Locking gun rack

Claim 1

A locking gun rack having a barrel supporting frame member and a stock supporting frame member, one of said frame members including a locking mechanism comprising: (a) a first vertical member for attachment to a supporting surface; (b) at least one gun yoke having first and second ends and being affixed at said first end to said first vertical member; (c) a latch member having first and second ends with said first end having a region of reduced cross-section, said second end being pivotally attached to the second end of said gun yoke; (d) a vertical slot contained in said first vertical member for permitting the passage of the first end of said latch member therethrough; (e) a second vertical member attached adjacent to said vertical member and slidable between first and second positions with respect thereto; (f) a securing slot contained in said second vertical member; (g) a bolt having a shank portion extending through said securing slot and a threaded portion threaded through said first vertical member; (h) means for engaging said threaded portion of the bolt and preventing rotation thereof; (i) a carriage vertical slot contained in said second vertical member and aligned with respect to said first member slot, said second member slot having a reduced section at the lower end thereof; (j) an enlarged head portion affixed to the first end of said latch member and capable of passing through said aligned slots when the second vertical member is in the first position, the reduced section of the second member slot being located for the engagement behind said enlarged head portion when said second vertical member is in the second position; and (k) locking means for preventing movement of said second vertical member relative to said first vertical member when said aligned slots are in said second position.