Locks – Special application – For portable articles
Patent
1997-01-21
1997-12-30
Gall, Lloyd A.
Locks
Special application
For portable articles
70159, 70279, 206 15, 206317, 34082531, 356 71, 382124, E05B 6552
Patent
active
057017700
ABSTRACT:
A gun safe with dual method of gaining access therein including a portable housing having a top face, a bottom face, a pair of side faces and a pair of end faces formed therebetween thereby defining an interior space. One of the end faces is hingably coupled for allowing it to be pivoted between an open orientation and a closed orientation. Also included is a solenoidal locking mechanism situated within the interior space of the gun safe on the top face thereof. Such solenoidal locking mechanism is further situated adjacent an upper end of the hingably coupled end face. Further provided is a fingerprint scanning mechanism positioned within the interior space of the gun safe. The fingerprint scanning mechanism is adapted to detect the placement of a fingerprint adjacent thereto whereat the scanning mechanism is adapted to scan the fingerprint and convert the same into a digital format for processing. Memory is included within the interior space of the gun safe for storing a fingerprint of at least one predetermined authorized user in a digital format. Lastly, a verification mechanism is situated within the interior space of the housing and connected to the locking mechanism, memory, and the fingerprint scanning mechanism. The verification mechanism is adapted to transmit the unlock signal to the locking mechanism upon the matching of a scanned fingerprint with at least one of the fingerprints stored in the memory.
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Cook Nancy A.
Murray Anne M.
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