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

• Current Assignee: Patrick F. Mcatarian, Phoenix USA Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Costello Manufacturing, Inc.
• Inventors: Costello, Stephen P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, Gerald A.
• Application Number:
  US07/642,900
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 312/319, 312/328, 312/204, 312/242, 312/271, 312/274, 206/45.13, 206/387, 206/317, 224/911, 224/912
• US Class Current: 312/242
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/02 Details safe hinges E05D7/14
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/06 Containers for carrying smallarms, e.g. safety boxes, gun cases F41C33/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

A gun locker includes a housing having a rear wall and a front door. The door is pivotally opened. A locking mechanism enables the door to be opened for access to the interior of the housing. A gun holster is positioned in the housing. The holster is formed of a main gun cavity and a pair of end straps. The plane of the gun cavity and the end straps are perpendicular to the plane of the door when the door is opened. One of the straps is secured between the rear edge of the holster gun cavity and the rear wall of the enclosure and the other end strap is secured between the front edge of the holster gun cavity and the interior surface of the door.

Claims

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.

2. A gun locker in accordance with claim 1 wherein said gun holster is rotatable so that a gun which is inserted in said cavity rotates from a generally vertical position when said door is closed to a position at an angle with respect to the vertical position when said door is opened.

3. A gun locker in accordance with claim 2 wherein the angle is approximately 30 to 60 degrees from the vertical position.