Patent ID: 8172344

Claim:
A safety cabinet comprising; an enclosure defining an interior cavity, the enclosure having a base and a top, the base having a sump area therein, the enclosure having a face defining an opening, the opening in communication with the cavity, first and second sidewalls, and a back wall, the face, first and second sidewalls and back wall extending between the base and the top; a door rotatably attached to the enclosure, the door movable between an open position and a closed position, the door configured to selectively cover the at least a portion of the enclosure when in the closed position; a first pair of shelf mounts mounted to the interior cavity of the enclosure, the shelf mounts being in spaced relationship to each other; a second pair of shelf mounts mounted to the interior cavity of the enclosure, the shelf mounts being in spaced relationship to each other; and a shelf disposed in the cavity of the enclosure, the shelf supported by the first and second pair of shelf mounts, the shelf having a support surface, first and second ends, and first and second edges, the support surface extending longitudinally between the first and second ends, the first and second edges being in spaced relationship to each other and laterally defining the support surface, the first and second edges extending longitudinally between the first and second ends; wherein the first end has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface, the first mounting surface closer to the first edge than to the second edge, the second mounting surface closer to the second edge than the first edge, the first mounting surface being a first distance away from the support surface along a direction perpendicular to the support surface and the first mounting surface, the second mounting surface being a second distance away from the support surface along a direction perpendicular to the support surface and the second mounting surface, the first distance being greater than the second distance; wherein the second end has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface, the first mounting surface closer to the first edge than to the second edge, the second mounting surface closer to the second edge than the first edge, the first mounting surface being a first distance away from the support surface along a direction perpendicular to the support surface and the first mounting surface, the second mounting surface being a second distance away from the support surface along a direction perpendicular to the support surface and the second mounting surface, the first distance being greater than the second distance; and wherein the shelf is supported by the first and second pairs of shelf mounts such that the second edge is adjacent the back wall of the enclosure, the shelf mounts respectively supporting the mounting surfaces of the first and second ends of the shelf such that the support surface of the shelf is inclined with the first edge being vertically higher than the second edge.