Device and safeguard unit for the storage of a firearm

• US 8,020,332 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Issued: 09/20/2011
• 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:
  US12/771,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20100263253A1
• Time in Patent Office: 508 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 coupled to the base 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, thereby securing the gun to the base, and into a release state, in which the safety unit can be separated from the gun, thereby releasing the gun 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.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the safety unit is permanently connected with the base.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the safety unit can be fastened to the base in a detachable manner.

4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an authorization verification unit connected with the controller, which is designed to perform a user authorization.

5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit for the output of data or information to a user.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a control unit, the control unit comprising the safety unit.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a control unit, the control unit being arranged in a section of the safety unit, which can be inserted into the barrel or the cartridge chamber of the gun.

8. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit designed to input data specifying a user authorization.

9. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit designed to input data specifying a user authorization and which is arranged in a section of the safety unit, which can be inserted into the barrel or the cartridge chamber of the gun.

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

a base;

a safety unit including a first safety unit and a second safety unit;

the safety unit coupled to the gun by a first safety unit and to the base by a second safety unit;

the first safety section insertable into a barrel or a cartridge chamber of the gun, and which can be brought into a safety state for securing the safety unit in the gun, and into a release state for the release of the safety unit from the gun and thereby releasing the gun from the base; and

the second safety section, which can be brought into a safety state for securing the safety unit on the base, and into a release state for the release of the safety unit from the base.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the second safety section comprises a recess into which a support connected with the base can be inserted, and can be locked on the support surrounding it in a force-locking manner, in order to assume the safety state, and can be unlocked from the support, through the termination of the frictional connection, in order to assume the release state.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein the second safety section can be inserted into a support connected with the base and can be locked in the support in order to assume the safety state, and can be unlocked in the support in order to assume the release state.

13. The device according to claim 10, further comprising a control unit designed, upon an authorization from a user, to bring the first safety section into its release state while the second safety section remains in its safety state, and to bring the second safety section into its release state while the first safety section remains in its safety state.

14. The device in accordance with claim 10, wherein the control unit is arranged in a section of the safety unit, which can be inserted completely into the barrel and/or the cartridge chamber of the gun.

15. The device according to claim 10, further comprising a unit designed to perform a verification of a user authorization.

16. The device according to claim 10, further comprising a unit designed to perform a user authorization and which is arranged in a section of the safety unit, which can be inserted into the barrel or the cartridge chamber of the gun.

17. The device according to claim 10, further comprising a first actor, which is connected with the first safety section, in order to bring the first safety section into its safety state or its release state.

18. The device according to claim 10, further comprising a second actor, which is connected with the second safety section, in order to bring the second safety section into its safety state or its release state.

19. The device according to claim 10, further comprising an input unit designed to input data or information specifying a user authorization.

20. The device according to claim 10, further comprising an input unit designed to input data or information specifying a user authorization and which is arranged in a section of the safety unit, which can be inserted into the barrel or the cartridge chamber of the gun.