Assembly for mounting a shotgun to a car seat
First Claim
1. An apparatus for safely mounting a shotgun within the passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
- a gun carrier assembly;
said gun carrier assembly including a channel shaped gun carrier having an open top and a predetermined length and width;
said gun carrier having a pair of substantially parallel side walls and a bottom wall;
said gun carrier having a first, locked position and a second, unlocked position;
a hinge member that facilitates movement of said gun carrier between said first and second positions;
a locking means for unlocking said gun carrier when it is in its first position;
an opening of predetermined configuration formed in said bottom wall; and
said opening specifically configured and dimensioned to receive a trigger group of a shotgun;
whereby positioning said trigger group into registration with said opening properly positions the shotgun with respect to said gun carrier.
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Abstract
An apparatus that safely locks a shotgun within the forward passenger compartment of a vehicle. A gun carrier receives the receiver part of the shotgun and includes an opening that receives the trigger group of the weapon so that when the trigger group is positioned in the opening, the shotgun is properly positioned in the apparatus. The apparatus includes a base member immovably mounted to a passenger seat, and an elongate pivot arm is hingedly secured to the base member. The gun carrier is secured to the distal free end of the pivot arm. Thus, a police office may adjust his or her driver'"'"'s seat rearwardly or forwardly and the pivot arm follows such movement and does not restrict such movement. The gun carrier may be opened by activating a solenoid through a switch on the dashboard of the vehicle, or, in the alternative, by using a key. Thus, if the solenoid fails for any reason, the officer can still open the gun carrier with the key. The key assembly includes a unique apparatus for overriding a solenoid by driving its plunger into a retracted position.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus for safely mounting a shotgun within the passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
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a gun carrier assembly; said gun carrier assembly including a channel shaped gun carrier having an open top and a predetermined length and width; said gun carrier having a pair of substantially parallel side walls and a bottom wall; said gun carrier having a first, locked position and a second, unlocked position; a hinge member that facilitates movement of said gun carrier between said first and second positions; a locking means for unlocking said gun carrier when it is in its first position; an opening of predetermined configuration formed in said bottom wall; and said opening specifically configured and dimensioned to receive a trigger group of a shotgun; whereby positioning said trigger group into registration with said opening properly positions the shotgun with respect to said gun carrier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for safely mounting a shotgun within the passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
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a gun carrier assembly; said gun carrier assembly including a channel-shaped gun carrier having an open top and a predetermined length and width; said gun carrier having a pair of substantially parallel side walls and a bottom wall; said gun carrier having a first, locked position and a second, unlocked position; a hinge member that facilitates movement of said gun carrier between said first and second positions; a locking means for unlocking said gun carrier when it is in its first position; an immovably mounted base member; an elongate pivot arm hingedly mounted to said base member; said gun carrier being fixedly secured to a distal free end of said pivot arm; a chain interconnecting said gun carrier and a movably mounted underframe of a driver'"'"'s seat of said vehicle, said chain being taut and holding said gun carrier in abutting relation to a forward surface of said driver'"'"'s seat. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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