Remote handgrip switch
AssigneeSig Sauer, Inc.
InventorEdward P. Leon-Guerrero
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Abstract
A grip for a firearm having a controllable accessory has a first axis aligned with a long axis of the firearm and a second axis transverse the first axis. The grip includes an elongated switch lever having a pivot end and a controlled end, the elongated switch lever having a long axis aligned with the second axis of the grip and coupled at the controlled end to a thumb pad extending beyond a main body of the grip, a pivot disposed at the pivot end of the elongated switch lever about which the elongated switch lever may rotate, and a switch mounted in the grip adjacent to the elongated switch lever and configured to change states when the thumb pad is depressed.
Claims9
A grip for a firearm having a controllable accessory, the grip having a first axis aligned with a long axis of the firearm and having a second axis transverse the first axis, the grip comprising:
- an elongated switch lever having a pivot end and a controlled end, the elongated switch lever having a long axis aligned with the second axis of the grip and coupled at the controlled end to a thumb pad extending beyond a main body of the grip;
- a pivot disposed at the pivot end of the elongated switch lever about which the elongated switch lever may rotate about a third axis parallel to but distinct from the first axis;
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- a switch mounted in the grip adjacent to the elongated switch lever and configured to change states when the thumb pad is depressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.