Quick tactile release lock
OwnerJeffrey L. Brauerinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a locking device designed to open by tactile manipulation, without visual confirmation, of the locking combination. This device comprises a housing, a securing element, and a plurality of tumbling levers located inside the housing. Each tumbling lever is located in a plane of movement parallel to other planes of movements of the other tumbling levers. Also, each tumbling lever includes a tactile engagement surface and engages the securing element so that movement of a tactile engagement surface disengages the corresponding tumbling lever from the securing element.
Claims19
A locking device adapted to secure an item, the device comprising:
- a housing;
- a securing element;
- and
- a plurality of tumbling levers located inside the housing, each tumbling lever being located in a plane of movement parallel to other planes of movement of the other tumbling levers, each tumbling lever including a tactile engagement surface, and each tumbling lever engaging the securing element so that planar movement of the tumbling lever disengages the tumbling lever from the securing element.
A locking device adapted to secure an item, the device comprising:
- a housing;
- a securing element engaging the housing;
- and
- a plurality of tumbling levers located inside the housing, each tumbling lever having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of each tumbling lever engaging the housing, and the proximal end of each tumbling lever engaging the securing element, so that tactile planar manipulation of the distal end of each tumbling lever disengages the proximal end of the tumbling lever from the securing element.
A locking device adapted to secure a firearm, the firearm having a stock, the device comprising:
- a housing, structurally adapted to conform to a portion of the stock of the firearm;
- a securing element;
- and
- a plurality of tumbling levers located inside the housing, each tumbling lever being located in a plane of movement parallel to the other planes of movement of the other tumbling levers, each tumbling lever including a tactile engagement surface, and each tumbling lever engaging the securing element so that planar movement of the tumbling lever disengages the tumbling lever from the securing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.