NoEnd, Inc.
547 Hwy. 317
Ashdown, Arkansas 71822
(903) 562-1713
(413) 235-4172 fax
January 2, 2002
RE: Patent Application Amendment OFFICE ACTION
Dear Buzz Siler:
Attached please find an addition to the "Amendment A" for your patent application.
IMPORTANT AND TIMELY INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Sign (two places), date and fax the attached "Amendment A" BY FRIDAY, JAN. 4th 2002 to Shian T. Luong at (703) 305-3579 or 305-3580. Please identify Examiner Luong of Art Unit 3728 at the top of your fax cover sheet. (Do not fax this cover letter, just a standard fax cover sheet and the attached document).
2) Call Examiner Luong immediately after faxing to confirm she got in legible condition.
I have not yet received the one-time fee of $175 to cover this amendment required to comply with the Examiner's unique desires. Maybe the invoice got lost at Julie's desk? Please see if she remembers.
Very truly,
Eric Talaska
President, NoEnd, Inc.
In The United States Patent and Trademark Office
Application Number09/726,898
Application Filed:11/29/00
Applicant(s):Siler et al.
Title:Handgun Storage Case and Method for Safe and Quick Access
Examiner / GAU:Shian T. Luong / 3728
Fax Date:______2002
Amendment A
Assistant Commissioner for Patents
Washington, District of Columbia 20231
Dear Shian T. Luong:
In response to the Notice of Non-Compliant Amendment (37 CFR 1.121),Office Action mailed 8/9/01 and the Phone Interview of 9/26/01, please amend the above referenced application as follows: (delete anything with a strike-through; add anything between brackets [ ] ). All changes are in bold.
Specification:
12B holster hook and loop fastener (VELCRO)
Door 3 is connected to frame 1 by a door hinge 4. Door hinge 4 is a simple shaft pivot, pivotably mounted to frame 1 on both sides of frame 1 and door 3. Door 3 is a drop down type by gravity. Door 3 has a bottom door stop 5 to prevent door 3 from opening too far to the base and thus keeping handgun 20 barrel pointed more downwardly. A top door stop 6 keeps door 3 from entering frame 1 too far and also serves as a retainer for a lock bar 10A of a lock assembly 10. Lock assembly 10 is a high security tube key type lock, but may also be an optional pushbutton lock to eliminate the need for a key as shown in FIG. 10. Not shown is another option for lock assembly 10: An electronic keypad and automatic deadbolt lock. Lock assembly 10 is operatively mounted to door 3 by a general bolt and nut configuration. Lock assembly 10 locks in place to frame 1 by a quick release plate 8 mounted to frame 1 with a bolt and nut 9. Quick release plate 8 is pushed from the outside of frame 1 by a quick release button [7] inwardly to release door 3 from quick release plate 8.
[Quick release button 7 is operably mounted to a small hole or void in the side of frame or housing 1 so that quick release button 7 springs or flexes in and out of frame or housing 1 against flexible quick release plate 8. Pushing quick release button 7 inwardly will disengage quick release plate 8 from door 3, thus allowing door 3 to open with gravity. Door 3 is closed when the curved end of quick release plate 8 snaps into door void 3A. During this process, quick release plate 8 flexes inwardly (from pressure of quick release button 7) as door 3 slides by the end of quick release plate 8. Quick release plate 8 snaps into door void 3A, thus closing door 3. This allows door 3 to be closed without utilizing locking assembly 10. Lock assembly 10 only engages with top door stop 6.]
Door 3 has a holster mount 11 mounted to door 3 by way of a bolt and nut 11A. Holster mount 11 has a void as shown in FIG. 8 just beneath where bolt and nut 11A is located to allow holster mount 11 to slide forwards an backwards to accommodate handgun 20 whatever size it may be. When handgun 20 is stored in the handgun case, handgun 20 is secured to a holster 12 particularly with a holster hook and loop fastener or “VELCRO” 12B. Holster hook and loop fastener 12B is adjustable to accommodate various sized and shaped handgun 20s. Holster 12 has a holster sleeve 12A so holster mount 11 slides into holster 12 at the holster sleeve 12A location.
CLAIMS
We claim:
- A device for securely storing a handgun in a case or frame, the device comprising: A box-like frame of rigid strength for housing a handgun of any type or size, said frame having a rigid base plate extending forwardly, said frame having a front door attached to said frame, said door having a pivotal end, said pivotal end having a pivotal axis for attachment coincident with said frame at the bottom front of said frame, whereby said door drops down automatically by way of gravity when opened, said door further including an operatively mounted lock assembly near the top of said frame, said lock assembly capable of locking to said frame on top and front, said door having a handgun holster operatively mounted to said door, whereby when said door is opened, said handgun is easily and safely accessed with said handgun’s barrel pointed downwardly and away from opening for safety.
- The device for securely storing a handgun in a frame of claim 1, further including an inconspicuous quick release button operatively mounted to said frame and operatively functional to said lock assembly for instant opening of said door and access of said handgun.
- The device for securely storing a handgun in a frame of claim 1, further including said holster mount with a bolt and nut, said bolt and nut allowing an adjustment means for said holster mount to slide parallel with said door to accommodate said handgun of different sizes.
- The device for securely storing a handgun in a case of claim 1, further including a holster hook and loop fastener (VELCRO) at the top of said holster for custom and snug fit of said handgun.
- The device for securely storing a handgun in a frame of claim 1, further including a releasably mounted base plate to said frame at the bottom of said frame.
