to such items to only authorized persons. Such safes may include a body bounding an interior area. The body may include an access opening to the interior area. A safe door movably mounted in operative connection with the body may be configured to close the access opening. One or more locks may be in operative connection with the body and the door so that in the locked condition of the lock, the door is held in a closed position which prevents access to the interior area by unauthorized persons. The lock may be changed by authorized persons to an unlocked condition which enables the door to be moved from the closed position to an open position, in which the interior area of the safe and the valuables that have been stored therein may be accessed. 
     Safes must be able to withstand various forms of attack by unauthorized persons who attempt to gain access to the interior area and the valuables therein. Safes may benefit from improvements. 
     SUMMARY 
     Exemplary embodiments include a safe that may be utilized to hold valuable items and prevent access thereto by unauthorized persons. Exemplary embodiments include a safe including a body. The body bounds and interior area in which valuable items may be stored. The exemplary body is comprised of a plurality of wall panels that are assembled in interengaged relation. 
     The exemplary safe further includes a door. The door is releasably movably mounted in connection with the body. The door is sized for closing an access opening to the interior area of the body in a closed position of the door. The door is movable from the closed position to an open position in which the door is sufficiently disposed from the access opening to enable access to the interior area from outside the safe. The door includes a lock. In a locked condition of the lock a bolt of the lock is operative to engage a strike opening within the safe so as to hold the door in the closed position. The exemplary lock is enabled to be changed through appropriate manual inputs from the locked condition to an unlocked condition. In the unlocked condition of the lock, the bolt is retractable from engagement with the strike opening and the door is enabled to be moved from the closed position to the open position. 
     Exemplary embodiments provide a safe that is suitable for holding valuable items and resisting attempts by unauthorized persons to access the interior area. Exemplary embodiments further provide giving alarm indications when attempts are made to compromise the integrity of the safe body or to move the safe. Further features of the exemplary embodiments are described in the following Detailed Description. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a front plan view of an exemplary embodiment of a safe used for holding valuable items. 
         FIG. 2  is a top plan view of an exemplary bottom wall piece of a body of the exemplary safe. 
         FIG. 3  is an isometric view representing how wall pieces of the exemplary safe body are held in engagement through resilient spring tabs and recesses. 
         FIG. 4  is a view similar to  FIG. 3  with the tabs and the recesses in engagement. 
         FIG. 5  is a top isometric view of an exemplary resilient spring tab. 
         FIG. 6  is a side view of an exemplary tab. 
         FIG. 7  is a front view of an exemplary resilient spring tab. 
         FIG. 8  is an isometric view of an exemplary resilient spring tab engaged in a recess. 
         FIG. 9  is a bottom plan view of an exemplary top wall piece of the safe body. 
         FIG. 10  is a top isometric view of a side wall piece of the exemplary safe body including a strike and a strike opening. 
         FIG. 11  is a top right isometric view of the side wall piece of the safe body shown in  FIG. 10 . 
         FIG. 12  is a top isometric view of a side wall piece that extends on a hinge side of the exemplary safe body. 
         FIG. 13  is a top view of a back wall piece of the exemplary safe body. 
         FIG. 14  is a top plan view of the bottom wall piece, two side wall pieces and back wall piece of the exemplary safe body in an assembled condition. 
         FIG. 15  is a front right isometric view of the door of the exemplary safe. 
         FIG. 16  is a back bottom isometric view of the safe door and a strike recess therein. 
         FIG. 17  is a back left isometric view of the safe door and a hinge pin recess therein, and top and bottom hinge pins in the operative position. 
         FIG. 18  is a top view similar to  FIG. 14 , but with the safe door shown in cross-section and installed in operative connection with the safe body. 
         FIG. 19  is a front view of an exemplary appliance unit that includes a safe as well as a microwave oven and a compact refrigerator. 
         FIG. 20  is isometric rearview of the appliance unit including the safe as shown in  FIG. 19 . 
         FIG. 21  is a schematic view of exemplary circuitry associated with a safe of an exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 22  is a schematic view of electrical components associated with the exemplary appliance unit including a safe. 
         FIG. 23  is an alternative arrangement of an appliance unit that includes an exemplary safe. 
         FIG. 24  is a partial front view showing a mounting arrangement for a safe. 
         FIG. 25  is a schematic transparent view of a portion of the appliance unit including the safe, including a compact refrigerator with a removable vibration isolating encasement. 
         FIG. 26  is isometric schematic view of the refrigerator portion of the appliance unit shown in  FIG. 24 . 
         FIG. 27  is an enlarged view of the configuration shown in  FIG. 25 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Referring now to the drawings and particularly to  FIG. 1  there is shown therein an exemplary safe  137 . Safe  137  is configured for holding valuable items which a user does not wish unauthorized persons to gain access to. Such valuable items may include money, jewelry, watches, credit or debit cards, a smart phone, car keys, house keys or other valuables that a person wishes to secure. 
     The exemplary safe  137  includes a body  141 . The exemplary body  141  is comprised of a plurality of wall pieces. The wall pieces include a bottom wall piece  140  and a top wall piece  190 . The exemplary wall pieces further include a side wall piece  174  and a side wall piece  222 . The exemplary body further includes a back wall piece  260  (see  FIG. 13 ). The wall pieces bound an interior area  270 . The exemplary body  141  includes an access opening  286  to the interior area which is on an opposed side of the body from the back wall piece. A door  272  is movably mounted in operative connection with the body  141  in a manner hereinafter discussed. The door is sized to close the access opening  286  in a closed position of the door. The door is movable relative to the body so as to be at least partially disposed from the access opening in an open position of the door. In the open position of the door  272 , the interior area  270  and the valuables stored therein are accessible from outside the body  141 . 
     The exemplary door  272  includes an exemplary user interface  282 . The exemplary user interface includes a user input device  288 . The exemplary user input device includes a keypad into which a user may input a combination, code or other series of inputs. When a predetermined combination is input through the input device  288 , a lock  284  that is in operative connection with the door is enabled to be changed from a locked condition in which the lock is operative to hold the door in a closed position, to an unlocked condition in which the door is enabled to be moved from the closed position to the open position. The exemplary user interface  282  further includes a knob  290 . The knob  290  is usable to manually move a bolt associated with the lock when the lock is in an unlocked condition as hereinafter discussed. 
     In the exemplary embodiment, the components which make up the safe prior to assembly are capable of being stored and shipped as a plurality of stacked planar components. This enables the components to be transported in a disassembled condition in a compact package. In the exemplary embodiment, at a point of assembly the components which make up the safe are connected in fixed connection through engagement either without tools or in some situations through the use of minimal common hand tools. However, the exemplary arrangement provides that once the components of the safe have been engaged, the components are secured to provide resistance to disassembly and intrusion into the interior area of the safe. 
