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US 11,852,427 B2Granted
Firearm
AssigneeBlackpowder Products, Inc.
InventorsKyle J. Bachstein, Kathryn Hack, Jesse Carr, Michael Guttridge
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Abstract
Improved firearms including one or more of a removable and/or interchangeable top cover, an improved extractor mechanism, a striker safety mechanism with a direct trigger interface, a sear with direct striker interface, and/or a striker with integral striker spring retention features.
Claims10
An extractor mechanism for a firearm, the extractor mechanism comprising:
- a body portion pivotally mounted to a slide of the firearm for pivotal motion about a pivot axis extending through a proximal lobe of the body portion, the pivot axis being oriented generally perpendicular relative to a longitudinal bore axis of a barrel of the firearm;
- an extractor spring attached to a distal lobe of the body, the distal lobe of the body being positioned at a lateral offset distance from the pivot axis to define an extractor spring moment arm;
- an elongated extractor arm extending obliquely forward from the body portion to a free end terminating in an extractor hook comprising a tip, the extractor hook configured for engagement with a rim of a cartridge to retract the cartridge rearwardly for extraction from the barrel of the firearm;
- wherein the pivot axis of the body portion of the extractor mechanism is positioned on a first side of the longitudinal bore axis and the point of engagement of the tip of the extractor hook with the cartridge is on an opposite second side of the longitudinal bore axis, and wherein a force vector applied by the extractor hook on the cartridge pulls across and into the body of the cartridge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.