Patent ID: 8020752

Claim:
A security receptacle, comprising: (a) an outer housing defining an inner chamber and having an inlet thereto; (b) a movably connected top door for selectably closing the inlet, wherein the top door is configured for movement between an open position and a closed position; and (c) an inner shield for dividing the inner chamber into a receipt chamber and a holding chamber to prevent user access to the holding chamber from the inlet, wherein the inner shield is driven by the movement of the top door through a cam assembly, the cam assembly including a cam track having first and second connecting track portions, wherein the second track portion is configured in an oblique relationship to the first track portions, and wherein the cam assembly includes a housing attachment device and an inner shield attachment device, both the housing attachment device and the inner shield attachment device being received by the cam track, wherein the housing attachment device and the inner shield attachment device arc in the first track portion when the top door is in the open position, and wherein the housing attachment device is in the first track portion and the inner shield attachment device is in the second track portion when the top door is in the closed position.