       FIG. 2  shows a top plan view of an exemplary bottom wall piece  140  of the exemplary safe  137 . The bottom wall piece includes a bottom plate  142 . The bottom wall piece  140  further includes an outer bounding side wall segment  144 . The outer bounding side wall segment  144  extends generally perpendicular to the bottom plate  142 . An outer bounding side wall segment  146  extends on an opposed side of the bottom wall piece from side wall segment  144 . 
     The bottom wall piece  140  further includes an outer bounding back wall segment  148 . The back wall segment  148  extends generally perpendicular to the side wall segments  144  and  146 . A front wall segment  150  extends on the bottom wall piece at a side opposite back wall segment  148 . A bottom shelf  152  extends horizontally inward from the front wall segment  150  when the bottom plate extends horizontal. The bottom shelf  152  includes a bottom hinge pin opening  154  therein. The bottom shelf  152  further includes a bottom turned edge  156 . The bottom turned edge  156  as later explained serves as an upward extending stop for the safe door  272  when in the closed position. In the exemplary arrangement, the bottom turned edge extends generally the entire width of the bottom shelf  152  which as later described generally corresponds to the entire width of the access opening to the interior area  270  of the safe. 
     The exemplary bottom wall piece includes an upward engaging side wall segment  158 . In the exemplary arrangement, the engaging side wall segment includes a leg of an angle piece that is fastened to the bottom plate  142 . The engaging side wall segment  158  is disposed inwardly from and parallel to the adjacent outer bounding side wall segment such that the engaging side wall segment  158  and the outer bounding side wall segment define an elongated side slot  160  therebetween. An engaging side wall segment  162  extends adjacent to outer bounding side wall segment  144  so as to define an elongated side slot  164  at the opposite side of the bottom wall piece from side slot  160 . 
     An engaging back wall segment  166  is disposed inwardly and adjacent to outer bounding back wall segment  148 . Back wall segment  148  and engaging wall segment  166  define a back slot  168 . 
     In an exemplary embodiment each of the engaging wall segments include recesses  170  as shown in  FIG. 4 . The side wall pieces as later discussed, each include a latching edge portion  172  at both the top and the bottom of the side wall piece. Only the latching edge portion at the bottom of the hinge side piece  174  is shown in  FIG. 3 . The latching edge portion  172  is configured to be engaged in an elongated slot such as side slot  160  shown in  FIG. 3 . 
     In the exemplary embodiment, the side wall pieces such as side wall piece  174  include a plurality of resilient spring tabs  176  thereon. The positions of the tabs correspond to the positions of the recesses of the engaging wall segment when the pieces are assembled. 
     In the exemplary embodiment, the bottom wall piece includes apertures  167  that extend through each of engaging side wall segments  158  and  162 . In the exemplary arrangement, the apertures  167  are configured for receiving a respective releasable fastener such as a pin, thumb screw or a machine screw. The releasable fasteners are used to further hold side wall pieces in engagement with the bottom wall piece as later described in detail. 
     The exemplary resilient spring tab  176  comprises a punched opening in the latching edge portion of the planar wall portion of the side wall piece. As shown in  FIGS. 5-7 , tabs  176  of an exemplary embodiment include an opening  178  that extends generally perpendicular to the planar wall of the side wall piece  174 . The exemplary tab includes a catch surface  180  at a first end that is sheared and disposed away from the surrounding planar metal wall surface. 
     The exemplary resilient spring tab  176  further includes a smooth rounded second end  182  opposite of the catch surface  180 . The tabs  176  further include smooth rounded sides  184  and  186 . The smooth second end and rounded sides of the exemplary tab are continuous with the adjacent wall surface such as the inner surface  188  of side wall piece  174 . 
     In the exemplary arrangement, the engagement of the bottom wall piece  140  and side wall piece  174  is accomplished by moving the side wall piece  174  in the direction of Arrow E relative to the bottom wall piece  140 . This causes the resilient spring tabs to deform and also deform the engaging wall segment until the tabs move into the slot  160  and into the recesses  170  of the engaging wall segment  158 . Such engagement is represented in  FIGS. 4 and 8 . Once the tabs are in engagement with the recesses, the bottom wall piece and side wall piece return to the undeformed configurations and are in firmly fixed engagement as the catch surface  180  is in abutting relation with the adjacent surface bounding the recess. This securely engages the pieces together and reduces the risk of the pieces being separated by prying or other attack methods. 
     While in the exemplary embodiment, the latching edge portions which extend in the slots include the tabs, and the engaging side wall segments include recesses for engaging the tabs, in other arrangements, this configuration may be reversed. For example, the engaging side wall segments may include tabs which engage recesses in the latching edge portions of the adjacent wall pieces. Alternatively each piece may include some tabs and some recesses which engage when the pieces are assembled. Of course it should be understood that the configuration of the exemplary tabs and recesses are exemplary of interengaging projections and recesses that may be used. 
     Further, while the exemplary arrangement is configured to enable assembly through manual engagement of wall pieces either without tools or with minimal use of tools, other arrangements utilizing similar principles may utilize conventional fasteners or other devices for holding wall pieces in engagement. It will be appreciated that numerous different engaging configurations may be utilized along with the principles that are described herein. 
     In the exemplary safe  137  having the construction described herein, the safe includes a top wall piece  190  shown in  FIG. 9 . In the exemplary embodiment, the top wall piece  190  is generally the mirror image of bottom wall piece  140 . The top wall piece  190  includes outer top bounding wall side segment  192  which is turned generally perpendicular to a top plate  194 . An engaging side wall segment  196  is disposed adjacent to wall segment  192  and defines a top side slot  198 . Similarly, top wall piece  190  has a bounding top side wall segment  200  at a side opposite top side wall segment  192 . An engaging side wall segment  202  is adjacent to top side wall segment  200  and defines a top side slot  204 . 
     Exemplary top wall piece  190  further includes a bounding top back wall segment  206 . An engaging back wall segment  208  is adjacent to segment  206  and defines a back top slot  210 . 
