Patents by Inventor William P. Briley, Jr.

William P. Briley, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5475994
    Abstract: A high security gun lock device is disclosed which has an elongate gripping and locking assembly that is inserted into the muzzle end of the barrel of a revolver or pistol type hand gun and which is then connected to a dummy round located in a cylinder chamber of the revolver or the firing chamber of the pistol. The dummy round has a bulbous head which is grasped by a plurality of expandable gripping fingers mounted on the inner end of the gripping and locking assembly to lock the latter to the former. An axially slidable actuating mechanism is manually operable to cause the gripping fingers to release the bulbous head of the bullet, and a spring biased interposer is normally operable to prevent movement of the actuating mechanism until a locking mechanism is set to a predetermined condition to permit operation of the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Inventors: William P. Briley, Jr., George T. Croft, Robert E. Schmeck
  • Patent number: 5239767
    Abstract: A high security gun lock device is disclosed which has an elongate gripping and locking assembly that is inserted into the muzzle end of the barrel of a revolver or pistol type hand gun and which is then connected to a dummy round located in a cylinder chamber of the revolver or the firing chamber of the pistol. The dummy round has a bulbous head which is grasped by a plurality of expandable gripping fingers mounted on the inner end of the gripping and locking assembly to lock the latter to the former. An axially slidable actuating mechanism is manually operable to cause the gripping fingers to release the bulbous head of the bullet, and a spring biased interposer is normally operable to prevent movement of the actuating mechanism until a locking mechanism is set to a predetermined condition to permit operation of the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Intellectual Resources Group, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Briley, Jr., George T. Croft, Robert E. Schmeck