Locking device for mounting and securing an article

摘要

A mounting and securing device for a handgun or other article. The device has a cylindrical locking member that is securable to a post. Radially-extending change pins disposed in the sidewall of the locking member engage and move a plurality of control pins axially within pin bores. A tumbler disposed between each control pin and the central post is moved into and out of engagement with a groove in the post, in response to the axial movement of the control pin.

主权项

1. A lock device for securing an article, including;
a locking member that locks to a securing member, the securing member including a post having a groove along a circumference of the post, the locking member including a body having an axis, a front face, and a rear face, and a sidewall, the body having a post bore along the axis and through the rear face that is configured to accept the distal end of the post, a plurality of pin bores displaced from the post bore, a plurality of radial tumbler channels extending between each pin bore and the post bore, a plurality of change pin bores, each change pin bore intersecting one of the plurality of pin bores, and a plurality of button openings in the sidewall, each button opening in communication with one of the plurality of change pin bores; a change pin disposed in each change pin bore, the change pin having a body, a first end having a slanted surface, and including a button at a second end disposed within one of the plurality of button openings in the sidewall of the body, the change pin moveable within the change pin bore between a first position biased toward the sidewall, and a second depressed position when the button end is depressed wherein the first end extends into the corresponding one of the plurality of pin bores; a control pin disposed in each pin bore, the control pin having a body, a first end and an opposed second end, the first end having a slanted surface, and having a control pin recess formed in the body intermediate the first end and second end, the control pin moveable within the pin bore between a first position biased toward the front face, and a second depressed, position disposed rearwardly from the first position; and a tumbler disposed within each tumbler channel, configured for radial movement within the tumbler channel within at least one of the groove of the post when disposed within the post bore, and the control pin recess, wherein when the change pin is depressed to its second depressed position, the slanted surface of the change pin slidingly engages the slanted surface of the control pin, and biases the control pin to its second depressed position.