     Similar to bottom wall piece  140 , top wall piece  190  includes a front wall segment  212  that in the assembled condition and in the operative position of the safe  137  extends downward from the top plate  194  and bounds the access opening to the interior area  270  of the safe. A top shelf  214  extends inward from the front wall segment  212  and includes a top hinge pin opening  216 . Top hinge pin opening  216  is configured to accept a hinge pin therein associated with the safe door  272  as later described. The exemplary top shelf  214  includes a top turned edge  218 . The top turned edge extends perpendicular to the shelf  214  in the operative position of the safe and provides a downward extending stop. The downward extending stop engages the interior side of safe door  272  in a closed position and prevents the safe door from moving further into the interior area  270  of the safe  137  beyond the closed position. In the exemplary embodiment, the top turned edge  218  extends substantially the entire width of the access opening  286  into the interior area of the safe. 
     Similar to bottom wall piece  140 , the top wall piece  190  includes apertures  220  that extend in each of engaging side wall segments  196  and  202 . Apertures  220  are configured to receive releasable fasteners therein to further engage the top wall piece with side wall pieces of the safe. Of course it should be understood that these configurations are exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. 
       FIG. 10  shows an exemplary side wall piece  222 . Side wall piece  222  is a strike side wall of the exemplary safe construction which includes the strike that engages a bolt of a lock on the safe door  272  to hold the safe door in a closed position, as later described. 
     The exemplary side wall piece  222  includes a bottom latching edge portion  224 . The bottom latching edge portion  224  is configured to engage in side slot  164  of the bottom wall piece  140 . The bottom latching edge portion  224  includes resilient spring tabs  176 . The tabs  176  have their catch surfaces  180  facing away from the bottom edge portion  224 . 
     Side wall piece  222  further includes a top latching edge portion  226 . The top latching edge portion  226  is configured to extend in top side slot  204  of top wall piece  190 . The top latching edge portion  226  includes tabs  176  as shown with the catch surfaces  180  thereof facing downward as shown when the safe body  141  is assembled. Side wall piece  222  further includes apertures  228 ,  230  in the latching edge portions  224  and  226  respectively. Apertures  228  and  230  are used in an exemplary embodiment to hold the wall pieces in engaged relation once the wall pieces have been assembled. 
     Side wall piece  222  further includes a front facing portion  232 . Front facing portion  232  in the assembled condition of the safe bounds the side of the access opening. An inward extending portion  234  extends inward from the front facing portion. The inward extending portion extends inward toward the interior area  270  of the safe and has a configuration that reduces the risk that prying tools can be extended behind the safe door when the door is in a closed position. 
     As shown in  FIG. 11 , an L-shaped strike  236  extends from the inward extending portion  234 . The strike  236  includes a forward extending portion that is disposed sideways from and generally parallel to the inward extending portion  234 . The strike  236  includes a strike opening  238 . As later explained in detail, the strike opening  238  is sized to accept a retractable bolt associated with a lock of the door of the safe. When the bolt is in extended engagement with the strike opening  238 , the safe door is held secured in a closed position. 
     The exemplary side wall piece  222  further includes an inturned back portion  240 . The inturned back portion serves to close the back side of the safe enclosure and mate in abutting relation with a back wall piece in a manner later described. 
       FIG. 12  shows a top plan view of the bottom wall piece  140  in engaged relation with the side wall piece  222 . As shown in the assembled position, the resilient spring tabs  176  on the lower latching edge portion  224  extend in engaged relation with the recesses on engaging side wall segment  162 . Also as shown in  FIG. 14 , a releasable fastener  242  extends in aperture  228  of side wall piece  222  and aperture  167  of engaging side wall segment  162 . In the exemplary arrangement, the releasable fastener  242  may include a pin or screw which extends in the apertures. By extending in the apertures, the releasable fastener provides further engagement and resistance to separation of the bottom wall piece  140  and the side wall piece  222 . Of course this construction is exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. 
       FIG. 12  shows side wall piece  174  in greater detail. Side wall piece  174  of the exemplary embodiment extends on the hinge side of the safe opposite to strike side wall piece  222 . 
     Side wall piece  174  includes a bottom latching edge portion  172  which is configured to extend in side slot  160  of the bottom wall piece. Latching edge portion  172  includes resilient spring tabs  176  which are configured in a manner similar to that previously described. The bottom latching edge portion  172  further includes an aperture  246 . Aperture  246  is configured to be aligned with aperture  167  in engaging side wall segment  158  when in the assembled condition. 
     Side wall piece  174  further includes an upper latching edge portion  248 . Upper latching edge portion  248  is configured to engage top side slot  198  in top wall piece  190 . Upper latching edge portion  248  further includes tabs  176  for engaging the recesses in engaging side wall segment  196 . Upper latching edge portion  248  further includes an aperture  250 . Aperture  250  is configured to be aligned with aperture  220  in engaging side wall segment  196  when in the assembled condition therewith. 
     Exemplary side wall piece  174  further includes a front facing portion  252 . As shown in  FIG. 14 , the front facing portion  252  faces forward on the container body when the safe  137  is assembled. Front facing portion  252  also bounds the side of the access opening  286  to the interior area  270  of the safe. Side wall piece  174  further includes an inturned portion  254 . The inturned portion  254  extends parallel to the main portion of side wall piece  174 . Inturned portion  254  extends inward toward the interior area  270  of the safe body  141 . In the assembled condition of the body of the safe, the inturned portion  254  serves to help prevent access to the interior area of the safe via pry bars or other burglary tools when the safe door  272  is closed. 
     Exemplary side wall piece  174  further includes an inturned back portion  256 . Inturned back portion  256  closes the back corner of the container body on the side where the side wall piece  174  is positioned. The inturned back portion further includes a leg which is turned back toward the interior area and which is in abutting relation with a back wall piece in the assembled condition of the safe. Of course this configuration is exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. 
     As shown in  FIG. 14 , a releasable fastener  258  extends in aperture  167  of engaging side wall segment  158  and aperture  246  of side wall piece  174 . The fastener further helps to hold the bottom wall piece  140  and the side wall piece  174  in engagement once they have been assembled. The releasable fastener  258  may include a pin, screw or other suitable member for extending between the apertures and preventing relative movement thereof. 
     The exemplary safe further includes a back wall piece  260  which is shown in  FIG. 13 . The back wall piece extends on the side of the safe body  141  opposite to the door  272 . The exemplary back wall piece  260  includes a lower latching edge portion  262  and an upper latching edge portion  264 . Each of the lower and upper latching edge portions include resilient spring tabs of the type previously described. Once the upper latching edge portion  264  is extended in the back top slot when the safe is assembled, the tabs in the upper latching edge portions extend in recesses in the engaging back wall segment  208 . Similarly as represented in  FIG. 14 , the lower latching edge portion  262  extends in back slot  168  and the tabs  176  thereon extend through the recesses in the engaging back wall segment  166 . 
