Modular weapons locker
A storage locker for storing firearms of different sizes is disclosed. The storage locker consists of a housing having a back wall, side walls, a top, a bottom and an open front defining an interior. An inner door is pivotally attached to the housing and pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the inner door closes off the open front. The locker has a lock for locking the inner door in its closed position. The locker has a mounting wall attached to the housing inside the interior, the mounting wall having a plurality of first apertures evenly spaced along a front face of the mounting wall. The locker also has a plurality of firearm mounting racks, each rack having a mounting member with tab portions for mounting to the mounting wall by hanging the tabs on the apertures.
The invention relates generally to lockers for locking up firearms.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONMany organizations such as the military, police or other paramilitary organizations must store a quantity of weapons and firearms on premises. In order to maintain a safe environment and to comply with various gun control laws, it is usually required that the firearms be stored in a secure gun locker. Various gun lockers are available on the market. They generally include a cabinet with a locking door and one or more supports for holding the firearms. While these gun cabinets are useful in storing and safeguarding dangerous weapons, they are often awkward to use since different sized weapons cannot often be stored in a single cabinet. Also, they cannot provide a quick means of visually inspecting the weapons without opening the cabinet and therefore “un-securing” the weapons. This makes taking an inventory of weapons more difficult. An improved weapons locker which permits neat and easy storing of a variety of different weapons and which makes weapons inspection easy is therefore required.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn accordance with the present invention, there is provided a storage locker for storing firearms of different sizes is disclosed. The storage locker consists of a housing having a back wall, side walls, a top, a bottom and an open front defining an interior. An inner door is pivotally attached to the housing and pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the inner door closes off the open front. The locker has a lock for locking the inner door in its closed position. The locker has a mounting wall attached to the housing inside the interior, the mounting wall having a plurality of first apertures evenly spaced along a front face of the mounting wall. The locker also has a plurality of firearm mounting racks, each rack having a mounting member with tab portions for mounting to the mounting wall by hanging the tabs on the apertures.
With the foregoing in view, and other advantages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates as this specification proceeds, the invention is herein described by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, which includes a description of the preferred typical embodiment of the principles of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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Within housing 12 is bottom rest 34 and mounting wall 30. Bottom rest 34 is mounted within housing 12 above bottom 20. Mounting wall 30 has numerous mounting apertures 32 which permit the mounting of various brackets and racks to the mounting wall. Numerous racks and brackets are attached to mounting wall 30 such as vertical gun stock rack 36, horizontal gun racks 38 and 39, vertical barrel racks 40a and 40b and brackets 42. As more particularly explained later in the application, the various brackets and racks are simply mounted to mounting wall 30 by mounting screws. This makes it easy to re-arrange the position and orientation of the various racks and brackets in order to tailor the storage locker for a particular assortment of firearms.
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A specific embodiment of the present invention has been disclosed; however, several variations of the disclosed embodiment could be envisioned as within the scope of this invention. It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the scope of the following claims.
Claims
1. A storage locker for storing a plurality of different sized firearms comprising:
- a) a housing having a back wall, side walls, a top, a bottom and an open front defining an interior;
- b) an inner door pivotally attached to the housing and pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the inner door closes off the open front;
- c) a lock for locking the door in a closed position;
- d) a mounting wall attached to the housing inside the interior, the mounting wall having a plurality of first apertures evenly spaced along a front face of the mounting wall;
- e) a plurality of firearm mounting racks, each rack having a mounting member with tab portions for mounting to the mounting wall by hanging the tabs on the apertures.
2. The storage locker of claim 1 further comprising an outer door mounted to the housing, the outer door pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the outer door closes off the open front, the inner door being mounted to the housing between the outer door and the open front.
3. The storage locker of claim 2 wherein the mounting member comprises a flat wall, the tabs being formed on the mounting members of the racks, the tabs being dimensioned and configured to fit in the apertures and the mounting members being dimensioned and configured such that a portion of the mounting members of the bracket lies flat against the front face of the mounting wall when the rack is mounted to the mounting wall.
4. The storage locker of claim 3 wherein the mounting member has at least one pair of tabs and an aperture positioned between the tabs, and wherein the mounting wall has a plurality of second apertures, each second aperture positioned between two first apertures, the second apertures of the mounting wall being positioned relative to the first apertures such that the second apertures of the mounting wall are aligned with the apertures of the mounting member when the mounting member is mounted to the mounting wall, and further comprising a mounting screw for firmly mounting the rack to the mounting wall by screwing through the racks aperture and the corresponding second aperture of the mounting wall.
5. A storage locker for storing a plurality of firearms of different sizes comprising:
- a) a housing having a mounting wall, the mounting wall having a plurality of mounting elements,
- b) a plurality of mounting racks for mounting the firearms to the back wall, the mounting racks each having a mounting member releasably mountable to the mounting elements of the mounting wall,
- c) the mounting racks being selectively mountable to the mounting wall to accommodate the firearms of different sizes in a plurality of vertical and horizontal orientations.
6. The storage locker of claim 5 wherein the mounting elements of the mounting wall comprise first apertures and wherein the mounting member of each rack comprises a tab portion for hanging on the apertures.
7. The storage locker of claim 6 wherein the apertures are evenly distributed along the mounting wall.
8. The storage locker of claim 7 wherein the housing has a back wall, side walls, a top, a bottom, an open front defining an interior, an inner door pivotally attached to the housing and pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the inner door closes off the open front, a lock for locking the door in a closed position and wherein the mounting wall is attached to the housing inside the interior.
9. The storage locker of claim 8 further comprising an outer door mounted to the housing, the outer door pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the outer door closes off the open front, the inner door being mounted to the housing between the outer door and the open front.
10. The storage locker of claim 9 wherein the mounting wall has a front face and wherein each of the mounting member of each rack comprises a wall having the tab, the tab being configured to fit in the aperture, the wall of the mounting member being dimensioned and configured to lie flat against the front face of the mounting wall when the rack is mounted to the mounting wall.
11. The storage locker of claim 10 wherein the mounting member has at least one pair of tabs and an aperture positioned between the tabs, and wherein the mounting wall has a plurality of second apertures, each second aperture positioned between two first apertures, the second apertures of the mounting wall being positioned relative to the first apertures such that the second apertures of the mounting wall are aligned with the apertures of the mounting member when the mounting member is mounted to the mounting wall, and further comprising a mounting screw for firmly mounting the rack to the mounting wall by screwing through the racks aperture and the corresponding second aperture of the mounting wall.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 28, 2005
Publication Date: Feb 1, 2007
Inventor: Stephen Moulton (Brampton)
Application Number: 11/190,926
International Classification: A47B 81/00 (20060101); A47B 97/00 (20060101);