Headrest Gun Safe With Biometric Access and Sliding Tray
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automobile storage solutions for guns lack easy access and tamper-resistant capabilities, as they often require multiple hands to operate and are not designed for direct access, especially when stored in a stationary position.
Innovation Solution
A gun safe designed to resemble a car headrest with a biometric lock and a sliding tray system, allowing for quick and secure access by mounting to an automobile seat, featuring a pivotal door and a container with a lock that can be opened using a fingerprint reader, enabling easy retrieval of the gun.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a gun safe is incorporated into the headrest of a seat, then the safe storage of a gun is achieved, but the access to the interior area of the storage compartment becomes difficult for a driver
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the gun tray movable rather than fixed. The tray can slide horizontally to extend outward from the container, transforming the static storage structure into a dynamic access system. This allows the gun to be presented directly to the user without requiring deep reaching into the headrest compartment, thus resolving the contradiction between secure storage and easy access.
2Reliability
If a stationary gun safe is used in a car, then secure storage is provided, but the person must reach into the gun safe to extract the gun
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by having the tray automatically extend outward when the door is opened. This pre-positioning of the gun in an accessible location eliminates the need for the user to reach into the deep headrest compartment, thereby reducing extraction time while maintaining secure storage through the locked door mechanism.
3Reliability
If a metal box gun safe is secured to the car, then a secure structure is provided, but multiple hands are required to operate it
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the access mechanism into two independent parts: an outer door and an inner container with tray. This segmentation allows the outer door to be opened with one hand while the tray independently extends to present the gun, eliminating the need for multiple hands to operate the entire system. The secure structure is maintained through the combined locking of both door and container.
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AI summary
An automobile headrest safe is disclosed which is used in conjunction with the seat of the automobile. The headrest safe includes an exterior housing with a front surface, a rear surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The exterior housing includes a pivoting door. The headrest safe also includes a hollow metal container positioned within the interior of the exterior housing. The container has a main portion and a spring biased exterior housing door. The container also has a reciprocating gun tray. The exterior housing door has a biometric lock.