Oblique-Side Gun Safe Door Layout for Narrow-Space Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional safes are not designed for narrow spaces, requiring ample room for door opening and closing, which limits their usability in confined areas.
Innovation Solution
A modified box-shaped safe with an open front and oblique side, allowing the door to pivot from the oblique side, enabling access through the side when partially open, and featuring a unique trapezoidal design for the door and cabinet sections to accommodate this configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional safe with a hinged door is used, then the door can be opened perpendicular to the front opening for unobstructed access, but the safe requires ample space and cannot be installed in narrow areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the door opening dimension from the front face to the oblique side. The door pivots on a hinge located at the oblique side of the cabinet, allowing the door to swing open laterally rather than perpendicular to the front. This dimensional change enables the safe to be installed in narrow spaces between walls or furniture while still providing unobstructed access to the interior when the door is fully opened.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs an asymmetric cabinet design with an oblique side that is not perpendicular to the front opening. The oblique side is angled relative to the front face, creating an asymmetric geometry that allows the door to pivot outward to the side. This asymmetric configuration enables the door to clear the front opening area when opened, providing full access without requiring deep space in front of the safe.
2Ease of operation
If the door opens perpendicular to the front opening, then unobstructed access to the interior is achieved, but the safe cannot be disposed adjacent to a door or in narrow spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The door opening movement is redirected from the front dimension to the lateral dimension along the oblique side. When the door is opened, it swings out to the side rather than forward, allowing the safe to be positioned in tight spaces such as between a wall and a door while maintaining full interior access capability.
3Ease of manufacture
If a conventional box-shaped safe is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot accommodate side-pivoting door configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the conventional symmetric box shape by introducing an oblique side that angles relative to the front opening. This asymmetric modification creates the necessary geometry for the door to pivot on the oblique side while maintaining relatively simple construction using standard woodworking or metal fabrication techniques. The oblique side serves both as a structural element and as the pivot axis for the door.
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AI summary
The invention provides a modified box-shape safe that includes a cabinet having an open front contiguous with an open oblique side obtusely angled relative to the open front. The safe cabinet is formed by two vertically oriented rectangular sections that adjoin to form the cabinet's back and side wall and two horizontally oriented trapezoidal sections that adjoin adjacent horizontal edges of the back and side walls to form the cabinet's top and bottom. The open front and contiguous open oblique side of the cabinet is closed using a safe door having a rectangular front section adjoining an oblique side section obtusely angled relative tot the front section. The door is pivotably connected to the cabinet so as to open from the oblique side section.