F41C 33/0227
Having a strap or other restraining element only covering the hammer or
Official title: {having a strap or other restraining element only covering the hammer or a part of the upper part of the small arm}
F41C33/0227 (Having a strap or other restraining element only covering the hammer or) appears on 228 US grants and 131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41C- Granted patents
- 228
- Published applications
- 131
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 251
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 9 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 9 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 |
| 2023 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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