Patent ID: 7500572

Claim:
An apparatus for securely storing a plurality of firearms, each of said firearms having a muzzle end and a user end, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of firearm braces including: a plurality of muzzle end braces 22 adapted to capture a muzzle end of a firearm; a plurality of user end braces 24 adapted to capture a user end of a firearm; selected ones of said user end braces 24 associated with selected ones of said muzzle end braces 22 to define a plurality of associated pairs of said firearm braces; a plurality of firearm storage sites defined between each of said associated pairs of firearm braces 22 , 24 , said firearm storage sites having a longitudinal direction between said muzzle end braces 22 and said user end braces 24 ; at least one of said user end brace 24 and said muzzle end brace 22 of each of said associated pairs of braces being a locking brace shiftable between a capture state and a disengage state; in said capture state, said locking brace engaging a firearm in said storage pathway in a manner to resist movement of said firearm from said storage pathway; in said disengage state, said locking brace permitting movement of said firearm from said storage pathway; a plurality of first lock members associated with each of said locking braces, each of said first lock members shiftable between a locked position and an unlocked position; in the locked position, said first lock member engaged with said locking brace to interfere with shifting of said locking brace from said capture state to said disengage state; in the unlocked position, said first lock member positioned to permit shifting of said locking brace from said capture state to said disengage state; a common actuator operably connected to each of said first lock members to shift each of said first lock members between said locked and unlocked positions upon actuation of said common actuator by an operator; a plurality of second lock members associated with each of said locking braces, each of said second lock members movable between a locked state and an unlocked state when said first lock member is in said locked position; in the locked state, said second lock member engaged with said locking brace to interfere with shifting of said locking brace from said capture state to said disengage state; in the unlocked state, said second lock member positioned to permit shifting of said locking brace from said capture state to said disengage state.