Seat Carrier for Long Guns
AssigneeVialink Corp
InventorsRobert Neal Page, Charles Dunn Kim, Jihoon Kim
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Abstract
A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and is secured to the seat by a seat belt. An upper, sloping surface of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in this sloping surface each hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by straps. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, pointed in a safe direction, and not readily visible from the exterior.
Claims20
A long gun carrier for a vehicle seat that includes a seat portion and a back portion, comprising:
- a body, including
- a longitudinal axis;
- a generally flat, horizontal bottom surface adapted to rest on part of the seat portion of the vehicle seat;
- a generally flat, vertical back surface adapted to contact part of the back portion of the vehicle seat;
- one or more gun-holding channels, each parallel with the longitudinal axis and adapted to removably contain a long gun;
- and
- a through-channel transverse to the longitudinal axis and below the one or more gun-holding channels, the through-channel adapted to accept a seat belt operative to secure the carrier to the vehicle seat.
A method of transporting long guns in a vehicle having a seat that includes a seat portion and a back portion, comprising:
- providing a long gun carrier comprising a body including a longitudinal axis, a generally flat, horizontal bottom surface, a generally flat, vertical back surface, one or more gun-holding channels parallel with the longitudinal axis, and a through-channel transverse to the longitudinal axis and below the one or more gun-holding channels;
- placing the long gun carrier on the seat of a vehicle such that the bottom surface rests on part of the seat portion of the vehicle seat and the back surface contacts part of the back portion of the vehicle seat;
- placing a seat belt of the vehicle through the through-channel and tightening the seat belt so as to hold the long gun carrier securely against the vehicle seat;
- and
- placing a long gun in a gun-holding channel of the long gun carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.