Rotating Gun Support Assembly for Easier Rifle Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gun safes are inefficient for storing and accessing large numbers of firearms due to their rectangular design, which requires users to remove multiple rifles to access others, and often results in limited access due to angled door openings, especially in corner placements.
Innovation Solution
A rotatable interior gun support assembly within a cylindrical gun safe that includes a horizontal, circular gun barrel support member and rotating shelves, allowing rifles to be positioned adjacent to the door for easy access, with optional motor-assisted rotation for convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a rectangular box structure is used for the gun safe, then the manufacturing is simple and the structure is stable, but the access to rifles at the back is difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the interior support assembly rotatable rather than fixed. The support assembly can rotate to bring rifles from the back of the safe to the front access opening, allowing users to access any rifle without removing others. This dynamic transformation resolves the contradiction by enabling easy access to all rifles while maintaining the simple rectangular exterior structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the interior support structure into a rotatable assembly that can be independently rotated. This segmentation allows the support assembly to move separately from the fixed rectangular housing, enabling rifles to be brought to the access opening without moving other rifles or requiring the removal of multiple firearms to access those at the back.
2Area of stationary object
If the gun safe is placed in the corner of a room to conserve space, then the space utilization is improved, but the door forms an angle less than 90 degrees with the access opening, limiting access
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable support assembly compensates for the limited access angle caused by corner placement. By rotating the support assembly, rifles can be brought to the optimal position at the access opening regardless of the door's angular position, maintaining ease of access even when the safe is placed in a corner to conserve space.
3Ease of operation
If a rectangular door structure is used, then the manufacturing is simple, but the door cannot provide optimal access when the safe is placed in a corner
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than complicating the door structure, the patent applies dynamics to the interior support assembly. The rotatable support allows the existing simple rectangular door to effectively access all rifles by bringing them to the door's opening, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while improving access utilization.
Data Source
AI summary
Gun safes according to various embodiments include a secure housing and a rotatable gun support assembly that is disposed at least partially within an interior portion of the secure housing, and that is adapted to support rifles in a substantially upright position adjacent a perimeter of a portion of the gun support assembly.