Patent ID: 7540175

Claim:
A portable safe for assembly with a trailer hitch receiver tube, the safe comprising: a safe housing having an internal cavity extending to an access port, and at least one opening configured to align with at least one aperture of a receiver tube; a mounting pin having an elongated shaft extending outward through an opening in the safe housing for insertion through at least one aperture of a receiver tube, and a laterally extending leg retained within the safe housing, wherein the safe housing is pivotable about the laterally extending leg; and a safe door securable to the housing to substantially block the access port, the safe door comprising: a locking mechanism comprising at least one locking member secured in a housing engaging position when the locking mechanism is in a locked condition, the at least one locking member being movable to a housing disengaging position when the locking mechanism is in an unlocked condition; and a lock interface selectively operable to move the locking mechanism from the locked condition to the unlocked condition.