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SentrySafe
Company typePrivately held
IndustryManufacture
Founded1930
HeadquartersRochester, NY, USA
Key people
James Brush, President & CEO
Websitewww.sentrysafe.com

SentrySafe is the brand name of Sentry Group, a family owned and operated safe manufacturing company that is headquartered in Rochester, NY, USA. Sentry manufactures and sells residential, business, and gun safes. In addition to security functions, Sentry provides a wide variety of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) rated safes to protect valuables from both fire and water.

SentrySafe containers have five general, but interrelated, functions:

  • Security
  • Digital Media Protection
  • Fire-Resistance
  • Water-Resistance
  • Gun Safes


History

In 1930, John Brush, Sr. and his brother-in-law, Willard Punnett, opened a small shop for the manufacture of safes in Rochester, New York. The Brush-Punnett Company was an early pioneer in the manufacturing process of safes.

The company's name changed to Sentry Group in 1987, but remains family-owned to this day. Currently, members of the third generation, Doug and Jim Brush are Chairman and CEO, respectively.

Sentry Group produces more fire-resistant chests, files, safes, and security storage containers and gun safes than any other company in the world and has won numerous awards for its product design and retail service. It maintains its manufacturing facilities in Rochester, New York and Shanghai, China. In addition, Sentry Group’s satellite sales offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan provide customers all over the world with its fire-resistant and security storage containers.


In 1991, Michael Redman of Virginia brought a product liability suit against Sentry Group (formerly John D. Brush and Company) after his coin collection was stolen out of his Sentry Supreme Safe, Model #5570. Redman purchased the safe from the retailer Value-Tique after seeing thier advertisement for it in the magazine Coin World, which advertised the safe as “burglar deterrent.” Redman v. John D. Brush and Co., 111 F.3d 1174 (4th Cir. April 28, 1997).

Redman won the jury verdict in district court, but the case was appealed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the decision, holding that Redman failed to present evidence demonstrating that his safe violated industry standards, government standards, or reasonable consumer expectations. Also, Redman’s safe was specifically designed to meet fire-resistant standards, but not “burglar deterrent” standards, even though it did provide “a degree of protection against burglary.” An expert witness testified that materials that enhance burglar-resistance on safes consequently reduce the fire-resistance.


Trivia

  • In Employee of the Month (2006 film), a SentrySafe logo is clearly visible on the wall safe in the backroom.
  • On the November 5, 2006 episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition SentrySafe was the exclusive provider of two Model #: DA5781 Fire-Safe Electronic Safe products for a “spy-themed room” for one of the Thibodeau children.



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