Enclosed gun lock

Claim 1

In a gun mount for storing and locking a gun, the gun mount being adapted for connection to a motor vehicle and having housing means defining therein a substantially closed compartment for storage of the gun barrel, comprising the improvement wherein said housing means is elongated and tubular and defines therein a substantially closed elongated compartment adapted to have positioned therein the barrel and trigger mechanism of a rifle or shotgun, said housing means including an elongated housing member having support means associated therewith for supportingly engaging the gun barrel, said housing means also including elongated cover means extending longitudinally throughout substantially the complete length of said housing member and being hingedly mounted on said housing member for swinging movement about an axis extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of said housing member so that said cover means is swingable between open and closed positions, said cover means when in said closed position coacting with said housing member for defining said closed elongated compartment therebetween, said cover means being substantially L-shaped in cross-section and including first and second wall portions which respectively function as the top wall and at least part of the front wall of the housing means when said cover is in its closed position, said cover means being hinged along the lower edge of said second wall to said housing member so that said cover means swings outwardly and downwardly away from said housing member when swingably moved into its open position, one end of said housing means being closed, the other end of said housing means being defined by end wall means which has opening means therethrough when said cover means is closed, said housing means being free of openings except for said opening means, said end wall means having edge means defining said opening means and disposed so as to closely surround the butt of said gun for maintaining the barrel and trigger mechanism of the gun within said compartment while permitting the butt of said gun to project outwardly from said compartment, and locking means coacting between said housing member and said cover means for fixedly locking said cover means to said housing member when said cover means is in said closed position, whereby said gun can be removed from said housing means only by swingably moving said cover means into its open position.