Patent ID: 6871601

Claim:
A low profile depository cabinet-safe combination comprising: a) a safe forming a hollow safe interior therein accessible through a lockable door; b) a depository cabinet set atop and locked to said safe, forming an enclosed cabinet interior accessible through a horizontally, pivotally mounted lockable front door by inputting an unlocking combination therein; c) an opening formed in said safe and an opening formed in said cabinet to place the respective interiors thereof in vertical communication with each other; d) deposit handling means in said depository cabinet including: i) a deposit plate moveable from inside said cabinet interior, with said cabinet door, to outside said cabinet when said cabinet door is fully opened, on which to place a deposit; and, ii) a deposit actuator for moving with said cabinet door to move said deposit plate and the deposit placed upon it from outside said cabinet into said cabinet interior, as said cabinet door is being closed, and off said deposit plate, over said communications opening, to allow the deposit to fall down into said safe interior; and, e) means for preventing said cabinet door from being reopened until another unlocking combination is inputted to unlock said cabinet front door.