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US 10,422,600 B2Granted
Collapsible pistol
OwnerWilliam S. Osborneinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible pistol features enhanced safety, ease of use, and improved performance as compared to prior designs. The pistol is easily reconfigured from an open, ready-to-fire position to a closed or collapsed position that makes the pistol quite compact, safe, and readily concealable. The overall design of the pistol is such that the manipulation of the pistol into and out of the open, ready-to-fire position can be accomplished with a user having relatively small hands and/or relatively low grip strength.
Claims10
A compact pistol with integrated magazine, comprising:
- a frame having a frame interior;
- a slide assembly movably mounted to the frame and including a barrel having a bore with a longitudinal central axis and a breech within which a cartridge may be chambered;
- a magazine residing in the frame interior to extend along the barrel and configured for storing two or more elongated cartridges in a row so that rim ends of the cartridges are above bullet ends thereof, wherein the magazine includes a ratchet member defining bays on one side thereof for securing cartridges in the row in the magazine, the ratchet member being movable laterally, generally perpendicular to the bore central axis, thereby to enable individual cartridges to be loaded into individual bays;
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- a transporter rotatably mounted to the frame and operable for delivering a stored cartridge from a first end of the magazine into coaxial alignment with the axis of the bore, thereby positioning the cartridge for chambering in the breech of the barrel.
2 more elements
A compact pistol with integrated magazine, comprising:
- a frame having a frame interior:
- a slide assembly movably mounted to the frame and including a barrel haying a bore with a longitudinal central axis and a breech within which a cartridge may be chambered;
- a magazine residing in the frame interior to extend along the barrel and configured for storing two or more elongated cartridges in a row so that rim ends of the cartridges are above bullet ends thereof, wherein the magazine includes a ratchet member defining bays on one side thereof for securing cartridges in the row in the magazine, the pistol further comprising an indexing system that is driven by movement of the slide assembly for moving cartridges one-bay-at-a-time toward the first end of the magazine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.