ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,827, issued on March 17, was assigned to SA Consumer Products Inc. (Rolling Meadows, Ill.).
"Safe" was invented by Richard S. Glogovsky (Libertyville, Ill.), Ben Lavallee (McDonald, Pa.), Hu Chen Jie (Ningbo, China) and Hu Hui Xiang (Ningbo, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An under counter safe for securing items and providing quick access includes upper and lower sections forming an interior cavity, with the upper section attachable to the underside of a countertop, desk, or other surface. A linkage mechanism may connect the upper and lower sections, allowing the lower section to be raised or lowered with respect to the upper ...