Patent ID: 8240872

Claim:
An interior lighting system for a security safe which comprises: said security safe having an enclosure, the enclosure having a door opening and a hinged door within the opening, with the door having boltworks, defined as locking bolts, for door locking and a sliding plate, with the door having a number of mounting holes in the door edge adjacent to the door opening, a power supply located, within the safe enclosure, for converting alternating current mains power to a low voltage direct current, a snap action lever switch in electrical communication with said power supply and mechanically interfacing with the door boltworks, a switch bracket configured to interface with the switch on one offset leg and on an inside surface of the door on a second leg permitting the lever of the switch to engage the sliding plate of the boltworks for energizing the lighting system when the safe door is unlocked and opened, a plurality of LED puck lights, in electrical communication with the switch, disposed within a door edge adjacent to the door opening, such that when the door is hinged open the LED lights are energized through the switch and illuminate the interior of the safe until the door is closed and bolted, and wherein said LED puck lights having a rear mounted channel shaped bracket and a flanged bezel permitting the lights to be mounted through said mounting holes in said door edge adjacent to the door opening and secured with the bracket from inside the door.