Patent ID: 8695385

Claim:
A safe comprising: a housing including opposed first and second side walls each having a wall thickness extending from an exterior surface to an interior surface defining an internal cavity therebetween in communication with an opening in the housing; a door assembled to the housing, and movable between a closed position covering the opening and an open position to expose at least a portion of the opening; first and second latches retained by the door and configured to lockingly engage corresponding first and second inner recesses in the interior surfaces of the corresponding first and second side walls of the housing in the locked condition when the door is in the closed position; a locking member retained by the door and configured to block disengagement of the first and second latches from the first and second side walls when the locking member is in a locked condition, and to permit disengagement of the first and second latches from the first and second side walls when the locking member is in an unlocked condition; a user operable lock interface at least partially disposed on an external surface of the door and operable to move the locking member from the locked condition to the unlocked condition; and first and second side buttons disposed at least partially within the corresponding first and second inner recesses of the first and second side walls of the housing, each side button being operable to disengage the corresponding latch from the corresponding inner recess to permit movement of the door from the closed position to the open position when the locking member is in the unlocked condition, wherein each side button is disconnected from the corresponding latch at least when the door is in the open position.