     The exemplary back wall piece  260  includes inturned portions  266  and  268 . Inturned portion  268  abuts inturned back portion  240  of side wall piece  222  in the assembled condition as shown in  FIG. 14 . Similarly inturned portion  266  is in abutting relation with inturned back portion  256  of side wall piece  174 . In some exemplary embodiments, the inturned portions  266  and  268  may be connected to the adjacent wall portions by fasteners, clips or similar holding mechanisms which are accessible and installed in the interior area  270  of the safe body. By holding the inturned portions in engaged relation with the adjacent wall portions, the risks for compromising the safe body of the safe is reduced. Of course these approaches are exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. 
     The exemplary embodiment of the safe includes the door  272 . The door  272  is sized for closing the access opening  286  to the interior area  270  of the safe, which extends access opening between the front facing portion  232  of side wall piece  222  and front facing portion  272  of side wall piece  174 . The access opening is also bounded at the top by front wall segment  212  and at the bottom by front wall segment  150 . The door further includes a front face  274  which faces outward when the door is in a closing position, in which the door closes the access opening. 
     The door includes a top hinge pin  276  and a bottom hinge pin  278 . The hinge pins extend along a common axis  280 . In the exemplary embodiment, bottom hinge pin  278  is configured to be in operatively engaged relation in bottom hinge pin opening  154 . The top hinge pin  276  is configured to be engaged in top hinge pin opening  216 . As later discussed, the hinge pins of the exemplary embodiment are configured to be retractable to facilitate installing and removing the door from the body  141  of the safe. 
     The exemplary door includes user interface  282 . The user interface  282  is in operative connection with a lock  284  which is selectively changeable between locked and unlocked conditions. In the closed position of the door and the locked condition of the lock  284 , the door blocks the access opening  286  to the interior area  270 . The exemplary user interface  282  is shown with the input device  288  and a manually turnable knob  290 . In the exemplary embodiment, the user interface  282  shown is configured to enable a user to input a combination or similar sequence of inputs or code through the input device  288 , and then to change the condition of the lock  284  from a locked to an unlocked condition by turning the knob to  290 . Of course other embodiments may be operative in a manner similar to that later described where inputs through an alternative user interface may be usable to change the condition of the safe lock. For example, in some embodiments the user interface may be suitable for programming combinations as well. This may enable the exemplary safe to be used by different individuals who use the safe to store valuables on a temporary basis, such as in a hotel room or health club. For example circuitry associated with the safe may be usable to program a unique combination that a user may subsequently use to open the safe a single time, after which the combination is cleared from memory by the circuit and a new combination can be set by a subsequent user. Of course this approach is exemplary, and in other embodiments other approaches may be used. 
     Alternatively or in addition, in some arrangements multiple safes of the exemplary configuration may be configured in adjacent or stacked relation so that different users may personally utilize adjacent safes to store personal belongings therein while excluding others from accessing the contents of the safe. This may be done, for example, in situations where multiple individuals share a common living or working space and each requires their own separate safe for storing their personal valuable possessions. For example, in some dormitory environments or locker room, two or more safes of the exemplary embodiment may be positioned in stacked relation. Of course these approaches are exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. 
     The exemplary user interface  282  utilized on an exemplary embodiment may further include other or additional features for purposes of locking and unlocking the safe. For example, in some exemplary embodiments the user interface may include an output device such as a display screen. The display screen may be suitable for providing the user with instructions for unlocking the door of the safe, programming a new combination or other suitable instructions for operation of the safe. 
     In other embodiments, the exemplary user interface may include other or different input devices such as, for example, a fingerprint reader. A fingerprint reader may be utilized to identify the fingerprint of a user that is authorized to access the interior area of the safe. In other embodiments, other types of biometric input devices may be utilized for purposes of providing access to the safe. Further it should be understood that some exemplary embodiments may include other features usable to help secure the interior area of a safe from unauthorized access. 
       FIG. 16  shows a portion of the rear of the door  272 . In  FIG. 16 , the side of the door adjacent the strike is shown. The door  272  includes an inner door face  292 . Inner door face  292  includes a removable cover so as to facilitate housing the lock and other components within the door. Door  272  further includes an inturned end portion  294 . End portion  294  extends perpendicular to front face  274 . A strike recess  296  extends in the door inner face between the inner surface of end portion  294  and the face of lock  284  and a bounding wall  298  adjacent thereto. 
     The exemplary lock includes a retractable bolt  300 . Bolt  300  is configured to engage the strike opening  238  in the strike  236  when the bolt is in an extended position and the door is closed. This corresponds to a locked condition of the lock. 
     When the lock is unlocked, the bolt  300  is retracted to the left as shown in  FIG. 16  into the body of the lock  284 . This position also corresponds to the condition of the lock shown from above in the cross-sectional view of the door  272  shown in  FIG. 18 . With the bolt  300  retracted and disengaged from the strike  236 , the door can be swung open from the closed position rotating about the hinge pins and axis  280  to the door open position so as to enable access to the interior area  270  of the safe through the access opening  286 . To return the safe to the locked position, the door  272  is closed so as to be in a closed position to block the access opening  286 . The condition of the lock is then changed via inputs through the user interface  282  or otherwise and the knob is turned so as to extend the bolt  300  into engaging relation with the strike opening  238 . In this locked condition, the door  272  is held in the closed position. 
     The exemplary configuration of the lock, the strike  236  positioned within the strike recess  296  of the door when the door is closed. In this configuration access to the strike is blocked by the end portion  294 , and the ability to compromise the door through the use of saws and other criminal tools is reduced. Of course it should be understood that this configuration is exemplary and in other embodiments, other types of lock, door, strike and latching configurations may be used. 
       FIG. 17  shows the opposed end of the exemplary inner face of the door  272  from that shown in  FIG. 16 .  FIG. 17  shows the hinge side of the door which includes the upper hinge pin  276  and the lower hinge pin  278 . 
     Exemplary door  272  includes an end portion  302  adjacent the hinge side. The end portion  302  extends inward and generally perpendicular to the front face  274 . A hinge pin recess  304  extends between the end portion  302  and a wall extending rearward to the inner door face  292 . 
