Combination shotgun lock and ejection port cover assembly

A combination shotgun lock and ejection port cover assembly in combination with a shotgun having a receiver that has an ejection port having a predetermined length L1 and a predetermined height H1, said shotgun having a gun barrel having a rear end, and wherein said assembly comprises:

• a solid plastic block-shaped member having a height less than H1 and a length less than L1;
• said block-shaped member having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall having a rear edge, a bottom wall having a rear edge, a left side wall, and a right side wall;
• said rear wall having a continuous surface that extends from the rear edge of said top wall to the rear edge of said bottom wall;
• a slot is formed in said top wall and said slot is in communication with a lock cylinder chamber formed in said solid plastic block-shaped member;
• a solid plastic cover panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, a left edge, a right edge, a front surface, a rear surface, a predetermined length L2 that is greater than L1, and a predetermined height H2 that is greater than H1;
• the rear surface of said cover panel being integrally connected to the front wall of said block- shaped member;
• a longitudinally extending slot having an open left end and an open right end formed along the entire length of the bottom wall of said block-shaped member adjacent the rear surface of said cover panel for receiving a bottom edge of a structure that defines the ejection port of said shotgun;
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• a key lock cylinder having a front end and a rear end;
• said key lock cylinder having a shank adjacent said rear end;
• said key lock cylinder extending through said cover panel and into the lock cylinder chamber formed in said block-shaped member;
• an elongated tang member having a top end and a bottom end, said bottom end having a base having an aperture that receives the shank of said key lock cylinder;
• said tang having an elongated flexible finger portion connected to said top end that extends laterally across said top end and is spaced vertically from said base so that it can be depressed downwardly;
• said tang member being aligned with the slot in the top wall of said block-shaped member so that rotation of said key lock cylinder will cause the top end of said tang member to be rotated upwardly through said slot for positively locking said combination shotgun lock and ejection port cover assembly in the ejection port of said shotgun.