Modular weapons locker

Abstract

A storage locker for storing firearms of different sizes is disclosed. The storage locker consists of a housing having a back wall, side walls, a top, a bottom and an open front defining an interior. An inner door is pivotally attached to the housing and pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the inner door closes off the open front. The locker has a lock for locking the inner door in its closed position. The locker has a mounting wall attached to the housing inside the interior, the mounting wall having a plurality of first apertures evenly spaced along a front face of the mounting wall. The locker also has a plurality of firearm mounting racks, each rack having a mounting member with tab portions for mounting to the mounting wall by hanging the tabs on the apertures.

1 . A storage locker for storing a plurality of different sized firearms comprising: 
 a) a housing having a back wall, side walls, a top, a bottom and an open front defining an interior;    b) an inner door pivotally attached to the housing and pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the inner door closes off the open front;    c) a lock for locking the door in a closed position;    d) a mounting wall attached to the housing inside the interior, the mounting wall having a plurality of first apertures evenly spaced along a front face of the mounting wall;    e) a plurality of firearm mounting racks, each rack having a mounting member with tab portions for mounting to the mounting wall by hanging the tabs on the apertures.    
   
   
       2 . The storage locker of  claim 1  further comprising an outer door mounted to the housing, the outer door pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the outer door closes off the open front, the inner door being mounted to the housing between the outer door and the open front.  
   
   
       3 . The storage locker of  claim 2  wherein the mounting member comprises a flat wall, the tabs being formed on the mounting members of the racks, the tabs being dimensioned and configured to fit in the apertures and the mounting members being dimensioned and configured such that a portion of the mounting members of the bracket lies flat against the front face of the mounting wall when the rack is mounted to the mounting wall.  
   
   
       4 . The storage locker of  claim 3  wherein the mounting member has at least one pair of tabs and an aperture positioned between the tabs, and wherein the mounting wall has a plurality of second apertures, each second aperture positioned between two first apertures, the second apertures of the mounting wall being positioned relative to the first apertures such that the second apertures of the mounting wall are aligned with the apertures of the mounting member when the mounting member is mounted to the mounting wall, and further comprising a mounting screw for firmly mounting the rack to the mounting wall by screwing through the racks aperture and the corresponding second aperture of the mounting wall.  
   
   
       5 . A storage locker for storing a plurality of firearms of different sizes comprising: 
 a) a housing having a mounting wall, the mounting wall having a plurality of mounting elements,    b) a plurality of mounting racks for mounting the firearms to the back wall, the mounting racks each having a mounting member releasably mountable to the mounting elements of the mounting wall,    c) the mounting racks being selectively mountable to the mounting wall to accommodate the firearms of different sizes in a plurality of vertical and horizontal orientations.    
   
   
       6 . The storage locker of  claim 5  wherein the mounting elements of the mounting wall comprise first apertures and wherein the mounting member of each rack comprises a tab portion for hanging on the apertures.  
   
   
       7 . The storage locker of  claim 6  wherein the apertures are evenly distributed along the mounting wall.  
   
   
       8 . The storage locker of  claim 7  wherein the housing has a back wall, side walls, a top, a bottom, an open front defining an interior, an inner door pivotally attached to the housing and pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the inner door closes off the open front, a lock for locking the door in a closed position and wherein the mounting wall is attached to the housing inside the interior.  
   
   
       9 . The storage locker of  claim 8  further comprising an outer door mounted to the housing, the outer door pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the outer door closes off the open front, the inner door being mounted to the housing between the outer door and the open front.  
   
   
       10 . The storage locker of  claim 9  wherein the mounting wall has a front face and wherein each of the mounting member of each rack comprises a wall having the tab, the tab being configured to fit in the aperture, the wall of the mounting member being dimensioned and configured to lie flat against the front face of the mounting wall when the rack is mounted to the mounting wall.  
   
   
       11 . The storage locker of  claim 10  wherein the mounting member has at least one pair of tabs and an aperture positioned between the tabs, and wherein the mounting wall has a plurality of second apertures, each second aperture positioned between two first apertures, the second apertures of the mounting wall being positioned relative to the first apertures such that the second apertures of the mounting wall are aligned with the apertures of the mounting member when the mounting member is mounted to the mounting wall, and further comprising a mounting screw for firmly mounting the rack to the mounting wall by screwing through the racks aperture and the corresponding second aperture of the mounting wall.