Patent ID: 8186088

Claim:
A trigger operated article securing device comprising: a locking mechanism including: a male portion including: a projecting member and a lock device, a female member into which the projecting member is inserted, and one or more pads; a securing structure including: a first wall portion that attaches to a surface, the first wall portion including: a post, the post including a recess; and a second wall portion separable from the first wall portion and adapted to be slidingly engaged with the first wall portion in a tongue and groove configuration; the second wall portion including an opening for receiving the projecting member of the male portion of the locking mechanism, wherein the second wall portion is disposed between the male portion and a female portion of the locking mechanism; wherein a trigger operated article is lockingly secured by blocking depression of a trigger of the trigger operated article with the projecting member while the trigger operated article is positioned between the second wall portion and one of the male portion or female portion of the locking mechanism and wherein the post including the recess receives, in a generally mating relationship, one of the male portion or the female portion of the locking mechanism.