Device and safeguard unit for the storage of a firearm

• US 7,735,253 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2007
• Issued: 06/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Armatix GmbH
• Original Assignee: Armatix GmbH
• Inventors: Steuwer, Dirk, Mauch, Ernst, Graser, Daniel, Pavlicic, Vaso, Giebel, Karl Friedrich, Parhofer, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes; Bret
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tillman, Jr.; Reginald
• Application Number:
  US11/682,975
• Publication Number:
  US 20070241010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• Field of Search: 42/701.1
• US Class Current: 42/70.11
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/00 Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/14 for supporting weapons
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/44 Safety plugs, e.g. for plugging-up cartridge chambers , barrels, magazine spaces
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 23/18 Rests for supporting smallarms in non-shooting position racks for storage A47B81/00; racks in vehicles B60R7/14
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/06 Containers for carrying smallarms, e.g. safety boxes, gun cases F41C33/02 takes precedence

Abstract

Device for the storage of a gun with a base, a safety unit for the secure storage of the gun on the base and a controller, wherein the safety unit can be inserted at least partially into the barrel and/or a cartridge chamber of the gun and comprises a first safety section, which can be brought into a safety state, in which the safety unit is secured in the gun, and into a release state, in which the safety unit can be separated from the gun, and the controller brings the first safety section into its release state when a user authorization is received.

Claims

1. A device for the storage of a gun, comprising:

a base;

a safety unit for the secure storage of the gun on the base, the safety unit being insertable at least partially into at least one of a barrel or a cartridge chamber of the gun, and the safety unit comprising a first safety section, which can be brought into a safety state, in which the safety unit is secured in the gun, and into a release state, in which the safety unit can be separated from the gun;

the safety unit further comprising a second safety section, which can be brought into a safety state, in which the safety unit is secured to the base, and into a release state, in which the safety unit can be released from the base; and

a controller, that brings the first safety section into the release state when a user authorization is received to separate the gun and the safety unit, wherein the safety unit remains secured to the base.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the base comprises a permanently connected support, and wherein the second safety section is secured in the safety state on the support and can be separated from the support in the release state.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the support can be inserted into the second safety section, and the second safety section can be locked on the support in order to assume the safety state, and can be unlocked from the support, to assume the release state.

4. A device according to claim 2, wherein the second safety section can be inserted into the support, and can be locked in the support to assume the safety state, and can be unlocked in the support assume the release state.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is designed to bring the first safety section into its release state upon receipt of a user authorization when the second safety section remains in its safety state, and to bring the second safety section into its release state when the first safety section remains in its safety state.