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US 4,309,065 AGranted
Security enclosure for handguns
OwnerPeter R. Pappasinventor
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Abstract
A security closure for handguns including a rigid metal box having a front opening with a door pivotally attached to one side thereof and having a push-button combination locking mechanism. Disposed within the enclosure is a holster or other gun-holding receptacle which is pivotally mounted to the inside of the box and is adapted to swing outwardly as the door is opened so as to present the handle of the gun to one opening the door.
Claims10
A security enclosure for handguns comprising:
- a rigid rectangular box having a front opening;
- a rigid door pivotally attached to one side of said box and pivotable between an open position allowing access to the interior of said box and a closed position closing said box;
- locking means for locking said door in said closed position;
- gun-holding means pivotally affixed to the interior of said box and adapted to swing independent of said door between a retracted position wherein the holding means and the held gun are located within the confines of the box and an extended position wherein at least the handle of the gun is caused to extend through said first opening;
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- means for causing said gun-holding means to swing from said retracted position when said door is closed to said extended position as said door is opened.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.