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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to strongbox device and more particularly pertains to a new strongbox device which can be shipped in modular form and assembled quickly while still affording the heat protections of a unitary structure.

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The prior art relates to strongbox devices and safes in general. When a person purchases a safe it will typically come either as a completed unit or as a modular device. Completed units, while requiring only installation, can be extremely heavy as well as sized to make their movement around corners and through doors difficult. Modular shipping is therefore utilized to allow assembly on the premises to lesson the amount of movement of the safe. However, modular safes do not have the fire/heat protection of pre-assembled safes and therefore require the installer to loosely attach insulation to the interior surface of the safe. Such installation is tedious and does not provide the level of protection provided by preassembled safes. Moreover, these prior art installations, as well as safes in general, do not include reflective material within their walls to reflect radiant heat outwardly away from the interior of the safe. The present invention overcomes these obstacles by providing modular safe components having pre-installed elements to prevent heat conduction into the interior of a safe.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing including a plurality of walls removably secured together. The walls include a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a rear wall. The housing has a front side and a door is hingedly coupled to the second side wall. A locking mechanism is mounted on the housing and releasably locks the door in a closed position. Each of the walls includes an outer panel defining an exterior of the housing. The outer panel comprises a steel material. An inner panel is spaced from the outer panel and has an exterior face facing the outer panel and an interior face directed opposite of the exterior face. The exterior face comprises a highly reflective surface configured to reflect heat back toward the outer panel. The inner panel comprises a steel material. An insulating material is positioned between and fills a space between the outer and inner panels. A plurality of mating flanges is attached to the walls such that each of the walls includes a mating flange securable to a mating flange on one more adjacently positioned one of the walls to form the completed housing. A plurality of couplers is extended through abutting ones of the mating flanges to secure the walls together.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

