A slide for a firearm includes a top surface and an optical sight mounting surface recessed into the top surface of the slide. At least one pin opening is defined through a portion of the optical sight mounting surface and is configured to receive a pin for attaching an optical sight to the slide. At least one sight attachment opening is defined through the optical sight mounting surface to serve as another connection point for the optical sight. The pin opening and the sight attachment opening allow the optical sight to be attached directly to the slide of the firearm.
A connection pin (220) for securing an optical sight to a slide of a firearm includes a pin base (221) and a pin body (226) and a pin projection (236) that extend from the pin base. The pin body has a height that is greater than the height of the pin projection. The pin also includes a bottom surface (223) that has a level portion (224) and an angled portion (225) that is positioned at an oblique angle with respect to the level portion. The connection pin may be fit within a pin opening (156, 157) defined by an optical sight mounting surface (151) of a firearm. An optical sight contacts the pin projection of the connection pin when the optical sight is position on the optical sight mounting surface causing the connection pin to rotate within the pin opening onto the angled portion of the bottom surface of the connection pin.
A firearm includes a sear assembly that includes a primary sear and a safety sear. The primary sear and the safety sear are rotatable from a raised position to a lowered position. The primary sear includes a top edge and a sear catch that extends from the top edge. The safety sear includes a safety sear rear edge that is positioned forward of the sear catch. In the raised position, the sear catch and the safety sear rear edge have a vertical overlap with a firing pin lug of a firing pin of the firearm. The firing pin lug is typically in contact with the sear catch of the primary sear. However, if the firearm is dropped or jostled and the primary sear is moved into the lowered position, the firing pin lug contacts and is caught by the safety sear rear surface to prevent accidental firing of the firearm.
F41A 17/72 - Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably-mounted strikers trigger-operated, i.e. the movement of the trigger bringing a firing-pin safety into inoperative position during the firing
A manual safety assembly includes a manual safety bar. A manual safety lever extends from each side of the manual safety bar to allow a user to rotate the manual safety bar. A first groove and a second groove spaced from the first groove are defined through a portion of the surface of the manual safety bar. A safety extension extends from the manual safety bar at a location between the first groove and the second groove. The manual safety bar may be inserted into manual safety openings defined in a trigger housing of a firearm. The manual safety assembly has an engaged orientation that prevents rotation of a firing pin safety lever, preventing the firearm from firing. The manual safety assembly has a disengaged orientation that allows rotation of a firing pin safety lever, allowing the firearm to be fired.
F41A 17/56 - Sear safeties, i.e. means for rendering ineffective an intermediate lever transmitting trigger movement to firing pin, hammer, bolt or sear
F41A 35/06 - Adaptation of guns to both right and left hand use
A slide (50) for a firearm includes a top surface and an optical sight mounting surface (454) recessed into the top surface of the slide. At least one pin opening (456, 458) is defined through a portion of the optical sight mounting surface and is configured to receive a pin (428) for attaching an optical sight to the slide. At least one sight attachment opening (457, 459) is defined through the optical sight mounting surface to serve as another connection point for the optical sight. The pin opening and the sight attachment opening allow the optical sight to be attached directly to the slide of the firearm.
A firearm includes a backstrap assembly and a lanyard assembly that are attachable to a rear surface of a frame of the firearm. The backstrap assembly includes a backstrap pin that fits within a backstrap pin recess defined within a rear surface of a frame of the firearm. The backstrap assembly also includes a backstrap lock (e.g., hook lever) that extends from a front surface of the backstrap assembly and fits within a backstrap pin recess defined through the rear surface of the frame of the firearm. A lanyard assembly may be attached to the rear surface of the frame and may fit within a backstrap recess defined by the backstrap assembly and positioned between the rear surface of the frame and the backstrap assembly. The lanyard assembly includes a lanyard hook that fits within a lanyard hook lever recess defined through the rear surface.
A recoil spring assembly (260) for a rearm (20) includes a guide rod (270) having a rearward end (279) and a forward end (277). The rearward end of the guide rod includes a guide rod neck (273) and a guide rod flange (275) that is attached to the guide rod neck and has a cross-sectional width larger than that of the guide rod neck. The recoil spring assembly includes a ring assembly (280) with at least two ring segments (281). The ring assembly is attachable to the rearward end of the guide rod so that the ring assembly surrounds the guide rod flange and guide rod neck. The recoil spring assembly further includes a recoil spring (261) that is positioned between the forward end and the rearward end of the guide rod. The recoil spring surrounds at least a portion of the guide rod and ring assembly.
