Patent ID: 6604313
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A gun locking device for a firearm having a breech having an inside diameter and a bolt mechanism including an eject pawl for a round of ammunition for the firearm, said gun locking device comprising:(a) a flexible cable having a first end and a second end; (b) a dummy cartridge attached-to the first end of said cable, said dummy cartridge having a casing dimensioned to correspond with the round of ammunition for the firearm and including a circumferential rim having a diameter larger than the inside diameter of the breech of the firearm and adapted to be engaged by the eject pawl of the bolt mechanism; (c) a lock core attached to the second end of said cable having a casing with at least one circumferential groove; (d) a lock collar having an internal bore adapted to be disposed over said lock core, said lock collar having an opening extending therethrough adapted to be disposed over said at least one circumferential groove of said lock core; and (e) a lock having a portion extending through the opening of said lock collar to restrain movement of said lock core and said lock collar relative to each other; wherein (f) said dummy cartridge has a first portion with a first bore of a first diameter and a second portion with a second bore of a second diameter, said second diameter of said second portion being smaller than said first diameter of said first portion; (g) said cable has a length and a third diameter; (h) said gun locking device further comprises a plurality of collars spaced along the length of said cable, said second diameter of said second bore of said dummy car-ridge being large enough to allow each collar on said cable to pass through said second bore; (i) said gun locking device further comprises a lock ring having an opening corresponding to said third diameter of said cable adapted to be disposed on said cable, said first diameter of said first bore of said dummy cartridge being large enough to allow said lock ring on said cable to pass through said first bore, said second diameter of said dummy cartridge being small enough to prevent said lock ring on said cable from entering said second bore; and (j) said gun locking device further comprises a bushing made of a deformable material adapted to be disposed tightly in said first bore.