- A device for securely storing a handgun in a case or frame, the device comprising: A box-like frame of rigid strength for housing a handgun of any type or size, said frame having a rigid base plate extending forwardly, said frame having a handgun holster operatively mounted to inside of said frame, said frame having a front door which automatically drops down when unlocked, exposing said handgun attached to said handgun mount attached to said frame, said door having a pivotal end, said pivotal end having a pivotal axis for attachment coincident with said frame at the bottom front of said frame, whereby said door drops down automatically by way of gravity when opened, said door further including an operatively mounted lock assembly near the top of said frame, said lock assembly capable of locking to said frame on top and front, whereby when said door is opened, said handgun is easily and safely accessed with said handgun’s barrel pointed downwardly and away from opening for safety.
- A method for providing a handgun case with instant on a door access to a handgun, said handgun operatively secured to a handgun holster, said holster operatively mounted to a door, said door pivotably mounted to the bottom frontal section of a frame wherein when said door is opened, said handgun is available immediately when removed from said handgun holster.
[8.A device for securely storing a handgun in a case or frame, the device comprising: A box-like frame of rigid strength for housing a handgun of any type or size, said frame having a rigid base plate extending forwardly, said frame having a front door attached to said frame, said door having a pivotal end, said pivotal end having a pivotal axis for attachment coincident with said frame at the bottom front of said frame, whereby said door drops down automatically by way of gravity when opened, said door further including an operatively mounted lock assembly near the top of said frame, said lock assembly capable of locking to said frame on top and front, said door having a handgun holster operatively mounted to said door by way of a holster mount, whereby when said door is opened, said handgun is easily and safely accessed with said handgun’s barrel pointed downwardly and away from opening for safety. Said holster mount operatively mounted to said door by a bolt and nut, said bolt and nut allowing an adjustment means for said holster mount to slide parallel with said door to accommodate said handgun of different sizes.
9.The device for securely storing a handgun in a case of claim 8, further including a holster hook and loop fastener at the top of said holster for custom and snug fit of said handgun.
10.The device for securely storing a handgun in a frame of claim 8, further including a releasably mounted base plate to said frame at the bottom of said frame.]
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
is an Internet website that shows the most recent developments, embodiments and commercial applications of the present invention.
A new portable or mountable gun case device and method for safely storing one of a variety of loaded and unloaded firearms. The gun case includes a child-resistant latching mechanism. A lockable case that protects children from senseless handgun accidents, yet allows quick access to a handgun to protect a family in an emergency. The unique case design allows mounting beside the bed, under a desk or counter, in a car, truck or RV, and in the wall (behind a picture) with optional pivoting wall bracket.
The handgun case can be recessed in a wall behind a picture. Each case includes a holster that adjusts to every gun size. The unique drop-down door delivers a gun the same way every time: Safely pointed down. The case has unique safety and convenience features and options.
[A new portable or mountable gun case device and method for safely storing one of a variety of loaded and unloaded firearms. The gun case includes a child-resistant latching mechanism. A lockable case that protects children from senseless handgun accidents, yet allows quick access to a handgun to protect a family in an emergency. The unique case design allows mounting beside the bed, under a desk or counter, in a car, truck or RV, and in the wall (behind a picture) with optional pivoting wall bracket. The handgun case can be recessed in a wall behind a picture. Each case includes a holster that adjusts to every gun size. The unique drop-down door delivers a gun the same way every time: Safely pointed down. The case has unique safety and convenience features and options.]
REMARKS - General
By the above amendment, Applicant(s) have amended the specification.
Applicant(s) have rewritten all claims to define the invention more particularly and distinctly so as to overcome the technical rejections and define the invention patentably over the prior art.
The Objection to the Specification and the Claims Rejection Under Section 112
The specification was objected to under Section 112 since it was said to fail to teach how reference 7 works. Applicant(s) have overcome this objection by providing reference 7 details.
Request for Help Writing Claims if Claims are Still Rejected
Therefore it is submitted that patentable subject matter is clearly present. If the examiner agrees but does not feel that the present claims are technically adequate, applicant respectfully requests that the examiner write acceptable claims pursuant to MPEP 707.07(j). (See applicant's Patent Application Transmittal Letter under "Request Under MPEP Section 707.07(j))"
A provision of the MPEP Section 707.07(j), states:
When, during the examination of a pro se [no attorney] case, it becomes apparent to the examiner that there is patentable subject matter disclosed in the application [the examiner] shall draft one or more claims for the applicant and indicate in office action that such claims would be allowed if incorporated in the application by amendment. This practice would expedite prosecution and offer a service to individual inventors not represented by a registered patent attorney or registered patent agent…
Conclusion
For all of the above reasons, applicant(s) submits that the specification and claims are now in proper form, and that the claims all define patentably over the prior art. Therefore applicant(s) submits that this application is now in condition for allowance, which action applicant(s) respectfully solicit.
Conditional Request for Constructive Assistance
Applicant(s) has amended the specification and claims of this application so that they are proper, definite, and define novel structure which is also unobvious. If, for any reason this application is not believed to be in full condition or allowance, applicant(s) respectfully requests the constructive assistance and suggestions of the Examiner pursuant to M.P.E.P. Section 706.03(d) and Section 707.07(j) in order that the undersigned can place this application in allowable condition as soon as possible and without the need for further proceedings.
Very respectfully,
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Buzz Siler
------Applicant Pro Se------
3328 Lakeview Blvd.
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
(503) 969-0009
(503) 635-6688
Certificate of Facsimile Transmission:
I certify that on the date below this document (Amendment A) and referenced attachments, if any, will be faxed to: Examiner Luong of Art Unit Group 3728 of the United States Patent and Trademark Office at the following number: (703) 305-3579 or 305-3580 along with a follow-up phone call to confirm receipt and legibility of the document(s).
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DateBuzz Siler, Applicant