Firearm locking system

• Main Author: PIERSON; WILLIAM J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.06.1991
• Subjects: BLASTING; CABINETS; COFFEE MILLS; DESKS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DRAWERS; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS ANDORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; FURNITURE; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE; OFFICE FURNITURE; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TABLES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; WEAPONS

A locking system for firearms that allows the firearms to be openly displayed, yet safe from the hands of inquisitive children. The major components of the system are a cable assembly, a block shaped anchor housing and a pair of eyebolts. The cable assembly is a length of steel cable having a loop formed at its opposite ends along with a tubular clamp adjacent thereto. The tubular clamp and loops are detachably received in sockets formed in opposing side walls of the anchor housing. There is a cavity formed in the rear walls of the anchor housing which receives the two loops and also the closed loop end of the eyebolts. A locking pin passes down through an aperture in the top wall of the anchor housing and it threads through the respective loops and the closed loop ends of the eyebolts. A lock assembly extending through the top wall of the anchor housing is connected to a locking cam that detachably engages the locking pin to prevent its removal.