Clamshell gunlock with rifle barrel insert

Abstract

An apparatus for adapting a clamshell-type of gunlock for a shotgun to lock a rifle. The clamshell gunlock can be easily modified using the apparatus without the need for basic changes to the gunlock. The apparatus has two parts: a first insert, attached to the base of the gunlock to reduce the volume of the gunlock to hold a rifle; and a second insert, frictionally attached to said first insert to provide a snuggly fitting constraint to hold a portion of the rifle such that the rifle will not vibrate or move causing rattling sounds or damage to the barrel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for adapting a clamshell-type of gunlock for locking up a shotgun wherein said clamshell-type of gunlock having a base which can be mounted on a structure and having an articulating arm wherein the barrel of the shotgun is releasably held between the base and the articulating arm, and wherein said apparatus adapts the clam-shell-type of gunlock to lock up a rifle, said apparatus comprises:
 a first insert wherein said first insert is firmly attached to the base of the gunlock wherein said first insert takes up a substantial volume of the space provided for a shotgun barrel when the gunlock is used to lock up a shotgun barrel;   a second insert attached to said first insert to take up the remaining volume provided for the shotgun barrel yet providing sufficient space to firmly hold a portion of a rifle barrel to sufficiently restrain the rifle barrel thus keeping the rifle barrel from rattling or moving when the gunlock in the locked position.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said first insert is made of aluminum and is held to the base of the gunlock via a threaded bolt. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  where said second insert is molded and made from rubber. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein said first insert further comprises an opening which serves to provide access to a threaded opening in the base of the gunlock which attaches said first insert via said threaded bolt to the base. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein said second insert further comprises a cylindrical tab that attaches said second insert to said first insert via said opening in said first insert. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said cylindrical tab of said first insert is friction fitted into said opening of said second insert. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said cylindrical tab of said first insert is glued into said opening of said second insert.