Wall safe with secret compartment

Claim 1

Improvements in a wall-type safe including a main rectangular parallelepiped body defined by top, bottom, rear and side walls, said body defining therein a main storage chamber, and a door hingedly connected to said body for closing the front side thereof, comprising the improvement wherein at least one of said walls has an enlarged opening formed therein, a pair of parallel L-shaped guides fixed to the exterior of said one wall adjacent the opposite edges of said opening, a boxlike compartment removably attached to said main body for defining therein a secret storage chamber, said boxlike compartment being open at one end thereof and having a pair of parallel guide flanges fixed thereto adjacent the opposite sides of said open end, said guide flanges being slidably received within the pair of L-shaped guides secured to said one wall for connecting said compartment to said main body, whereby the open end of said compartment is in communication with the opening in said one wall so that said secret chamber is accessible solely from said main storage chamber through said opening, an interior wall disposed within said main chamber and positioned directly adjacent said one wall so as to totally overlie and close said opening, said interior wall being removable for permitting access to said secret chamber, and a removable exterior wall slidably supported by said pair of L-shaped guides for closing said opening when the compartment is not attached to said main body.