Patent ID: 6570501
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: E05B,F41C

Abstract:
A hand gun securable case comprising:a case body having bottom, sides and top connected together and defining a case interior and a door opening to said case interior and otherwise said bottom, side and top cooperatively preventing access to said interior; a door having a hinge connection to an edge portion of said case body defining in part said door opening and said door being pivotal about said hinge connection to an open position exposing said interior and a closed position closing said door opening and as closed preventing access to said case body interior; a slide mechanism mounted in the case body and including a slide support that is movable by said slide mechanism from a position fully contained in the case body interior to a position at least partially extended through said door opening with the door in an opened position, a gun support carried by said slide support and configured to engage a barrel portion of a hand gun, the hand gun being slidably removable from said gun support; a biasing member biasing the slide support to the position of at least partially extended through said door opening, said hand gun support and said slide support cooperatively arranged to project a hand gun having a barrel end and an opposed hand grip end carried by said hand gun support to a position protruded through said door opening with said slide support at said position of at least partially extended through said door opening, said hand gun oriented with the hand grip being the leading end of the hand gun projected out said opening; a latch mechanism latching the door in the closed position, an actuator in the case body interior operable to unlatch the door, said actuator and said biasing member cooperatively opening said door when unlatched and effecting slidable movement of a hand gun mounted to the hand gun support from said case body interior; and a personal feature recognition device associated with said actuator and initiating unlatching of the door when exposed to said feature of an authorized user.