DEVICE FOR SECURING A FIREARM, AS WELL AS FOR SECURING AND/OR STORING OBJECTS

• US 20020032976A1
• Filed: 05/07/1999
• Published: 03/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Karl Stefan Riener
• Original Assignee: Karl Stefan Riener
• Inventors: RIENER, KARL STEFAN
• Granted Patent: US 6,510,642 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/70.11
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/063 comprising a transponder

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for securing a firearm against unauthorized removal and/or firing and for securing and/or storing objects against unauthorized removal, which comprises a locking device (9, 10, 14) and an identification device (11, 16). The identification device (11, 16) is designed for the wireless exchange at least of unambiguous identification codes (30, 36) and comprises at least one transmission and/or receiving unit (18, 19, 20) assigned to an authorized user and another to the identification device (11, 16). At a distance or in a distance range between the transmission and/or receiving units (18, 19, 20) of 0 to 1000 mm, preferably 0 to 50 mm and corresponding identification codes (30, 36) of the transmission and/or receiving unit (19) of the user and the transmission and/or receiving unit (18, 20) of the identification device (11, 16) the locking device (9, 10, 14) is deactivated by the identification device (11, 16).

Claims

1. Device for securing a firearm against unauthorised removal and/or firing with a locking device and an identification device, characterised in that the identification device (11, 16) is designed for the wireless exchange at least of unambiguous identification codes (30, 36) and comprises at least one transmission and/or receiving unit (18, 19, 20) assigned to an authorised user (17) and another assigned to the identification device (11, 16), and in that at a distance or in a distance range between the transmission and/or receiving units (18, 19, 20) of 0 to 1000 mm, preferably 0 to 50 mm, and corresponding identification codes (30, 36) of the transmission and/or receiving unit (19) of the user (17) and the transmission and/or receiving unit (18, 20) of the identification device (11, 16) the locking device (9, 10;

14;

60;

61;

62) is deactivated by the identification device (11, 16).

2. Device for securing and/or storing objects with a safety device against unauthorised removal, which comprises a locking device and an identification device, in particular according to claim 1, characterised in that the identification device (211, 216) is designed for the wireless exchange at least of unambiguous identification codes (230), and comprises at least one transmission and/or receiving unit (218, 219, 220) assigned to an authorised user (217) and another assigned to the identification device (211, 216), and in that at a distance or in a distance range between the transmission and/or receiving units (218, 219, 220) of 0 to 1000 mm, preferably 0 to 50 mm and corresponding identification codes (230) of the transmission and/or receiving unit (219) of the user (217) and the transmission and/or receiving unit (218, 220) of the identification device (211, 216) the locking device (209, 210;

214) is deactivated by the identification device (211, 216).

3. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a transmission unit is assigned to the user (17, 217) and a receiving unit is assigned to the identification device (11, 16, 211, 216).

4. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a transmission and receiving unit (18, 19, 20, 218, 219, 220) is assigned to the user (17, 217) and/or the identification device (11, 16, 211, 216).

5. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a transmission and/or receiving unit (19, 219) is formed by a transponder (38, 238).

6. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (18, 19, 20, 218, 219, 220) is designed for the wireless transmission of energy via an electromagnetic alternating field (24, 224).

7. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (19, 219) of the user (17, 217) is arranged in a watch housing (41, 241), in a watch strap (40, 240) or a ring (242).

8. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (19, 219) is integrated into a piece of clothing and/or jewellery (39, 239) of the user (17, 217).

9. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (19, 219) is arranged in the region of the hand or the part of the lower arm facing the hand.

10. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (19, 219) of the user (17, 217) is designed for the continual or continually consecutive, intermittent signal emission.

11. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a manually operable switch element (51, 247) is assigned to the transmission and/or receiving unit (18, 19, 20, 218, 219, 220).

12. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (20) in the region of the firearm (2, 4) is designed for the continual and/or continually consecutive, intermittent emission of identification codes (30, 36).

13. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a range of the transmission and/or receiving unit (18, 19, 20, 218, 219, 220) for the transmission of at least the identification codes (30, 36, 230) is greater than the distance or the distance range.

14. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (19, 219) is designed for detecting and if necessary transmitting its distance from the identification device (11, 16, 211, 216).

15. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the distance or the distance range between the transmission and/or receiving unit (19, 219) and the transmission and/or receiving unit (18, 20, 218, 220) can be predetermined or adjusted.

16. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the sensitivity or the range of the transmission and/or receiving units (18, 19, 20, 218, 219, 220) can be adjusted.

17. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification device (11, 16, 211, 216) comprises optical and/or acoustic and/or electromagnetic transmission and/or receiving units (18, 19, 20, 218, 219, 220).

18. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that encoding and/or decoding units (33, 34) are assigned to the transmission and/or receiving units (18, 19, 20, 218, 219, 220).

19. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving units (18, 19, 20, 218, 219, 220) have a test circuit for the received electromagnetic alternating field (24, 224).

20. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a distance measuring device (37) is assigned to the identification device (11, 16, 211, 216) and/or the transmission and/or receiving unit (19, 219) of the user (17, 217).

21. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the locking device (9, 10;

14) is assigned to a holding device (5, 6, 7) for the firearms (2, 3, 4) and a charging device (43) at the holding device (5, 6, 7) is coupled to the power supply system (22), preferably the identification device (16).

22. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the coupling between the power supply system (22, 222) of the identification device (16, 216) formed in particular by accumulators (23, 223) and of the charging device (43, 243) is in the form of contact-free power transmission devices and/or electrical contact devices.

23. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification device (16) is integrated invisibly in the firearm (2, 3, 4).

24. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the locking device (14) of the firearm (2, 4) is assigned to a trigger (42) and/or a lock (49).

25. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the holding device (7) for a handgun (52) comprises a mount (59) for a barrel (53) of the handgun (52) and the locking device (60, 61, 62) is assigned to the barrel (53).

26. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a drive element (63, 64, 71) of the locking device (60, 61, 62) is coupled with a lock pin (65, 66, 69) and the drive element (63, 64, 71) is line-connected with the identification device (11).

27. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the lock pin (65, 66, 69) controlled by the identification device (16) with the drive element (63, 64, 71) is adjustable from a position in the inner space of the mount (59) into a position located outside the latter.

28. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the lock pin (65, 66, 69) interacts with a sight (67) and/or a recess (68) and/or a trigger safety clip (70).

29. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that in the region of an opening (58) of the mount (59) or in the region of the holding device (5, 6, 7) a sensor is arranged which is line-connected with the locking device (60, 61, 62) or the identification device (16).

30. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a holding element (54) or a handle (55) of the handgun (52) projects out of the holding device (7).

31. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the holding device (7) is in the form of a pistol holster (74) and the identification device (11) is arranged on the pistol holster (74).

32. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the pistol holster (74) is made of hard plastic and the lock pin (69) of the locking device (62) on the pistol holster (74) in the locked position penetrates the trigger safety clip (70).

33. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (18) is arranged on a carrier belt (75) of the pistol holster (74) in the region of the handle (55).

34. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a locking device (81) of the pistol holster (74) surrounds a handle (55) and via a coupling device (85) connected with the identification device (11) a pivotal movement of the locking device (81) is released or locked relative to the pistol holster (74).

35. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification device (11, 16, 211, 216) comprises a scanning device for person-related, body-specific features, such as e.g. finger prints, iris imaging, face shape or hand shape.

36. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the locking device (9, 10;

14;

60;

61;

62, 209, 210, 214) is released by the identification device (11, 16, 211, 216) if at least one body, person-related feature and one identification code (30, 36, 230) corresponds.

37. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification and/or locking device (11, 16, 9, 10, 14, 60, 61, 62, 211, 216, 209, 210, 214) is connected to an alarm signalling device.

38. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification and/or locking device (11, 16, 9, 10, 14, 60, 61, 62, 211, 216, 209, 210, 214) and/or a force field for supplying power is activated by the presence of a person in a room, in which the holding device (5, 6, 7) or the holding and/or storage device (205) is arranged.

39. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the release of the locking device (9, 10, 14, 60, 61, 62, 209, 210, 214) can be blocked by a timer.

40. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the switch device for the locking and/or identification device (9, 10, 14, 60, 61, 62, 11, 16, 209, 210, 214, 211, 216) and/or power supply device can be activated by a remote control device, in particular by a voice recognition module.

41. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (218, 220) in the region of the objects (202) to be secured is designed for the continual and/or continual consecutive, intermittent emission of identification codes (230)

42. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the locking device (209, 210, 214) is assigned to a holding and/or storage device (205) for the objects (202), and a charging device (243) at the holding and/or storage device (205) is coupled with the power supply system (222) of the identification device (211, 216).

43. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification device (216) is integrated invisibly in the holding and/or the storage device (205), e.g. in the form of a safe (206) or a locker.

44. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the locking device (209, 210, 214) is assigned to a door or a lid of the holding and/or storage device (205) or a holding member of a presentation carrier.

45. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a drive element of the locking device (209, 210, 214) is coupled with a lock pin and the drive element is line-connected with the identification device (211, 216).

46. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the lock pin is controlled by the identification device (211, 216) from a position locking the object (202) into a position releasing the object (202) and vice versa.

47. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that in the region of the holding and/or storage device (205) and/or in the storage region for the object (202) a sensor is arranged, which is line-connected with the locking device (209, 210, 214) or the identification device (211, 216).

48. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the holding and/or storage device (205) is in the form of a portable storage container (208) and the identification device (216) is arranged on the user (217) himself or on a portable storage container (208).

49. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the transmission and/or receiving unit (220) is arranged on a carrier belt (248) of the portable storage container (208).

50. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification device (211, 216) and/or the locking device (209, 210, 214) is arranged in a safe (206) and/or in a locker and/or in a storage container (208), e.g. a magazine (207) or is assigned thereto.

51. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the identification device (211, 216) and/or the locking device (209, 210, 214) is assigned holding members, e.g. a holding clip for an object of value on a presentation carrier.

52. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that a control device (253) arranged in a regions spaced apart from the transmission and/or receiving unit (218, 220) for the identification codes (23) is assigned to the identification device (211, 216) and/or the locking device (209, 210, 214).

53. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that the locking device (209, 210, 214) is deactivated with a positive control result of the control device (253) and with corresponding identification codes (230).