F41A 17/20
Grip or stock safeties, i.e. safeties disengaged by clasping the grip or
Official title: Grip or stock safeties, i.e. safeties disengaged by clasping the grip or stock (thumb-operated sliding safeties F41A17/52, F41A17/62, F41A17/70, F41A17/80)
F41A17/20 (Grip or stock safeties, i.e. safeties disengaged by clasping the grip or) appears on 116 US grants and 81 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 116
- Published applications
- 81
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 158
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Firearm operating system2 Jun 2026US 12,644,661 B2
- Firearm safety feature9 Dec 2025US 12,492,876 B2
- Adjustable trigger safety system21 Oct 2025US 12,449,218 B2
- Firearm trigger control device7 Oct 2025US 12,435,937 B2Smart Shooter Ltd.
- Firearm firing control assembly and firearm optic positioning assembly8 Apr 2025US 12,270,617 B2
- Handgun Safety Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309443 A1JD Safety Systems LLC
- Firearm operating system12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189250 A1
- Alcohol-Sensitive Safety Locking Mechanism15 May 2025US 2025/0155211 A1Rochester Institute of Technology
- Adjustable Trigger Safety System30 Jan 2025US 2025/0035395 A1
- A Firearm Trigger Control Device18 Jul 2024US 2024/0240894 A1Smart Shooter Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Crossbow dry fire prevention device125US 5,598,829 AHunter's Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 1997
- Firearm with piezo-electric triggering and firing mechanism70US 5,083,392 A1992
- Telematics sensors and camera activation in connection with firearm activity69US 9,958,228 B2Yardarm Technologies, Inc. · 2018
- Self-engaging safety54US 5,090,147 A1992
- Systems and methods for a user interface for electronic weaponry54US 9,025,304 B2TASER International, Inc. · 2015