Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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L0~1CA,B~LB TidgLIr-I~IOUPT FIR8AR1~! R~C1C
FIBLD OF T88 I~lVE~i'rIO~t
The present invention relates to a lockable firearm
holder or rack. More particularly this invention concerns a
wall-mount rack to which a firearm can be locked.
BACKGROUND OF THB II~1VENTION
A standard wall-mount firearm rack includes an upper
part having a seat that engages the barrel of the gun and a lower
14 part that engages and supports the grip or stock. Such a rack is
typically built into a lockable gun cabinet so that the weapons
can be displayed but kept safe. As a rule such cabinets are used
for storage of ammunition and other shooting supplies and tools
and it is common for the key to be left in t_he lock most of the
time. Thus the system offers little security.
When the rack is mounted on the wall, not in a cabinet,
the weapons may be rendered safe by providing them with individ-
ual trigger Locks. This does not, however, prevent the individ-
ual guns from being taken from the rack. It is also known to run
2o a simple chain through all of the trigger guards of a group of
racked weapons and to lock the ends of the chain so that a gun
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can only be removed by someone who has the appropriate key. This
system is very unwieldy and requires complex threading of the
chain whenever one of the weapons is needed.
OBJECZ'8 OF TH$ I~TVE~1TION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to
provide an improved wall-mount gun holder or rack.
Another object is the provision of such an improved
wall-mount gvn holder or rack which overcomes the above-given
disadvantages, that is which is easy to use, which solidly
disables and retains the weapons, and that can be used both for
long arms and hand guns.
SY OF THE =LION
A firearm having a barrel with a muzzle and a stock or
grip is held on a rack that has according to the invention an
upper support adapted to be fixed to a wail, a pin dimensioned to
fit into the muzzle of the barrel, and an upper pivot body
mounting the pin on the upper support for pivoting about a
horizontal axis. the rack further has a lower support adapted to
be fixed to the wall below the upper suppot-t) a U-shaped struc-
tore adapted to fit snugly around the stock or grip and having a
removable part, a lower pivot body mounting the U-shaped struc-
ture on the Iower support for pivoting about a horizontal axis,
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arid a key cylinder on the structure operable for removal of the
part and separation of the grip or stock from the structure so
that when the part is in place the stock or grip is locked to the
lower support.
This system is extremely easy to adapt to all sorts of
firearms, from short hand guns to long powder weapons. One such
rack can be provided for mounting a single gun on a wall of a
room, of a gun cabinet, or even of a motor vehicle, or a plural-
ity of such racks can be provided in a row for individual locking
Io of several different weapons. To put a gun in the rack its
muzzle is fitted to the upper pin, which has been pivoted out,
and then the gun is pivoted back about the upper axis to fit its
stock or grip to the lower assembly which is locked around it.
The U-shaped structure includes a pair of parallel arms
between which the stock or grip is fittable. These arms can be
fixed in the pivot relative to each other and the part in this
case is a removable crosspiece carrying the key cylinder.
Alternately the removable part includes a U-shaped rod forming
the arms and the removable part. The key cylinder in this case
is on the lower pivot body. Either way the arms are formed with
savtooth notches and the rack further has bolts fittable with the
notches and connected to the key cylinder and at least one spring
urging the bolts into engagement n the notches_
To accommodate different weapons, for instance those
equipped with a telescopic sight, the fireara rack according to
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the invention has a cushion between the arms and braced between
the stock or grip and the lower pivot body.
BjtIBF DESC~tIPTIOg OF T88 DRI~rWI~TG
__ The above and other objects, features, and advantages
will become more readily apparent from the following description,
reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a side view of the wall-mount gun holder
according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrow IZ of
to F2G. 1 of the upper holder subassembly;
PIG. 3 is a partly sectional view taken in the direc-
tion of arrow III of FIG. 1 of the lower holder subassembly;
FIG. 4 is a side view of an alternative Lower subassem-
bly; and
FIG. S is a top view partly in horizontal section
through the structure of FIG. 4.
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SPEC~B=C DEsCRZPTIOg
As seen in FIGS. l and 2 a rifle 6 is held in place by
an upper assembly coxaprising a pin 1 engaged in the muzzle of the
barrel 7 and carried on a pivot body 2 for sniveling about a
horizontal axis A. The pivot body 2 in turn is carried on a
support 3 slidable hori2ontally in a dovetail guide slot 4 whose
ends are closed and which is formed in a bracket or mount 5
secured to a wall shown schematically at W. The pin 1 can be
formed by a metallic core rod some 5 mm in diameter covered by a
1o plastic spacer tube whose inner diameter corresponds to the
outside diameter of the core rod and whose outer diameter corre-
sponds to the bore of the barrel 7.
At its lower end a stock or grip 11 of the weapon 6 is
held between two parallel arms 10 extending from a pivot body 9
pivotal about a lower horizontal axis A' on a second bracket or
mount 8 secured below the mount 5 to the wall W. A crosspiece or
holder block 12 fits over the two arms 10 and has bolts 13 urged
outwardly by springs 24 into sawtooth notches 23 formed on the
confronting sides of the arms 10. A key-operated lock cylinder
14 in the block I2 has eccentric cranks that can retract the
bolts 13 to alloy the block 12 to slide on the aruts I0. A
cushion or spacer 15 can be provided between the rear edge of the
stock 11 and the support 9 to protect the stock 11 and) if
necessary, provide sufficient spacing between the weapon 6 and
the wall W to accommodate a telescopic sight. If desired the
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arms 10 can be wrung up into the position shown in dashed lines,
something particularly useful when the rack of this invention it
used to hold a hand gun.
FIGS. 4 and 5 shoe an alternate arrangement where a
S fork or bow 18 with parallel arms formed like the arms 10 is
fitted to a support block 17 pivoted on the bracket 8 and pro-
vided with spring-loaded bolts is operated by a key cylinder 20
having eccentric cranks 21. A key 22 operates the cylinder 20
from the side.
with both of these arrangements the weapon 6 is set in
the rack by first poking the rod 1 into the muzzle of the barrel
6, then pivoting the weapon down to fit the grip or stock 11 to
the lower holder assembly, and finally fitting on the crosspiece
12 or retaining fork 18. Several guns can he held adjacent one
another on respective such racks, or only a single such rack can
be provided, even in a vehicle, according to need. The lockable
rack can even be provided inside a lockable gun cabinet for
double security, and the racks can be set for weapons of any size
or type, from short hand guns to long powder rifles.
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