     The door  272  includes an inward extending top portion  306  and an inward extending bottom portion  308 . Upper hinge pin  276  is axially movable in an opening that extends in top portion  306 . Similarly bottom hinge pin  278  is axially movable in an opening that extends in bottom portion  308 . Each of the hinge pins are biased outwardly from the door by respective springs  310 . Springs  310  act between inward extending supports  312  and a outward extending land  314  on each hinge pin. In the exemplary arrangement, one side of each land  314  is in biased engagement with a respective spring. In exemplary arrangements, the opposite side of each land  314  can serve as a stop to limit the extent that the respective hinge pin extends outwardly beyond the respective top or bottom portion of the door. Of course this configuration is exemplary and in other arrangements, other approaches may be used. 
     Exemplary hinge pin  276  includes an inturned portion  316 . Similarly exemplary hinge pin  278  includes an inturned portion  318 . Each of the hinge pins may be selectively turned within the hinge pin recess so as to be engaged with a respective stop  320 . Each stop  320  is configured to engage the inturned portion of a hinge pin and prevent inward movement of the hinge pin such as might occur during efforts to compromise the safe and remove the door. Each respective stop may include detents, recesses, fasteners or other suitable items for holding each hinge pin in engagement therewith. 
     In the exemplary arrangement, each of the hinge pins  276 ,  278  may be accessed and manually turned when the safe door  272  is open so as to disengage each hinge pin from its respective stop  320 . With the turned portions  316 ,  318  disengaged from each respective stop  320 , each of the hinge pins may be retracted in their respective opening. This enables the door to be disengaged and separated from the respective pin engaging openings  154  and  216  in the bottom wall piece and the top wall piece. This enables removing and separating the door from the safe body. This may be done, for example, to change the door or type of lock that is utilized in connection with the safe. 
     In addition, in exemplary arrangements the hinge pins  276  and  278  may be manually retracted by engagement therewith after the body of the safe is assembled so as to install the door thereon. Once the hinge pins are positioned in alignment with the respective hinge engaging recesses, each of the hinge pins may then be extended. Once the hinge pins are extended, they may be held in position by turning the respective turned end of each so as to engage the respective stop. This feature may enable more ready installation and changing of the safe door. Of course it should be understood that this configuration is exemplary and in other arrangements, other approaches may be used. 
     As can be appreciated in  FIG. 18 , in the operative position of the safe the bottom turned edge  156  of the bottom shelf  152  and the top turned edge  218  of the top shelf  214  of the exemplary arrangement serve as upward and downward extending stops respectively that prevent movement of the door  272  into the interior area  270  beyond that required to close the access opening  286 . Both of the turned edge portions extend substantially the entire width of the access opening. As a result, the bottom portion  308  of the door is engageable at its inner side along a substantial portion of the bottom turned edge  156  when the door is closed. Likewise the inner face of the top portion  306  is engageable with a substantial portion of the top edge  218 . This engagement with the surfaces which serve as a stop help to prevent the door  272  from being compromised by being pushed inward when the door is in the closed position. It should be understood that this stop configuration is exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. Of course the safe body is enclosed by attachment of the top wall piece to the side and back wall pieces shown in  FIG. 18 . The top wall piece is attached to the side and back wall pieces in a manner similar to the bottom wallpiece. 
       FIG. 18  further shows the door  272  in horizontal cross section. Additional components may be housed in the door  272  of the exemplary safe. Such components may include batteries, circuitry, sirens, sensors, transceivers or other suitable devices which are used in connection with operation of the safe. Further as represented in  FIG. 18 , fasteners  322  may be extended through openings of the bottom wall portion of the safe so as to engage the safe with the top wall of a shelf or other structure positioned below. Access to the fasteners is limited in the exemplary arrangement to persons who can access the interior area  270  of the safe. This further facilitates the security of the exemplary construction. As can be appreciated, similar fasteners may be extended through the upper wall portion so as to engage a structure located above. This may include, for example, an overlying shelf. Alternatively in other arrangements, the attaching fasteners may provide engagement with other structures such as another safe. Of course these approaches are exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. 
     Additional features may be included in the interior area of the exemplary safe. This may include, for example, suitable power connectors for personal items that a user wishes to store within the safe. This may include, for example, a power connector  324  for supplying power to a mobile device such as a smart phone, iPad or similar mobile device. Alternatively, a power connector  326  may be positioned on a wall of the safe. The power connector  326  may include an inductive power connector that enables charging the batteries of the device by placing the device in adjacent relation with the inductive coil of the power connector. Of course these approaches are exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. 
     The exemplary safe construction facilitates the storage and shipment of the safe by providing a compact arrangement in which the wall pieces and door can be shipped flat to the point of assembly. The assembly of the exemplary arrangement can be made without the use of hand tools or simple tools. The exemplary arrangement provides for assembly through manual engagement of the wall pieces and manual installation of the door. Further, once the wall pieces have been assembled, there is difficulty in compromising the integrity of the safe container body and the door. Of course alternative embodiments may use only portions of these features and may still benefit from one or more of the inventive principles described. 
     Exemplary embodiments of a safe of the type described may be integrated in an appliance  10  such as is shown in  FIG. 19 . Appliance  10  is an integrated operational appliance unit that performs the functions of a compact refrigerator, a microwave oven and a safe. Such an integrated appliance unit may be useful for example in hotels, dormitories or other facilities where the functions of refrigerated storage, cooking small items and securely storing valuables are required. 
     Appliance  10  includes a compact refrigerator portion  12 . The refrigerator  12  is operative to support a microwave oven portion  14 . The microwave oven  14  is supported in stacked relation on an upper surface of the refrigerator body. In this exemplary arrangement, a safe  16  is supported by an upper surface of the microwave oven. The exemplary appliance  10  is operative to utilize a single releasable connection to a source of household current as represented by power cord  18  in  FIG. 20 . The power cord of the exemplary arrangement is in operative connection with power control circuitry  20  as schematically represented in  FIG. 22 . The power control circuitry of the exemplary arrangement is operative to deliver power to the microwave and the refrigerator compressor  22  and other electrical components associated with the refrigerator  12 . The exemplary power control circuitry  20  is also operative to deliver power to at least one safe circuit  24  that is included in the safe  16 . 
