US 11,029,111 B2Granted

Firearm barrel lock

AssigneeSFUS Inc., a Del. Corp.

InventorsJoseph Dagher, Kyle Downey, Steven Zaleznick

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Abstract

A gun lock has a user manipulatable proximate end and a distal end for insertion into a barrel of a firearm. The distal end is spaced from the proximate end by a distance sufficient to allow the distal end to enter the chamber of the firearm when the proximate end is adjacent to but spaced from the barrel of the firearm. The distal end has elements which respond to user manipulation to transit from a first state allowing the distal end to enter and withdraw from the chamber of the firearm and a second state which prevents the distal end from withdrawing from the chamber. With the distal end of the gun lock inserted into the chamber and then transiting to the second state the inability to withdraw the gun lock from the firearm prevents the firearm from normal use.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A locking device in combination with a firearm having a barrel with a muzzle, a bore in the barrel with a first diameter, and a chamber wall that defines a chamber of said firearm with a second diameter larger than the first diameter, the combination comprising:

a hollow tube adapted to fit coaxially within the bore, the tube having a proximal end portion,
a distal end portion, and a length sufficient to extend from the muzzle to the chamber;
a first subassembly on the distal end portion of the tube that is adapted to be moved under user control between a first configuration that fits within the bore so that the first subassembly does not obstruct removal of the tube from the bore, and a second configuration of the first subassembly that fits within the chamber but does not fit within the bore so that the first subassembly does obstruct removal of the tube from the bore;
a second subassembly connected to the proximal end of the tube for enabling a user to selectively move the first subassembly between the first and second configurations while the tube is within the bore, the second subassembly including an actuator knob adapted to be rotated manually between a first position of the actuator knob corresponding to the first subassembly being in the first configuration and a second position of the actuator knob corresponding to the first subassembly being in the second configuration,
the second subassembly including means for locking the actuator knob in the second position;
and a rod disposed coaxially within the tube to serve as means for coupling movement from the second subassembly to the first subassembly when the actuator knob is rotated to the second position;
the first subassembly including a plurality of slots in said hollow tube, and at least one component with a receiving surface, the component including at least one element located adjacent one of said slots which may radially move outward in response to an applied force from the rod to the receiving surface;
the second subassembly including means responsive to movement of the actuator knob from the first position to the second position to urge the rod to bear against and move the receiving surface to force the displacement outwards of the element,
wherein the means for coupling movement from the second subassembly to the first subassembly rotates the rod in place responsive to rotation of the actuator knob to achieve movement of the first subassembly from the first configuration to the second configuration.

6 more elements

A locking device for a firearm having a barrel with a muzzle, a bore in the barrel with a first diameter, and a chamber wall that defines a chamber of said firearm with a second diameter larger than the first diameter, the device comprising:

a hollow tube adapted to fit coaxially within the bore, the tube having a proximal end portion,
a distal end portion, and a length sufficient to extend from the muzzle to the chamber;
a first subassembly on the distal end portion of the tube that is adapted to be moved under user control between a first configuration that fits within the bore so that the first subassembly does not obstruct removal of the tube from the bore, and a second configuration of the first subassembly that fits within the chamber but does not fit within the bore so that the first subassembly does obstruct removal of the tube from the bore;
a second subassembly connected to the proximal end of the tube for enabling a user to selectively move the first subassembly between the first and second configurations while the tube is within the bore, the second subassembly including an actuator knob adapted to be rotated manually between a first position of the actuator knob corresponding to the first subassembly being in the first configuration and a second position of the actuator knob corresponding to the first subassembly being in the second configuration,
the second subassembly including means for locking the actuator knob in the second position;
and a rod disposed coaxially within the tube to serve as means for coupling movement from the second subassembly to the first subassembly when the actuator knob is rotated to the second position;
the first subassembly including a plurality of slots in said hollow tube, and at least one component with a receiving surface, the component including at least one element located adjacent one of said slots which may radially move outward in response to an applied force from the rod to the receiving surface;
the second subassembly including means responsive to movement of the actuator knob from the first position to the second position to urge the rod to bear against and move the receiving surface to force the displacement outwards of the element,
wherein the means for coupling movement from the second subassembly to the first subassembly rotates the rod in place responsive to rotation of the actuator knob to achieve movement of the first subassembly from the first configuration to the second configuration.

6 more elements

a hollow tube adapted to fit coaxially within the bore, the tube having a proximal end portion,
a distal end portion, and a length sufficient to extend from the muzzle to the chamber;
a first subassembly on the distal end portion of the tube that is adapted to be moved under user control between a first configuration that fits within the bore so that the first subassembly does not obstruct removal of the tube from the bore, and a second configuration of the first subassembly that fits within the chamber but does not fit within the bore so that the first subassembly does obstruct removal of the tube from the bore;
a second subassembly connected to the proximal end of the tube for enabling a user to selectively move the first subassembly between the first and second configurations while the tube is within the bore, the second subassembly including an actuator knob adapted to be rotated manually between a first position of the actuator knob corresponding to the first subassembly being in the first configuration and a second position of the actuator knob corresponding to the first subassembly being in the second configuration,
the second subassembly including means for locking the actuator knob in the second position;
and a rod disposed coaxially within the tube to serve as means for coupling movement from the second subassembly to the first subassembly when the actuator knob is rotated to the second position;
the first subassembly including a plurality of slots in said hollow tube, and at least one component with a receiving surface, the component including at least one element located adjacent one of said slots which may radially move outward in response to an applied force from the rod to the receiving surface;
the second subassembly including means responsive to movement of the actuator knob from the first position to the second position to urge the rod to bear against and move the receiving surface to force the displacement outwards of the element,
wherein the at least one element is a flexure pawl.

6 more elements

a hollow tube adapted to fit coaxially within the bore, the tube having a proximal end portion,
a distal end portion, and a length sufficient to extend from the muzzle to the chamber;
a first subassembly on the distal end portion of the tube that is adapted to be moved under user control between a first configuration that fits within the bore so that the first subassembly does not obstruct removal of the tube from the bore, and a second configuration of the first subassembly that fits within the chamber but does not fit within the bore so that the first subassembly does obstruct removal of the tube from the bore;
a second subassembly connected to the proximal end of the tube for enabling a user to selectively move the first subassembly between the first and second configurations while the tube is within the bore, the second subassembly including an actuator knob adapted to be rotated manually between a first position of the actuator knob corresponding to the first subassembly being in the first configuration and a second position of the actuator knob corresponding to the first subassembly being in the second configuration,
the second subassembly including means for locking the actuator knob in the second position;
and a rod disposed coaxially within the tube to serve as means for coupling movement from the second subassembly to the first subassembly when the actuator knob is rotated to the second position;
the first subassembly including a plurality of slots in said hollow tube, and at least one component with a receiving surface, the component including at least one element located adjacent one of said slots which may radially move outward in response to an applied force from the rod to the receiving surface;
the second subassembly including means responsive to movement of the actuator knob from the first position to the second position to urge the rod to bear against and move the receiving surface to force the displacement outwards of the element,
wherein the at least one element is a flexure pawl.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/876,846Filed 18 May 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 17 May 2019
Published: US 2020/0386501 A110 Dec 2020
Granted: 8 Jun 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

F41A 17/44
Safety arrangements, e.g. safeties: safety plugs, e.g. for plugging-up cartridge chambers , barrels, magazine spaces
F41A 17/04
Safety arrangements, e.g. safeties: safeties of the combination-lock type
F41A
Functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance

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Application62/849,577Us provisional application · filed 17 May 2019
US 2020/0386501 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Dec 2020
US 11,029,111 B2This patent

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