Modular security cabinet system for storing firearms or the like

A method of configuring a storage cabinet, comprising the acts of:

• providing a storage cabinet comprising a back wall extending between a pair of vertically extending support members, a pair of side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, which cooperate to define an interior that is accessible though an open front area, wherein the storage cabinet includes a door arrangement movable between a closed position preventing access to the cabinet interior from the open front area, and an open position providing access to the cabinet interior from the open front area, wherein the door arrangement includes a pair of folding door sections, wherein the cabinet and the folding door sections are configured such that the folding door sections are movable to a retracted position within the interior of the cabinet when the door arrangement is in the open position, wherein each pair of folding door sections comprises an inner door section pivotably interconnected with an outer door section, wherein the inner door sections are located adjacent each other when the door arrangement is in the closed position, and wherein the cabinet includes a guide arrangement engaged with each inner door section, wherein the guide arrangement and the inner door sections are configured to maintain engagement of each inner door section with the cabinet during movement of each inner door section when the door arrangement is moved between the open and closed positions, and wherein the cabinet further includes at least one mounting member that is engaged with one of the vertically extending support members;
• providing a series of item storage components;
• mounting one or more of the item storage components within the cabinet interior by engaging the one or more item storage components with the mounting member;
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• configuring the cabinet side walls and the storage components to define a door-receiving space that is located inwardly of each side wall within the cabinet interior so that the storage components do not interfere with movement of the door sections into the door-receiving space when the door arrangement is moved to the open position, wherein at least one of the vertically extending support members is located rearwardly and laterally outwardly relative to one of the door-receiving spaces, and wherein the mounting member extends through the door-receiving space and is engaged with the vertically extending support member.

A cabinet assembly for storing firearms, comprising:

• a cabinet comprising a back wall extending between a pair of vertically extending support members, a pair of side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, which cooperate to define an interior that is accessible through an open front area;
• a door arrangement interconnected with the cabinet for movement between a closed position preventing access to the cabinet interior through the open front area and an open position providing access to the cabinet interior through the open front area, wherein the door arrangement includes a pair of folding door sections, wherein the cabinet and the folding door sections are configured such that the folding door sections are movable to a retracted position within the interior of the cabinet when the door arrangement is in the open position;
• wherein each pair of folding door sections comprises an inner door section pivotably interconnected with an outer door section, wherein the inner door sections are located adjacent each other when the door arrangement is in the closed position;
• a guide arrangement on the cabinet and engaged with each inner door section, wherein the guide arrangement and the inner door sections are configured to maintain engagement of each inner door section with the cabinet during movement of each inner door section when the door arrangement is moved between the open and closed positions;
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• a firearm storage arrangement contained within the cabinet interior, wherein the firearm storage arrangement includes a set of firearm storage components secured within the cabinet interior;
• wherein the cabinet side walls and the storage components are configured to define a door-receiving space that is located inwardly of each side wall within the cabinet interior so that the storage components do not interfere with movement of the door sections into the door-receiving space when the door arrangement is moved to the open position, wherein at least one of the vertically extending support members is located rearwardly and laterally outwardly relative to one of the door-receiving spaces;
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• at least one mounting member that extends through the door-receiving space and is engaged with the vertically extending support member, wherein the firearm storage components are secured within the cabinet interior by engagement of the firearm storage components with the mounting member.