Weapon lock, rack, and cabinet
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing weapon cabinets are often cumbersome, prone to tampering, and have complex designs that are costly, making them difficult to rearrange and potentially damaging to weapons or accessories.
Innovation Solution
A modular weapon cabinet system featuring a pivotable weapon rack with adjustable gun stock boots and electromechanical locks, secured with tamper-evident fasteners and biometric access, allowing for flexible weapon layout and secure storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional weapon cabinets use fixed, complex locking mechanisms, then security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical locking mechanisms with an electromechanical lock system that uses electronic control and biometric authentication. The lock assembly includes an electromechanical lockout mechanism controlled by a controller that receives biometric input, substituting complex mechanical key-based or combination-based systems with an electronically controlled system that is both secure and user-friendly.
Solution Approach 2:
The biometric authentication system allows users to independently secure and access weapons without requiring assistance from administrators or other users. The system automatically authenticates users through biometric scanning and independently controls the locking mechanism, eliminating the need for manual key distribution or administrative intervention for each access event.
2Ease of manufacture
If weapon cabinets are designed with fixed layouts, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The weapon rack system is divided into modular components including adjustable gun stock boots, independently positionable barrel locks, and separable mounting plates with multiple aperture options. This segmentation allows the cabinet to be manufactured as a simple base structure while enabling users to configure and reconfigure weapon storage positions according to specific needs without requiring complex manufacturing processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements throughout the weapon rack system, including adjustable gun stock boots that can be repositioned along the rack, movable mounting plates with multiple aperture arrays, and reconfigurable barrel lock positions. These dynamic elements allow the fixed cabinet structure to adapt to different weapon types and user preferences without requiring complex manufacturing.
3Ease of manufacture
If weapon cabinets use simple mounting systems, then ease of manufacture is improved, but reliability against tampering deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different levels of security to different components of the mounting system. The cabinet structure uses simple, easily manufactured mounting plates and fasteners for general attachment, while critical security points such as the electromechanical lock assembly, biometric scanner mounting, and weapon restraint mechanisms use tamper-evident and tamper-resistant fastening methods. This localized application of security measures maintains manufacturing simplicity while ensuring reliability where needed.
4Productivity
If weapon racks are made compact, then storage density is improved, but ease of rearrangement deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The compact weapon rack is segmented into modular components including adjustable gun stock boots, independently positioned barrel locks, and removable mounting plates. This segmentation allows the entire rack system to maintain a compact footprint while enabling individual components to be easily adjusted, removed, or repositioned without requiring disassembly of the entire structure, thus maintaining both high storage density and ease of rearrangement.
Data Source
AI summary
A weapon lock includes a latch pivotably coupled to a housing about a latch pivot axis, and includes a base arm, receiver and retainer arms extending transversely away from the base arm, and a pivot limit extension extending longitudinally away from the base arm. A weapon rack is configured to carry the weapon lock and includes upper and lower plates with upper and lower arrays of mounting apertures and pivotably coupled to one another via a hinge. A weapon cabinet is configured to carry the weapon rack and includes an enclosure having a rear wall to which a mounting backplane of the weapon rack is fastened with tamper-evident security fasteners, and having sidewalls, top and bottom walls, and doors hingedly coupled to the sidewalls.