A firearm includes a frame and a trigger housing that may be inserted within a frame cavity defined by the frame. The trigger housing includes a first side rail and a second side rail connected at the bottom edges by a front housing brace. Each of the side rails includes a pair of wings that extend from a front edge of the side rails. Each side rail also includes a rear tab that extends from a rear surface of each of the side rails. When the trigger housing is positioned within said frame cavity, the wings of the side rails are positioned in wing gaps defined in the frame of the firearm, and the rear tabs are positioned rear tab recesses defined in the frame of the firearm.
A firearm includes a safety disassembly system that includes a slidable safety disassembly lever and a rotatable safety disassembly activator. The safety disassembly lever includes a lever hook positioned at a forward lever end and a sear flange extending from a rearward lever end, the sear flange being intended to engage the sear of the firearm. A magazine blocking notch extends from the safety disassembly lever at a position rearward of the lever hook and forward of the sear flange. The shaft of the safety disassembly activator defines a disassembly lever recess. The lever hook is positioned within the disassembly lever recess when the safety disassembly system is arranged in a disengaged position, and the lever hook is exterior of the disassembly lever recess when the safety disassembly system is arranged in an engaged position.
F41A 11/00 - Assembly or disassembly featuresModular conceptsArticulated or collapsible guns
F41A 17/56 - Sear safeties, i.e. means for rendering ineffective an intermediate lever transmitting trigger movement to firing pin, hammer, bolt or sear
A firearm includes magazine catch assembly includes a magazine catch that has a magazine catch notch extending from one side of the magazine catch and a magazine catch extension that extends from a surface of the magazine catch. The magazine catch assembly also includes a magazine release button that defines a magazine catch extension recess that receives the magazine catch extension. When force is applied to a side surface of the magazine release button, the magazine catch extension contacts and moves along a camming surface of the magazine release button causing rotation of the magazine catch about a magazine catch pin. The rotation of the magazine catch causes the magazine catch notch to be removed from a magazine catch notch recess in a magazine of the firearm so the magazine may be released from the magazine well of the firearm.
A system and method for attaching a muzzle attachment to a firearm. The muzzle attachment has an attachment body that is defined by an inner surface having a bore along the central axis of the muzzle attachment. The attachment body may include a threaded portion extending a length along the inner surface configured to engage a threaded portion of the firearm. The attachment body includes a lock that is configurable from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration. In the extended configuration, the lock is configured to securely engage a recess of the firearm. By threading the muzzle attachment onto the firearm and engaging the lock with the recess, the muzzle attachment system resists removal of the muzzle attachment from the firearm. The muzzle attachment may include vents. The muzzle attachment system preferably is indexed relative to the firearm for proper operation of the muzzle attachment during engagement of the lock.
A firearm includes a manual safety assembly. The manual safety assembly includes a first manual safety lever that is removably attachable to a second manual safety lever. Each of the manual safety levers includes a lever portion and a connection portion that extends transversely from the lever portion. A blocking lever extends from the connection portion of the first manual safety lever so that the blocking lever is substantially parallel to the first manual lever portion. The manual safety assembly is coupled to the firearm so that the manual safety assembly may be configured in an engaged position in which the blocking lever inhibits movement of a trigger bar of the firearm to prevent the firearm from firing. The manual safety assembly may be moved into a disengaged position that allows movement of the trigger bar.
A device, system and method of detecting and counting shots fired from a weapon, the device including a microprocessor; an analogue accelerometer; a digital accelerometer whose sampling initialisation is operatively triggered by a trigger signal received from the analogue accelerometer to input a shot waveform to the microprocessor, the microprocessor being operable to: receive the trigger signal as a reference signal to the start of a weapon firing cycle, sample the shot waveform, calculate specific weighting coefficients from the shot waveform, compare the shot waveform with a pre-determined configuration of pre-sets to distinguish a real shot-event from a false shot-event, and produce a shot counter signal; and a wireless communications module for operatively transmitting the shot counter signal to a remote device being in operative communication with the shot counter device.