     In the exemplary arrangement, the power control circuitry is operative to monitor the power draw or other conditions of the devices which draw the power during operation of the combined appliance. The exemplary power control circuitry is operative to avoid the combined power draw of the devices which make up the appliance from exceeding a set limit. For example in situations where the user wishes to operate the microwave while the refrigerator compressor is running and such condition would cause an excessive load, the power control circuitry is operative to withhold power to the compressor while the microwave operates. Such exemplary approaches enable the energy efficient operation of the appliance and serves to avoid an excessive power draw that may exceed the limits of a circuit breaker or associated wiring. Alternatively embodiments may be operative to withhold power to one or more other components of the unit when another component of the unit is operated. The exemplary embodiments may include features like those described in U.S. Pat. No. 8,742,304 granted Jun. 3, 2014, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     Alternatively or in addition, exemplary embodiments of the power control circuitry may be operative to detect the connected status of one or more components of the microwave, refrigerator and/or safe to the power control circuitry. Such exemplary power control circuitry may be operative responsive to sensing that there is a loss of electrical connection to make a determination as to whether the condition is a result of vandalism or attempted theft of components of the appliance. In response to detecting an electrical disconnection, the exemplary power control circuitry may be operative to provide one or more wired or wireless signals so as to provide an indication to a monitoring station or individuals in the area of the appliance of the abnormal condition. In addition, the appliance may include an audible enunciator that is operative to provide audible alarm signals. Further in other exemplary arrangements, the exemplary power control circuitry may be operative to avoid the damaging effects of power fluctuations, power surges, power bursts caused by lightning strikes, and to provide other functions. Of course these functions are exemplary and in other arrangements, the power control circuitry may perform different or additional functions. 
     In the exemplary arrangement, the appliance includes brackets to reduce the risk of theft of the appliance and its components. In the exemplary arrangement shown in  FIG. 20 , brackets  26  extend on each side of the body of the microwave  14 . Exemplary brackets  26  are connected via secure fasteners to the body of the refrigerator and the body of the microwave so as to resist the separation thereof. In the exemplary embodiment the fasteners used for connecting the brackets include screw heads that are configured to prevent the loosening or disconnection thereof using normal tools. Of course it should be understood that this bracket arrangement is exemplary and in other arrangements, other approaches may be used. 
     The exemplary arrangement further includes at least one bracket  28 . The exemplary bracket  28  extends on the rear of the appliance. The bracket  28  directly operatively connects the refrigerator body and the safe body. Bracket  28  spans the intermediate component body of the microwave oven  14 . Further in some exemplary arrangements, bracket  28  may include connections to the body of the microwave oven as well. Further it should be understood that while in the exemplary arrangement shown in  FIGS. 19 and 20 , the components of the appliance unit are stacked so that the microwave oven  14  is positioned intermediate of the refrigerator  12  and the safe  16 , in other arrangements such as that hereinafter described, the safe may be positioned intermediate of the refrigerator and the microwave oven. In such arrangements, brackets such as bracket  28  may be usable to span the intermediate device so as to assure the connection of the refrigerator to the uppermost component of the appliance unit. In other embodiments other components such as the safe may be the bottom component. Other components such as the refrigerator, the microwave oven (and other components) may be positioned as the top component and at least one intermediate component. In some arrangements multiple safes may be included in the appliance unit. 
     Further in exemplary arrangements, additional brackets may be used to secure the components together. For example as shown in  FIG. 19 , external brackets  30  are utilized to hold the body of the microwave and the body of the safe in engagement. In exemplary arrangements the brackets  30  may be similar to brackets  26  and be held to each of the microwave and the safe through fasteners that are configured to prevent disengagement. Alternatively or in addition, in some exemplary arrangements internal fasteners may be used. For example  FIG. 24  shows an exemplary mounting arrangement for attaching the safe  16  in engagement with an underlying portion of the appliance such as the body of microwave oven  14 . In the exemplary arrangement the bodies are attached through a threaded stud  32  that extends through the bodies of the microwave oven and the safe in an area that is not externally accessible. As represented in  FIG. 24 , the upper threaded portion of the stud  32  extends in an interior area  34  of the safe  16 . A releasable fastener  36  which in this exemplary arrangement comprises a threaded nut is engaged with the threaded portion of the stud within the interior area. The releasable fastener  36  is only accessible within the interior area  34  of the safe such that the threadable fastener can only be disconnected when the safe is open. Such an arrangement reduces the risk of persons who do not have access to the safe attempting to disengage the safe from the rest of the appliance unit structure so as to abscond with the safe. Of course as can be appreciated multiple such studs and releasable fasteners may be utilized in exemplary arrangements to hold the safe in engagement with the rest of the appliance. 
     As represented in  FIG. 20  the exemplary refrigerator  12  includes one or more anti-theft brackets  38 . The exemplary anti-theft bracket  38  is a generally L-shaped bracket that is in fixed connection with the body of the refrigerator  12 . The L-shaped bracket includes a plurality of apertures which are configured for accepting fasteners therethrough. The configuration of the exemplary anti-theft bracket enables fasteners to be connected through the apertures to adjacent surfaces such as a wall behind the appliance or the supporting floor structure or both. Fastening the refrigerator to an adjacent surface of a structure such as a wall or floor further reduces the risk that the appliance can be removed from its operative position for purposes of theft or vandalizing the appliance. 
     Further used to reduce the risk of theft or vandalism of the exemplary appliance  10  is the at least one safe circuit  24  as represented in  FIG. 22 . The at least one safe circuit is in operative connection with a battery  40 . The exemplary safe circuit  24  is further in connection with a loud, audible enunciator  42 . The audible enunciator  42  may in some embodiments include a piezoelectric alarm device which provides a loud audible signal to indicate tampering or an effort to gain access to the interior area of the safe. 
     The exemplary safe circuitry is further in operative connection with a plurality of sensors  44 . In the exemplary arrangement safe sensors  44  are operative to sense one or more tamper conditions associated with the safe. In the exemplary arrangement the safe circuit is operative responsive to one or more of the sensors sensing a safe tamper condition to cause the audible enunciator  42  to provide a loud alarm signal to indicate tampering. Further because the safe circuitry can be operated by the battery  40 , the enunciator of the exemplary arrangement will continue to provide an alarm even if the safe is separated from the power control circuitry  20 . Further in exemplary embodiments the safe circuitry may be operative to cause the transmission of wire or wireless signals indicative of an alarm condition. 
     As represented in  FIG. 21 , the exemplary safe similar to safe  137  previously discussed includes a safe body  46  which bounds the interior area  34  of the safe. The interior area includes a safe opening at a forward side thereof. A safe door  48  is movably mounted in supported connection with the safe body  46 . The safe door is movable between an open position in which the interior area of the safe is accessible from outside the safe and a closed position in which the interior of the safe is inaccessible. 
     The safe further includes a lock  50  which is selectively operative to hold the safe door in the closed position. The exemplary lock  50  is an electrically actuated lock that is in operative connection with the at least one safe circuit  24  and is selectively changeable between locked and unlocked conditions. 
