Patent ID: 9303935
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: F41A

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for locking or unlocking a gun in certain emergency circumstances, said apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) a gun having a first source of electrical power and comprising the following components coupled to said first source of power: (1) a gun lock mechanism, responsive to a gun command signal, for preventing firing of the gun when in a locked state and enabling firing of the gun when in an unlocked state; (2) a wireless receiving (“R”) device for receiving a gun information signal from a wireless transmitting (“T”) device; (3) a digital data memory for storing first gun security data representing biologic data identifying a person authorized to use the gun; and (4) a first digital logic device, coupled to said gun lock mechanism, to said R device and to said data memory, for receiving said gun information signal and for producing said gun command signal to set said gun lock mechanism in either said locked state or said unlocked state; and (b) a portable smartphone having a second source of electrical power and comprising the following components coupled to said second source power: