Handgun safe
AssigneeQuickdrawer LLC
InventorScott Dennis Goldie
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Abstract
A handgun safe including a tray to receive a handgun and a lid operatively associated with the tray such that the tray may slide horizontally with respect to the lid to selectively reveal or conceal the interior portion of the tray. In all embodiments the height of the lid is less than the height of the tray. The handgun safe may further include a latch associated with the lid and tray configured to secure or lock the tray in a closed position with respect to the lid. The handgun safe may further include an electronic switch configured to cause the latch to disengage. The electronic switch may include a biometric scanner, electronic lock or other security device.
Claims10
A handgun safe system comprising:
- a tray configured to receive a handgun;
- a lid operatively associated with the tray such that the tray may slide horizontally with respect to the lid thereby selectively revealing or concealing an interior portion of the tray;
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- an article of furniture comprising a frame and a drawer which may slide horizontally with respect to the frame;
- wherein the lid is attached to the frame and the tray is fixedly fastened to and positioned within the drawer and wherein a height of the lid is less than a gap between a back plate of the drawer and the frame;
- a latch associated with the lid and tray configured to secure the tray in a closed position with respect to the lid.
A method of operating a handgun safe comprising:
- providing a handgun safe system comprising:
- a tray configured to receive a handgun;
- a lid operatively associated with the tray such that the tray may slide horizontally with respect to the lid thereby selectively revealing or concealing an interior portion of the tray;
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- an article of furniture comprising a frame and a drawer which may slide horizontally with respect to the frame;
- wherein the lid is attached to the frame and the tray fixedly fastened to and is positioned within the drawer and wherein a height of the lid is less than a gap between a back plate of the drawer and the frame;
- latching the tray in a horizontal closed position with respect to the lid wherein the lid substantially covers the tray;
- releasing a latch between the tray and lid;
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- automatically moving the tray horizontally with respect to the lid whereby the tray abuts a portion of the drawer and causes the drawer to move horizontally with respect to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.