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The present invention teaches about a separable magazine follower situated into a magazine body. The magazine follower includes a magazine follower body and exchangeable magazine follower plate. The upper surface of the plate tooth can engage a slide stop lever tooth after the last round is fired from the magazine, and moves a slide stop lever in position that holds a slide in the rear position. The magazine follower plate can be exchanged by the new one after being depleted. The magazine follower plate is not permanently secured to the magazine follower body, but it is nested into the magazine follower body and secured via a magazine spring. The magazine follower plate is formed from material of lower hardness than the material used for slide stop lever tooth in order to prevent its excessive wearing.
The present invention teaches about separable magazine follower situated into a magazine body. It comprises magazine follower body (1) and exchangeable magazine follower plate (2). The upper surface of the plate tooth (2.1) can engage a slide stop lever tooth after last round being fired from the magazine, and moves a slide stop lever in position that holds a slide in the rear position. The magazine follower plate (2) can be exchanged by the new one after being depleted. The magazine follower plate (2) is not being permanently secured to the magazine follower body (1), but it is nested into the magazine follower body (1) and secured via magazine spring. The magazine follower plate (2) is formed from material of lower hardness than the material used for slide stop lever tooth in order to prevent its excessive wearing.
An ammunition magazine with an improved base locking, including: a hollow magazine body, a follower, a spring and a magazine base. The magazine body is equipped with track guides that correspond to grooves embodied on the magazine base, that the magazine base is guided onto. The spring is spirally embodied such that the first turn fully encompasses the surface of the magazine base and in the compressed state the rest of the spring, without the first turn, can fully fit into the follower pressed by the spring. The magazine base has a catch on one side and a hole positioned next to the catch. The magazine body has a slit allowing the catch to pass unobstructed into the magazine body and catch the detent spot on the spring positioned inside the magazine body. An advantage is improved safety of magazine base locking to the magazine body and simpler construction.
The present invention refers to the ammunition magazine with an improved base locking, consisting of: the hollow magazine body (1), the follower (2), the spring (3) and the magazine base (4). The magazine body is equipped with track guides (lb) that correspond to the grooves (4b) embodied on the magazine base (4), that the magazine base is guided onto. The spring (3) is spirally embodied in a way that the first turn fully encompasses the surface of the magazine base (4) and that in the compressed state the rest of the spring, without the first turn, can fully fit into the follower (2) pressed by the said spring. The magazine base (4) has a catch (4a) on one side and a hole (4c) positioned right next to the catch. The magazine body (1) has a slit (la) that allows the catch (4a) to pass unobstructed into the magazine body (1) and catch the detent spot (3a) on the spring (3) positioned inside the magazine body (1). The advantage of this technical solution is the improved safety of magazine base locking to the magazine body and simpler construction.
A mechanism for the disassembly of a handgun without triggering, which prevents the consequential accidental firing of a cartridge in the chamber upon triggering. The mechanism including a disassembler, sear catcher lever, sear catcher and a sear catcher spring. The disassembler has an eccentric pin. Rotation of the dissembler moves the sear catcher lever forward. The sear catcher spring pushes the sear catcher which abuts the other end of sear catcher lever. The sear catcher can catch the sear as soon as the sear is pressed downwards around the sear pin by the slide, and it can hold the sear beneath the plane of cocking of the firing pin. At the same time, the sear catcher blocks the firing pin safety lever if the sear catcher lever is in its utmost forward position. That way the cocking of the firing pin is prevented and the triggering is blocked.
The invention discloses a safety mechanism of a handgun which depends on a magazine and which prevents the triggering of a handgun when the magazine is removed. Additionally, a mechanism enables handgun disassembly without need for the triggering after the magazine has been removed from the handgun. A safety mechanism is positioned inside the handgun receiver; including a magazine, sear catcher, sear catcher spring, grip safety pin, sear, sear pin, firing pin safety lever and firing pin. When the magazine is inserted into the handgun, the sear catcher is pushed into position in which it cannot block the firing pin safety lever nor catch the sear. When the magazine is removed from the handgun, the sear catcher spring pushes the sear catcher into position in which it blocks the firing chain by blocking the firing pin safety lever. At the same time it brings the sear catcher into position where it can hold the sear below the plane of the cocking of the firing pin as soon as the sear is sufficiently rotated around the sear pin by retracting the slide.
