Safes with Rotating Inner Supports and Interior Pistol Shelves
AssigneePendleton Safe Company
InventorBruce Pendleton
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Abstract
A gun safe, according to various embodiments, comprises: (1) a secure housing defining an interior and an opening; (2) a door; and (3) a vertical array of shelves within the interior of the secure housing immediately adjacent a lateral portion of the opening. In various embodiments, each of the shelves defines a handgun support portion that comprises a cutout that is dimensioned to allow a portion of a handgun to extend through the cutout as the handgun is supported on opposite sides of the handgun by the shelf. In particular embodiments, the gun safe further comprises at least one shelf disposed within the interior of the secure housing that is configured to rotate about a central axis and defines one or more handgun support portions.
Claims21
A gun safe comprising:
- a secure housing defining an interior and an opening;
- a door that is movable between:
- a first, open position in which the door prevents access to the interior of the secure housing;
- and
- a second, closed position in which the door does not prevent access to the interior of the secure housing;
- a vertical array of shelves that is disposed within the interior of the secure housing immediately adjacent a lateral portion of the opening, wherein:
- each of the shelves defines a handgun support portion that comprises a cutout that is dimensioned to allow a portion of a handgun to extend through the cutout as the handgun is supported on opposite sides of the handgun by the shelf
A gun safe comprising:
- a secure housing defining an interior and an opening;
- a door that is movable between:
- a first, open position in which the door prevents access to the interior of the secure housing;
- and
- a second, closed position in which the door does not prevent access to the interior of the secure housing;
- a shelf that is adapted to rotate about a central axis, wherein:
- the shelf defines:
- a first handgun support portion that comprises a first type of cutout that is dimensioned to allow a portion of a first handgun to extend through the first type of cutout as the first handgun is supported on opposite sides of the first handgun by the shelf;
- and
- a second handgun support portion that comprises a second type of cutout that is dimensioned to allow a portion of a second handgun to extend through the second type of cutout as the second handgun is supported on opposite sides of the second handgun by the shelf;
- and
- the first type of cutout is smaller than the second type of cutout.
A gun safe comprising:
- a secure housing defining an interior and an opening;
- a door that is movable between:
- a first, open position in which the door prevents access to the interior of the secure housing;
- and
- a second, closed position in which the door does not prevent access to the interior of the secure housing;
- a shelving arrangement that is adapted to rotate about a central axis, wherein:
- the shelving arrangement comprises:
- a first vertical array of half-circular shelves, each half-circular shelf within the first vertical array being positioned so that its outer perimeter at least substantially aligns with the respective outer perimeters of the other shelves in the first array;
- a second vertical array of half-circular shelves, each half-circular shelf within the second vertical array being positioned so that its outer perimeter at least substantially aligns with the respective outer perimeters of the other shelves in the second array;
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- at least one of the first vertical array of half-circular shelves and at least one of the second vertical array of half-circular shelves cooperate to form a substantially circular shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.