Patent ID: 7434427

Claim:
In combination: a weapon having a handle; a holster holstering said weapon such that said handle is accessible; said holster including: a belt loop for mounting said holster on a belt of a user; and a vault comprising: a box defining a cavity having a front opening; front to back defining the longitudinal direction; said box including: walls; including: a top wall; a bottom wall; and a hinge side wall therebetween; a door attached by a hinge to said hinge side wall and movable between a closed position covering said front opening and an open position; a slider assembly including: a slider; and a horizontal bracket connected to said slider and inserted into said belt loop of said holster such that said holster is mounted on said slider assembly such that said handle of said weapon is forward; guiding means guiding said slider in said box for sliding reciprocating movement in the longitudinal direction of said slider in said cavity between a storage position and a deployed position; and linking means linking said door and said slider such that moving said door between the closed position and the open position moves said slider from the storage position, wherein the weapon is within said cavity, forward to the deployed position, wherein said handle of said weapon protrudes from said front opening.