The invention discloses a safety mechanism of a handgun which depends on a magazine (10) and which prevents the triggering of a handgun when the magazine is removed and enables the disassembly of a handgun without the need for triggering after the magazine has been removed from the handgun. The safety mechanism is positioned inside the receiver (1) of a handgun and it consists of the magazine (10), sear catcher (11), sear catcher spring (12), grip safety pin (5), the sear (3), sear pin (4), firing pin safety lever (8) and the firing pin (9). When the magazine (10) is inserted into the handgun, the sear catcher (11) is pushed into position in which it cannot block the firing pin safety lever (8) nor catch the sear (3). When the magazine (10) is removed from the handgun, the sear catcher spring (12) pushes the sear catcher (11) into position in which it blocks the firing chain by blocking the firing pin safety lever (8), and at the same time it brings the sear catcher (11) into position where it can hold the sear (3) below the plane of the cocking of the firing pin (9) as soon as the sear (3) is sufficiently rotated around the sear pin (4) by retracting the slide (2).
F41A 17/36 - Magazine safeties locking the gun in a safety condition when the magazine is empty or removed
F41A 17/56 - Sear safeties, i.e. means for rendering ineffective an intermediate lever transmitting trigger movement to firing pin, hammer, bolt or sear
F41A 17/64 - Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably-mounted strikers
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MECHANISM FOR THE DISASSEMBLY OF A HANDGUN WITHOUT TRIGGERING
The subject invention refers to the mechanism for the disassembly of a handgun without triggering, and therefore preventing consequential accidental firing of a cartridge in the chamber upon triggering. The mechanism consists of the disassembler (7), sear catcher lever (11), sear catcher (12) and the sear catcher spring (13). The disassembler has an eccentric pin. Rotation of the disassembler moves the sear catcher lever (11) forward. The sear catcher spring (13) pushes the sear catcher (12) which abuts the other end of sear catcher lever (11). The sear catcher (12) can catch the sear (3) as soon as the sear is pressed downwards around the sear pin (4) by the slide (2), and it can hold the sear beneath the plane of cocking of the firing pin (9). At the same time, the sear catcher (12) blocks the firing pin safety lever (8) if the sear catcher lever (12) is in its utmost forward position. That way the cocking of the firing pin is prevented and the triggering is blocked.
F41A 17/56 - Sear safeties, i.e. means for rendering ineffective an intermediate lever transmitting trigger movement to firing pin, hammer, bolt or sear
F41A 17/64 - Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably-mounted strikers
The subject invention discloses the manual safety of a handgun that simultaneously blocks two elements of the firing chain - the trigger and the firing pin (6) and it prevents the discharge when the weapon is locked. The manual safety mechanism consists of levers (7) and (8) that control the manual safety, manual safety (4) that affects the sear (2) and the firing pin safety lever (5), which is connected with the trigger via the activation lever (14). Levers (7) and (8) are tightly connected via the detent (9), while the lever (8) is mounted with the manual safety (4). The firing pin safety lever (5) activates the sear (2) in a way that both can rotate around the pin (3) and can be brought into a position where they do not cock the firing pin (6) retractor (15). Levers (7) and (8) can be rotated in an angle that is sufficient for the manual safety (4) prong to get under the firing pin safety lever (5) prong and the sear (2) prong and completely block its moving around the pin (3), therefore blocking the two above mentioned elements of the firing chain. When the gun operator takes hold of the grip, the operator can feel the position of the manual safety and its state (locked/unlocked) at any moment and under all circumstances (e.g. in the dark).
F41A 17/30 - Multiple safeties, i.e. safeties acting on at least one element of the firing mechanism and at least one other element of the gun, e.g. the moving barrel
F41A 17/56 - Sear safeties, i.e. means for rendering ineffective an intermediate lever transmitting trigger movement to firing pin, hammer, bolt or sear
F41A 17/72 - Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably-mounted strikers trigger-operated, i.e. the movement of the trigger bringing a firing-pin safety into inoperative position during the firing