     The exemplary sensors which sense tamper conditions of the safe include in the exemplary embodiment a material mesh schematically indicated  52  in  FIG. 21 . The material mesh  52  in the exemplary arrangement includes an electrically conductive material that extends adjacent to at least a portion of the interior area  34 . In the exemplary arrangement the at least one safe circuit is operative to sense the change in integrity of the material mesh  52  which may indicate that the body of the safe is being drilled or otherwise being compromised. Such a compromise may cause a change in inductance, capacitance, conductance, impedance or other properties of the material mesh which is detectable by the safe circuitry. The safe circuitry then operates to cause the audible enunciator to provide an output audible alarm. 
     Another safe sensor of an exemplary embodiment includes a conductive trace  54 . The conductive trace which is shown schematically in  FIG. 21  is an electrically conductive path which may extend inside or within the walls or the door bounding the interior area. The conductive trace is in operative connection with the safe circuitry. A break in continuity of the conductive trace may be indicative of cutting, drilling or other activity which corresponds to an effort to compromise the safe. In the exemplary arrangement the safe circuitry is operative to detect a break in electrical continuity of the conductive trace and to cause the alarm enunciator to give an output audible alarm in response thereto. Further it should be understood that one or more conductive traces may also be positioned on or in connection with mounting brackets, fasteners or other items which are utilized to hold the safe in connection with the microwave or other structures. Such conductive traces may also be monitored through operation of the safe circuitry to detect detachment or other conditions which may correspond to an attempt to compromise the safe and to give one or more alarm signals in response thereto. 
     Further in other exemplary arrangements the sensors in operative connection with the safe circuitry may include a position sensor  55 . A position sensor may include, for example, a contact sensor or switch that is positioned to detect relative displacement which represents relative movement of the safe. Such relative displacement may be detected with respect to the underlying unit structure such as the microwave or refrigerator. Alternatively or in addition, such relative displacement may be relative movement with respect to other fixed points within the environment in which the safe is mounted. In exemplary arrangements, relative displacement of the safe body is operative to cause a change in condition of the position sensor  55 . The change in condition of the sensor is detected through operation of the safe circuitry which causes the alarm enunciator to give an alarm in response thereto. In other arrangements the position sensor may be operative to sense movement of the safe door relative to the safe body when the lock is in the locked condition. This may be indicative of an attack on the safe door. Alarms can be given remotely to monitoring stations in addition or as an alternative to the audible alarm. Of course it should be understood that these approaches and sensing devices are exemplary and in other embodiments other approaches may be used. 
     In the exemplary arrangement of appliance  10 , the microwave oven portion includes at least one user input device  56 . In the exemplary arrangement the at least one user input device  56  may include manually actuatable buttons, knobs, switches, wireless portals or other suitable input devices through which user inputs may be received. Such user input devices of the exemplary arrangement are operative to control the microwave oven  16  for purposes of cooking and heating items that are held therein. Further in the exemplary arrangement, the at least one user input devices  56  is operable to provide inputs for purposes of controlling the locked and unlocked condition of the safe  16 . In an exemplary arrangement a user is enabled to provide one or more inputs to indicate that they wish to change the safe from the locked condition to an unlocked condition. Responsive to such an input, the associated circuitry, which in the exemplary embodiment is included in the power control circuitry  20 , is operative to prompt the user through an output device such as a display  58 , to provide inputs through the input devices  56  which correspond to a combination or other appropriate inputs that the circuitry recognizes as appropriate to change the condition of the lock. Responsive to the receipt of such inputs through the at least one input device  56 , the circuitry  20  is operative to communicate with the safe circuitry  24  so as to change the condition of lock  50  from the locked condition to the unlocked condition, for example. In response to receipt of these signals, the lock  50  is operative to change to the unlocked condition and enable the door  48  to be opened. In this condition a user is enabled to access the contents of the interior area  34  of the safe. 
     In some exemplary embodiments the power control circuitry  20  and/or safe circuitry  24  is operative to enable a user to provide inputs so as to change the combination that will open the safe when the safe is in the unlocked condition. Such approaches may be useful when the appliance  10  is used in an environment such as a hotel where each guest may wish to utilize the safe with a different combination. The exemplary circuitry is operative to provide a user with outputs such as through the display  58  or other output device, so as to prompt a user to provide particular inputs through the at least one input device  56  if they wish to change the combination for the safe. Responsive to receiving such an input, the exemplary circuitry is operative to further prompt the user through the display to input certain digits or other values that will make up the new combination for opening the safe. The user is then enabled to input such values through the at least one input device  56  of the microwave oven so as to program the circuitry to enable unlocking the safe in response to the input of such combination in the future. Thereafter the user may store items within the interior area of the safe, and close the door thereof which is operative to change the lock  50  to the locked condition. The user can thereafter access the safe by providing appropriate inputs through the at least one input device. Of course this approach is exemplary and in other embodiments, other approaches may be used. 
     Further exemplary circuitry used in connection with certain embodiments may enable authorized persons such as the proprietors of the hotel or other facility in which the appliance is located to unlock the safe in the event that the user forgets the combination or leaves the hotel with the safe in a locked condition. For example, exemplary circuitry may include programming to open the safe in response to a combination that is known only by the proprietor of the establishment in which the appliance is installed. Of course these approaches are exemplary and in other embodiments other approaches may be used. 
       FIG. 23  shows an alternative exemplary arrangement of an appliance  60 . Appliance  60  may include features similar to appliance  10  previously described. Appliance  60  is a unit which has the stacked configurations of the microwave oven and the safe reversed relative to appliance  10 . Specifically in appliance  60  a refrigerator  62  directly supports a safe  64 . The safe  64  directly supports the microwave oven  66 . In this exemplary appliance  60 , the microwave oven is positioned at a higher elevation so as to facilitate the use thereof relative to appliance  10 . Further it should be understood that other exemplary arrangements may include different configurations. For example in some exemplary configurations, the safe may be positioned below the refrigerator portion so as to provide support thereto. Such an approach may be appropriate in some arrangements in which the safe portion may be constructed of very heavy materials which are not ideally supported by the relatively lighter weight body of the refrigerator. Further in such arrangements anti-theft brackets to adjacent surfaces such as floors and walls may be attached at the lowest level directly to the safe. Alternatively or in addition, anchor straps, cables or other suitable anchors may also be attached between the safe body and adjacent structures so as to reduce the risk of the safe being moved. 
