Holster Mount With Offset Landing for Overhead Firearm Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for securing firearms do not provide a safe and easily accessible storage method that prevents unauthorized access while allowing quick access for the gun owner, particularly since they often require mounting to a vertical surface and reconfiguration for left or right-handed users.
Innovation Solution
A versatile apparatus with a landing and offset design that can be mounted to any surface, featuring a sensor and alarm system to securely hold a holster and gun, ensuring safe storage and easy access, and accommodating various mounting surfaces and holster types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a gun holder is mounted to a vertical surface, then the gun can be stored in a known location, but it requires reconfiguration for left or right handed gun owners and reduces accessibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional vertical wall mounting to ceiling mounting, utilizing the third dimension (vertical space) for storage. This allows the holster to be positioned overhead where it is both secure and easily accessible by reaching upward, eliminating the need for reconfiguration between left and right-handed users while maintaining safe storage in a known location.
2Reliability
If the gun is removed from its holster and placed in a holder, then safe storage is achieved, but the chance of accident increases due to handling
Solution Approach 1:
The ceiling-mounted holster is pre-positioned in an optimal location that balances security and accessibility. The holster is permanently installed overhead in a known location, eliminating the need for repeated removal and repositioning of the firearm. This preliminary setup allows the gun to remain holstered throughout use, reducing handling accidents while maintaining safe storage.
3Ease of operation
If the holster is placed in the nearest spot, then easy access is achieved, but the gun can be taken by others easily or forgotten
Solution Approach 1:
By mounting the holster to the ceiling rather than placing it on nearby surfaces, the invention creates a dedicated overhead storage location that is both easily accessible through upward reaching and secure against unauthorized access. This dimensional change elevates the holster to a location that is memorable and controlled, preventing both forgetting and unauthorized retrieval while maintaining quick access for the owner.
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AI summary
An apparatus that mounts to a surface and securely holds a holster and firearm by allowing the clip of the holster to pass over a landing on the apparatus. The landing being set off from the surface to which the apparatus is mounted.