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US 5,901,589 AGranted
Quick opening hand gun safe
OwnerCarlos T. Corderoinventor
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Abstract
A storage safe is especially adapted for storage of hand guns having a substantially parallelepiped shaped exterior body and internal compartment for holding a hand gun in position for grasping ready to fire. Fast access to the gun under emergency conditions is provided by a novel internal spring biased latching mechanism locking the access door closed. The safe may be immediately opened by operating a hidden unlatching trigger from outside the safe and opening the door in an unconventional manner.
Claims14
A safe for storage of a hand gun, comprising in combination:
- a substantially parallelepiped gun storage body being adapted with a hollow interior compartment for retaining a hand gun in a position for removal through an access door thereinto in the grasp of a hand in a ready to use posture,
- an access door for said compartment substantially comprising a rectangular panel of predetermined thickness,
- a mounting arrangement comprising an outer rim about the access door overlying the door panel to constitute therewith an outer closure surface for said body,
- said outer rim further comprising closure means as a framework confining said door panel substantially laterally in an immovable framing position against said outer rim,
- opening means comprising interior grooves inside said compartment surrounding the door panel and dimensioned for holding the panel snugly in place behind the outer rim while prohibiting lateral movement of the door panel in a closure mode and for permitting the door panel to move inwardly in an opening mode to escape from the immovable framing position against said outer rim,
- an opening slot in a side wall of said compartment below said outer rim for mating with said one edge of the door panel in the opening mode, said slot being of a size permitting the door panel to pass laterally therethrough to extend at least partly out of the compartment thus permitting access to said hollow interior cavity,
- said opening means grooves further being constructed to converge away from said rim inwardly toward said one edge of the door panel adjacent the slot thus providing an inwardly facing ramp for guiding the door panel outwardly through said slot, and
- wherein said mounting arrangement further comprises spring biassing means for holding the door panel tightly against said framework in said closure mode, said spring biassing means being located near the edge of the door panel adjacent the opening slot so that the door panel may only be opened by pushing inwardly on the slot end of the door panel to overcome the spring bias while sliding the door panel laterally through the slot far enough to provide access for reaching into the compartment and removing the gun.
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A storage safe having an exterior body and internal compartment for storage of a hand gun comprising in combination:
- opening and closing door means mounted in the safe constituting a substantially rectangular closure door panel adapted to slide laterally to pass partly through a slot in a wall of the safe body for creating an access opening,
- wherein said slot is located inwardly from a closure position of the door panel and the door panel in closure position is retained normally immovably outside the slot with the access opening closed, further comprising, ramp means positioned in safe side walls for moving one lateral end of the door panel inwardly to pass through the slot, and spring biasing means for normally retaining the door panel in its retained normally immovable position, thereby to permit the door panel, when the bias is overcome, to laterally slide following the ramp means to pass partly through said slot, thereby providing an access opening to remove a stored hand gun.
A storage safe having an exterior body and internal compartment for storage of a hand gun comprising in combination:
- opening and closing door means mounted in the safe constituting a substantially rectangular closure door panel adapted to slide laterally to pass partly through a slot in a wall of the safe body for creating an access opening, and
- retention means for mounting the safe between two vertically oriented studs in a room sidewall with the door panel parallel to the sidewall and with a mating slot through one of the studs for passing the door panel therethrough when the door panel is moved to create the access opening.
A storage safe especially adapted for immediate retrieval of a stored hand gun, comprising in combination:
- an internal compartment defined by enclosure wall panels comprising exterior safe walls for holding a hand gun in position for grasping ready to fire,
- an access door comprising a said enclosure wall panel normally retained laterally immovable in a closed position,
- a latching mechanism biassed with a closure spring latch holding the access door in closed position, and
- unlatching means comprising a disguised trigger operable from outside said safe for overcoming the spring latch and moving the door inwardly to a laterally movable position to permit opening of the access door.
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A storage safe, comprising in combination:
- exterior body walls defining an internal compartment for storage of a hand gun,
- opening and closing door means constituting a substantially rectangular closure door panel comprising an outer wall of the exterior body confined normally in a laterally immovable position,
- a slot in a wall on the exterior body perpendicular to said door panel comprising an opening through which the door panel is laterally removable when tilted to mate with said slot, and
- opening means permitting the door panel to tilt into a position to mate with said slot for lateral movement through said access opening to expose said interior compartment and provide access to said hand gun.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.