# US 8,739,982 B2 · Shelf-mounted handgun rack > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,739,982 B2 - Document ID: US8739982B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/652,633 - Filed: 2012-10-16 - Published: 2014-04-17 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-16 - Applicants: Theodore J. Werner - Inventors: Theodore J. Werner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739982B2 ## CPC - A47B 81/005: {Devices for storing or displaying rifles, guns, pistols or elongated objects such as fishing rods storing fishing rods (or the like in vehicles B60R7/08; storing guns in vehicles B60R7/14; cases for carrying guns F41C33/00)} - F41A 23/18: Rests for supporting smallarms in non-shooting position (racks for storage A47B81/00; racks in vehicles {B60R7/14}) - F41C 33/06: Containers for carrying smallarms, e.g. safety boxes, gun cases (F41C33/02 takes precedence) - A47F 7/0028: {with one compartment or recess for each article (A47F7/0035 takes precedence)} - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE - F41C: SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B); ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS ## Abstract A customizable storage rack replaceably mounted either on a top or on a bottom of a shelf, stores handguns, and positions the handguns at customizable distances from each other. The customizable storage rack includes a body, mandrels, and attaching apparatus. The body is replaceably mounted either on the top or on the bottom of the shelf. The mandrels are replaceably attached to the body, store the handguns, and position the handguns at customizable distances from each other. The attaching apparatus is operatively connected to the body, and replaceably mounts the body either on the top or on the bottom of the shelf. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A customizable storage rack replaceably mounted either on a top or on a bottom of a shelf, stores handguns, and positions the handguns at customizable distances from each other, wherein the handgun has a barrel with rifling, and wherein said customizable storage rack comprising: a) a body, wherein the body comprises a front, a pair of sides, a top, and a back; b) mandrels; and c) an attaching apparatus, wherein said attaching apparatus includes a pair of mounting plates that extend perpendicularly outward from the sides of the body, wherein the mounting plates each include openings configured to receive fasteners, wherein a mounting tube abuts a portion of each respective mounting plate in order to wedge the respective mounting plates between the shelf and the mounting tubes, and wherein the attaching apparatus further includes a pair of J-shaped hooks each have a shank, a bend, and a distal end portion; wherein the corresponding shanks are each replaceably inserted within the corresponding mounting tubes allowing the shanks to pivot and adjust telescopically from within the mounting tubes; wherein the corresponding shanks are maintained within the corresponding mounting tubes by a pair of nuts; wherein said mandrels are replaceably attached to said body; wherein said mandrels store the handguns; wherein said mandrels position the handguns at customizable distances from each other; wherein, when in use, the J-shaped hooks are used to clamp the body to either the top or bottom of the shelf. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1 wherein said front of said body has: a) a lower edge; b) an upper edge; and c) a pair of side edges; and wherein said front of said body is rectangularly shaped. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The customizable storage rack of claim 2, wherein each side of said body has: a) a forward edge; b) an upper edge; and c) a rear edge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The customizable storage rack of claim 3, wherein said top of said body has: a) a forward edge; b) a rear edge; and c) a pair of side edges; and wherein said top of said body is rectangularly shaped. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The customizable storage rack of claim 4, wherein said back of said body has: a) an upper edge; b) a lower edge; and c) a pair of side edges; and wherein said back of said body is rectangularly shaped. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1, wherein said top of said body extends rearwardly from said front of said body; and wherein said top of said body is horizontally oriented. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The customizable storage rack of claim 4, wherein said forward edge of said top of said body coincides with said upper edge of said front of said body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The customizable storage rack of claim 2, wherein said front of said body is rearwardly slanted from said lower edge of said front of said body to said upper edge of said front of said body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1, wherein said back of said body extends perpendicularly downwardly from said top of said body; and wherein said back of said body is vertically oriented. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The customizable storage rack of claim 5, wherein said upper edge of said back of said body coincides with said rear edge of said top of said body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1, wherein each side of said body extends rearwardly from said front of said body to said back of said body; and wherein each side of said body extends upwardly to said top of said body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The customizable storage rack of claim 3, wherein said forward edge of each side of said body coincides with an associated side edge of said front of said body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The customizable storage rack of claim 4, wherein said upper edge of each side of said body coincides with an associated side edge of said top of said body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The customizable storage rack of claim 5, wherein said rear edge of each side of said body coincides with an associated side edge of said back of said body. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1, wherein said body comprises an open bottom; wherein each side of said body has a bottom edge; and wherein each side of said body extends downwardly from said open bottom of said body to said bottom edge of an associated side of said body so as to form a pair of side extensions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The customizable storage rack of claim 15, wherein each side extension of each side of said body is rectangularly shaped; and wherein each side extension of each side of said body is coplanar with an associated side of said body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1, wherein said front of said body has a plurality of through bores. ### Claim 18 The customizable storage rack of claim, 17, wherein said plurality of through bores of said front of said body are so disposed so as to provide parallel rows of through bores; and wherein said plurality of through bores of said front of said body are so sized so as to receive said mandrels, respectively. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The customizable storage rack of claim 17, wherein said back of said body has a plurality of through bores. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The customizable storage rack of claim 19, wherein said plurality of through bores of said back of said body are so disposed so as to provide parallel rows of through bores; and wherein said plurality of through bores of said back of said body are so sized so as to receive said mandrels, respectively. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1, wherein said pair of mounting plates of said attaching apparatus are rectangularly shaped; wherein said pair of mounting plates of said attaching apparatus are a same length as said pair of side extensions of said pair of sides of said body, respectively; wherein said pair of mounting plates of said attaching apparatus extend perpendicularly outwardly from said pair of side extensions of said pair of sides of said body, respectively, at a pair of junction lines, respectively; and wherein said pair of mounting plates of said attaching apparatus are for resting on or being attached to either the top or the bottom of the shelf. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1, wherein said pair of mounting tubes of said attaching apparatus extend along said pair of junctions lines of said attaching apparatus, respectively; and wherein said pair of mounting tubes of said attaching apparatus are of a same length as said pair of mounting plates of said attaching apparatus, respectively. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The customizable storage rack of claim 1, wherein said pair of nuts of said attaching apparatus straddle an associated mounting tube of said attaching apparatus. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The customizable storage rack of claim 19, wherein each mandrel is replaceably secured in any through bore of said front of said body and any through bore of said back of said body; wherein each mandrel extends upwardly; and wherein each mandrel is for being received in the barrel of an associated handgun. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) The customizable storage rack of claim 19, wherein each mandrel comprises a peg. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The customizable storage rack of claim 25, wherein said peg of each mandrel is slender; wherein said peg of each mandrel is elongated; wherein said peg of each mandrel is cylindrically shaped; and wherein said peg of each mandrel has: a) a proximal end; and b) a distal end. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The customizable storage rack of claim 26, wherein said proximal end of said peg of each mandrel is threaded; and wherein said proximal end of said peg of each mandrel is replaceably secured in any through bore of said front of said body and any through bore of said back of said body by a nut. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The customizable storage rack of claim 26, wherein each mandrel has a stop ring. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The customizable storage rack of claim 28, wherein said stop ring of each mandrel is collinearly disposed; wherein said stop ring of each mandrel is positioned just forward of said proximal end of said peg of an associated mandrel; wherein said stop ring of each mandrel provides a stop of how far said proximal end of said peg of said associated mandrel enters any through bore of said front of said body and any through bore of said back of said body, and then said proximal end of said peg of said associated mandrel threadably receives said nut of said associated mandrel; and wherein said distal end of said peg of each mandrel is for receiving the barrel of an associated handgun, while said stop ring of each mandrel provides additional protection for the barrel of the handgun. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The customizable storage rack of claim 25, wherein said peg of each mandrel, is made from thermoplastic; wherein said thermoplastic of said peg of each mandrel is for preventing any damage to the rifling of the barrel of the handgun when the handgun is being stored on said peg of an associated mandrel; wherein said peg of each mandrel has a diameter; and wherein said thermoplastic of said peg of each mandrel is sandable to customize said diameter of said peg of an associated mandrel to fit an associated handgun. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The customizable storage rack of claim 30, wherein said thermoplastic of said peg of each mandrel is polyoxymethylene (POM); and wherein said polyoxymethylene (POM) of said thermoplastic of said peg of each mandrel has a molecular formula of (CH2O)n.