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Gun locker

  • US 5,118,175 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1991
  • Issued: 06/02/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A gun locker comprising:

  • a housing defining an enclosure having a rear wall and a front door secured to a front end of said housing, said door being pivotally openable and having an interior surface defining an interior surface of said enclosure when said door is in a closed position;

    said door when in a closed position being in a vertical plane and being permanently affixed to the housing by a horizontal hinge at a lower end of the door;

    a locking mechanism engaging said door to be unlocked for access to the interior of said housing;

    and a gun holster positioned in said housing, said holster having an elongated gun cavity for retaining a gun therein and a pair of end straps;

    said elongated gun cavity being symmetrically bisected by a plane, when said door is open said end straps lie in said elongated gun cavity plane and said cavity plane is perpendicular to the plane of said door, said elongated gun cavity plane being at an acute angle to the plane of said door when said door is closed, said holster having a front edge and a rear edge, one of said end straps being secured between the rear edge of said gun holster and the rear wall of said enclosure and the other strap end straps being secured between said front edge of said gun holster and the interior surface of said door.

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