     Alternatively or in addition, additional device functionality may be added to the exemplary combined appliance unit. For example in some exemplary arrangements a large display screen such as for displaying television programs may be incorporated into a forward facing surface of the refrigerator, safe or microwave oven component. Such a display surface may be utilized for displaying video or other television programming as may be selected by a user. In some such arrangements the user input devices associated with controlling the microwave and/or the safe may also be utilized in connection with controlling the display output of video signals. Of course as can be appreciated, a remote device may also be used for controlling such a display. The inclusion of circuitry suitable for displaying video and/or television programming in connection with an appliance may further be useful for purposes of conserving space in small spaces such as hotel rooms and dormitory rooms. Other exemplary arrangements may integrate other functional components, such as a coffee maker or a food processor. Further the exemplary power control circuitry may be useful in terms of minimizing power draw and avoiding excessive load conditions when multiple functions of the appliance are attempted to be operated at the same time and may also operate to protect the circuitry associated with the appliance from potentially damaging conditions. Of course these approaches are exemplary and in other arrangements other approaches may be used. 
       FIGS. 25-27  show schematically an exemplary arrangement that may be used in connection with a compact refrigerator or similar device. Such a compact refrigerator may be part of an appliance like that previously described or alternatively may be a standalone device. The exemplary embodiment described is utilized for purposes of minimizing vibration transmission which may occur as a result of operation of the refrigerant compressor used in connection with the refrigerator. Further the exemplary arrangement is operative to enable more readily repairing the refrigerator by having a removable compressor encasement structure which can be readily fluidly disconnected from components of the refrigerator, removed from the refrigerator body and replaced so as to minimize the repair time and cost associated repairs.  FIG. 25  shows a transparent side view of an exemplary refrigerator  68 . Refrigerator  68  includes a body  70 . Body  70  bounds an interior area  72  in which food or other items to be refrigerated are stored. Interior area  72  has an opening  74 . A door  76  is movably mounted in operative connection with the body so as to enable selectively accessing and closing the opening to the interior area. 
     In the exemplary arrangement the refrigerator includes a compressor  78 . The exemplary compressor  78  operates to compress and pump the refrigerant material so as to cool the interior area  72  and transfer the heat therefrom to the surroundings such as the air in the room in which the refrigerator is located. 
     In the exemplary arrangement the compressor  78  is in operative fluid connection with an evaporator  80 . In the exemplary arrangement the evaporator is in or adjacent to the interior area  72  so as to remove heat therefrom. The expanded refrigerant within the evaporator is enabled to be in fluid connection with the compressor through a first fluid conduit  82 . Fluid conduit  82  includes at least one disconnectable fluid loss preventing fitting  84 . The exemplary fluid loss preventing fitting is operative to enable the first fluid conduit to fluidly be disconnected from the compressor  78  without significant loss of the refrigerant material. This may be accomplished in an exemplary arrangement through a pair of opposed check valves or a similar arrangement that prevents the loss of fluid from either the evaporator or the compressor when the fitting is disconnected. Alternatively other types of fluid loss prevention fittings may be utilized including those with valves which can be manually or automatically actuated therein so as to prevent fluid loss. 
     In the exemplary arrangement the compressor  78  is in fluid connection with a condenser  86 . The condenser  86  is operative to release heat from the refrigerant material and to cause refrigerant vapor to condense. In the exemplary arrangement the condenser is operative to release the heat into the air adjacent to the lower portion of the body  70  of the refrigerator. In the exemplary arrangement the condenser is fluidly connected to the compressor  78  through a fluid conduit  88 . Fluid conduit  88  further includes at least one disconnectable fluid loss preventing fitting  90  which may be similar to the fitting types previously discussed. 
     Of course it should be understood that the exemplary refrigerator includes additional components which are not shown in  FIGS. 25-27 . These include for example an accumulator, filter dryer, expansion valve and other components of the heat transfer fluid circuit. Such components condition and control the refrigerant flow so as to enable the refrigerant condensed in the condenser to expand in the evaporator in a heat transfer cycle. 
     In the exemplary arrangement the refrigerator includes a removable encasement  92 . Encasement  92  is in operative supporting connection with the compressor  78 . Encasement  92  is removable from the interior of the body  70  of the refrigerator when the compressor  78  is fluidly disconnected from the evaporator and the condenser by disconnection of the fittings  84  and  90 . 
     In exemplary arrangements the encasement  92  is in supported connection with the refrigerator body through at least one resilient pad  94 . Resilient pad  94  of the exemplary arrangement comprises a resilient shock absorbing pad of rubber or other material that is suitable for vibrationally isolating the encasement from the body of the refrigerator. A further resilient pad  96  extends between the encasement and the liner bounding the interior area  72 . The further resilient pad extends generally vertically in the operational position. 
     The exemplary resilient pads are configured to be of such thickness and to have such vibration absorption properties so as to reduce the vibration which is inherent in the operation of the compressor from being transmitted from the encasement structure to the body of the refrigerator. This reduces the risk of vibration of the items housed within the refrigerator. Such low vibration may be highly desirable for certain types of beverages or other stored items. Further such vibration isolation capabilities may be desirable for structures adjacent to the refrigerator body or that are supported thereon, such as other electrical components of the appliances previously discussed. Further in exemplary arrangements the resilient pads can be configured to engage channels, projections, recesses or other structures of the body so as to avoid the need for metallic or other fasteners to directly extend between the encasement structure and the body of the refrigerator. Such approaches to engagement of the encasement structure and the refrigerator body may facilitate the removal and replacement thereof in the event of compressor failure. As a result, such exemplary arrangements facilitate being able to more readily repair the refrigerator while reducing the adverse effects of vibration which are inherent in the operation of compressors utilized with compact refrigerators. Of course it should be understood that these structures are exemplary and in other arrangements, other approaches may be used. 
     Thus the exemplary embodiments described achieve improved operation, eliminate difficulties encountered in the use of prior devices and systems and attain the useful results as described herein. 
     In the foregoing description, certain terms have been used for brevity, clarity and understanding. However, no unnecessary limitations are to be implied therefrom because such terms are used for descriptive purposes and are intended to be broadly construed. Moreover the descriptions and illustrations herein are by way of examples and the new and useful concepts are not limited to the features shown and described. 
     It should be understood that features and/or relationships associated with one embodiment can be combined with features and/or relationships of another embodiment. That is, various features and/or relationships from various embodiments can be combined in further embodiments. The inventive scope of the disclosure is not limited to only the embodiments shown or described herein. 
     Having described the features, discoveries and principles of the exemplary embodiments, the manner in which they are constructed and operated, and the advantages and useful results attained, the new and useful features, devices, elements, arrangements, parts, combinations, systems, equipment, operations, methods, processes and relationships are set forth in the appended claims.