Locked gun case for vehicle
AssigneeJ. R. Setina Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorTerry L. Setina
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Abstract
A gun case for mounting in a vehicle is disclosed including a container within which the gun is substantially entirely contained and a lid which is locked to such container. An electrically actuated lock is employed which includes a plurality of latches spaced along the gun case and a common actuator plate which slides longitudinally to unlock the latches in response to an electrical actuator device such as a solenoid or an electric motor. The container pivots down to a lowered unlocked position away from the lid to enable the gun to be removed from the container. A cam actuated locking mechanism is provided to lock the container to the lid when the container is pivoted upward to a raised locked position. A key actuated mechanism moves the actuator plate to unlock the container when the electrical actuator does not operate.
Claims20
Gun case apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an elongated gun case including a container adapted for containing a gun so that at least the major portion of the gun including the trigger is within said gun case;
- a lid for the gun case;
- an electrically actuated lock for locking said lid to said container with a plurality of movable lock members spaced along the gun case to secure the gun within said case;
- a mount adapted for mounting the gun case within a vehicle including a hinge connection so that said container can pivot relative to the lid between a locked position where said lid is locked to said container and an unlocked position where the container is unlocked from the lid and the gun case is open to enable the gun to be removed from said gun case;
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- an electrical control for operating said lock to move said plurality of lock members with a common actuation device to unlock the gun case and allow the container to pivot from said locked position to said unlocked position;
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- a locking cam mechanism for moving said common actuation device to lock the gun case when the container is pivoted from the unlocked position to the locked position.
Gun case apparatus for a passenger vehicle comprising:
- an elongated gun case including a container adapted for containing a gun so that at least the major portion of the gun is within said gun case;
- a lid for the gun case;
- a lock including a plurality of commonly actuated latches spaced along the gun case for locking said lid to said container to secure the gun within said case;
- a mount adapted for mounting the gun case within the vehicle, including a hinge connection so that said container can pivot relative to the lid between a raised locked position where said lid is locked to said container and a lowered unlocked position where the container is unlocked from the lid and the gun case is open to enable the gun to be removed from said gun case;
- an electrical lock control for operating said plurality of latches with a common actuation member to unlock the gun case and allow the container to pivot from said raised locked position to said lowered unlocked position;
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- a key operated cam actuator for moving the common actuator member to unlock the gun case when the electrical lock control is not used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.