GUN SAFE

• US 20200132404A1
• Filed: 10/30/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James Adam Kemp
• Original Assignee: James Adam Kemp
• Inventors: ADAM KEMP, James
• Application Number:
  US16/669,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20200132404A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/005 Devices for storing or displaying rifles, guns, pistols or elongated objects such as fishing rods storing fishing rods or the like in vehicles B60R7/08; storing guns in vehicles B60R7/14; cases for carrying guns F41C33/00
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/066 having means for recognizing biometric parameters, e.g. voice control, finger print or palm print control
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/54 Protecting-caps for trigger guards; Trigger locking pieces mounted on, or within, the trigger guard

Abstract

A gun safe comprising a carriage configured to receive only a portion weapon; a housing; a lock configured to lock a portion of the weapon; a biometric scanner positioned adjacent to a handle of the weapon so that when a user grasps the weapon while the weapon is locked within the gun safe, a user'"'"'s finger of the hand grasping the weapon handle contacts the scanner directly, wherein upon receipt of a fingerprint of the user'"'"'s finger, a processor determines if the fingerprint matches a fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, and wherein in response to the processor determining the fingerprint matches the fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, the processor instructs the lock to release the locked portion of the weapon.

Claims

1. A gun safe comprising:

a carriage configured to receive a barrel of a gun but not receive a handle of the gun;

a housing;

a lock configured to lock a trigger guard of the gun;

a fingerprint scanner mounted in the housing and positioned adjacent to the handle of the gun so that when a user grasped the gun while the gun is locked within the gun safe, a user'"'"'s finger of the hand grasping the gun handle contacts the fingerprint scanner directly,

wherein upon receipt of a fingerprint of the user'"'"'s finger, a processor determines if the fingerprint matches a fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, and

wherein in response to the processor determining the fingerprint matches the fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, the processor instructs the lock to release the trigger guard of the gun.

2. A method for operating a gun safe comprising a carriage, a housing, a lock configured to lock a trigger guard of the gun, a fingerprint scanner mounted in the housing and positioned adjacent to the handle of the gun so that when a user grasped the gun while the gun is locked within the gun safe, a user'"'"'s finger of the hand grasping the gun handle contacts the fingerprint scanner directly, the method comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s fingerprint of a user'"'"'s finger;

registering the user'"'"'s fingerprint into memory of the gun safe;

in response to receiving a first fingerprint, determining if the fingerprint matches the fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, and

in response to the processor determining the first fingerprint matches the user'"'"'s fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, the processor instructs the lock to release the trigger guard of the gun.

3. A gun safe comprising:

a carriage configured to receive only a portion weapon;

a housing;

a lock configured to lock a portion of the weapon;

a biometric scanner positioned adjacent to a handle of the weapon so that when a user grasps the weapon while the weapon is locked within the gun safe, a user'"'"'s finger of the hand grasping the weapon handle contacts the scanner directly,

wherein upon receipt of a fingerprint of the user'"'"'s finger, a processor determines if the fingerprint matches a fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, and

wherein in response to the processor determining the fingerprint matches the fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, the processor instructs the lock to release the locked portion of the weapon.