Firearm safety feature
OwnerNed Forrest Christianseninventor
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Abstract
A novel firearm safety feature includes arresting surfaces for preventing the fall of a hammer in the event of a spontaneous failure of other firearm parts. In a particular embodiment a safety lug has an arresting surface and the hammer has a complementary arresting surface. In the event of a spontaneous failure, the arresting surface and the complementary arresting surface create a positive engagement and prevent the hammer from falling. In another embodiment, a grip safety includes an arresting surface and the hammer includes a complementary arresting surface. In the event of a spontaneous failure, the arresting surface and the complementary arresting surface create a positive engagement and prevent the hammer from falling.
Claims13
A firearm safety feature, comprising:
- a firing pin;
- a hammer operative to impact said firing pin and including an arresting surface;
- a sear operative to engage said hammer such that said hammer is prevented from impacting said firing pin;
- a trigger operative to disengage said sear from said hammer, allowing said hammer to impact said firing pin;
- a safety switchable between a safe position and a firing position, a portion of said safety positioned to prevent said sear from disengaging said hammer when said trigger is depressed;
- and wherein
- said portion of said safety includes a complementary arresting surface;
- said arresting surface and said complementary arresting surface become positively engaged when said safety is engaged and said sear fails to engage said hammer;
- said arresting surface and said complementary arresting surface are positioned to engage one another to arrest the falling hammer in the event of a sear failure;
- and
- said arresting surface and said complementary arresting surface remain spaced apart from one another in said safe position in the absence of a sear failure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.