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US 11,078,687 B2Granted
Lockable firearm safe
AssigneeHomady Manufacturing Company
InventorsMatthew Mack, Thomas Delattre
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Abstract
A gun safe adapted for securing a firearm. The safe includes a storage chamber formed by a lid and a base. The safe includes a latch mechanism that can be locked and unlocked electronically. The safe can also be provided with a manual lock override.
Claims20
A storage device adapted to contain at least a portion of a firearm therein, said safe including:
- a lid hingedly connected to a base, said lid and base cooperating to form an open sided storage chamber;
- a locking mechanism associated with at least one of the lid and the base including an electronic lock actuator and a latch mechanism in cooperative association with one another to effect selective locking of the lid in a closed configuration and, upon unlocking, operable to allow the lid to move to an open position;
- said latch mechanism including at least two catches mounted to one of the lid and the base and having a latching portion mounted to the other of the lid and the base, the latching portion including a pawl member formed from a flat plate pivotally mounted on a centrally positioned pivot with respect to the distal ends of the pawl member to define opposite end portions, said pawl member being pivotally movable on said pivot in a first plane between a first position releasably retaining the lid in a closed position, and a second position releasing said lid to move to an open position, said latch mechanism also including at least two latch members each pivotally mounted on a support for pivotal movement in a respective second plane generally perpendicular to said first plane, said latch members each being positioned to releasably engage one of said end portions of said pawl member and a respective catch member to selectively retain said lid in a closed position, said latch members each having at least one foot movable therewith, said pawl member end portions each being selectively engageable with a respective said foot member to retain said latch member in a position to engage a respective said catch to retain said lid releasably closed, and a said catch being shaped and positioned to engage a respective said foot during closing movement of the lid and operable to move the respective latch member from its catch release position to its catch retaining position to releasably retain the lid in a closed position;
- a first resilient member operatively coupled with said pawl member biasing said pawl member to its first position;
- a second resilient member operatively coupled with a respective said latch member biasing said latch member to its second position;
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- said electronic actuator selectively operably associated with the pawl member and operable to selectively pivot said pawl member to its second position.
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A storage device for containing a firearm or other valuable comprising:
- a housing having a first component and a second component hingedly connected to the first component, when the first and second components are in a closed configuration, the first and second components form a storage chamber with an open side, said second component including a second sidewall;
- a locking mechanism associated with at least one of the first and second components and including at least one of a manual locking mechanism and an electronic lock actuator, and including a latch mechanism with a latching portion Mounted to one of the first and second components and being in cooperative association with said at least one of the manual locking mechanism and the electronic lock actuator and operable to effect selective locking of the first and second components in a closed configuration and, upon unlocking, operable to allow the one of the first and second components to move to an open position;
- said latch mechanism latching portion including a pawl constructed from a metal plate pivotally mounted on a pivot centrally positioned with respect to the center of mass of the pawl, the pawl movable in a first plane from a latch position and an unlatched position by action of said at least one of the manual locking mechanism and the electronic lock mechanism, said latching portion also including at least one latch member mounted for pivotal movement in a second plane generally perpendicular to the first plane between a latching position and an unlatching position, said latch member having a hook with an open end throat;
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- said latch mechanism including at least one catch mounted to the other of the first and second components that the latching portion is not mounted to and selectively associated with a respective said at least one latch member such that, when said at least one latch member is in its latching position, a portion of the hook engages said catch effecting locking of the first and second components in a closed condition, and when said latch member moves to its unlatching position by action of said at least one of the manual locking mechanism and the electronic lock actuator, said at least one latch member effecting unlocking of the first component and the second component allowing movement of the first component relative to the second component to an open configuration, said catch being operable to engage a respective latch member to move it from its unlatching position to its latching position by closing movement of the first component relative to the second component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.