Patent ID: 7096801

Claim:
A safe comprising: a housing defining an access opening and an interior space; a door shiftable between a closed position and an open position, said door blocking access to the interior space through the access opening when in the closed position, said door permitting access to the interior space through the access opening when in the open position, said door moving in a purely translational manner and a purely rotational manner when shifted from the closed position to the open position; a locking mechanism for selectively locking the door in the closed position; and a carrousel assembly received in the interior space and rotatably coupled to the housing, said carrousel assembly including a normally-upright elongated support, a base, and a lateral support member, said base and said lateral support member being coupled to the elongated support and spaced from one another along the length of the elongated support, said elongated support being rotatably coupled to the housing, said base and said lateral support member being rigidly coupled to the elongated support, said base presenting a normally-upwardly facing support surface facing generally towards the lateral support member.