US 12,259,213 B2
Firearm case with locking latches
Timothy Eric Roberts, Broomfield, CO (US); Michael Werner, Arvada, CO (US); William Furman O'Dell, Evergreen, CO (US); Clinton Wade Lynch, Erie, CO (US); and Michael T. Mayberry, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Magpul Industries, Corp., Austin, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/029,267
Filed by Magpul Industries Corp., Austin, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 8, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/010367
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/172351, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/319,194, filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/319,221, filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280346 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. F41C 33/06 (2006.01); A45C 13/02 (2006.01); A45C 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC F41C 33/06 (2013.01) [A45C 13/02 (2013.01); A45C 13/1084 (2013.01); A45C 2013/026 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking case including a base and a lid, the case comprising:
a latch recess integrated into an outer profile of the case; and
a latch installed within the latch recess and including
a latch handle including a first end rotatably coupled with the lid of the case, and further including a second end including an end protrusion configured for removably engaging with a first portion of the base of the case, and
a passthrough feature for accommodating a lock mechanism therethrough,
wherein the latch recess is larger than the locking mechanism,
wherein the latch recess accommodates the latch and the lock mechanism therein when the second end of the latch handle is engaged with the first portion of the base of the case and the lock mechanism is installed through the passthrough feature such that the latch and the lock mechanism do not substantially protrude from the outer profile of the case,
wherein the latch further includes a button,
wherein the button includes at least one hook mechanism for engaging with a second portion of the base of the case, and
wherein the button is rotatably coupled with the latch handle such that the at least one hook mechanism remains engaged with the second portion of the base of the case, independently from the second end of the latch handle, unless the button is depressed to disengage the at least one hook mechanism from the second portion of the base of the case.