# US 12,181,240 B2 · Slide assembly for a firearm > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,181,240 B2 - Document ID: US12181240B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/368,615 - Filed: 2023-09-15 - Published: 2024-01-04 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-17 - Assignees: Shadow Systems LLC - Applicants: Shadow Systems LLC - Inventors: Anthony Joseph Ribic; Richard Trevor Simpson Roe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181240B2 ## CPC - F41A 3/26: semi-automatically or automatically operated, e.g. having a slidable bolt-carrier and a rotatable bolt - F41A 15/14: the ejector being mounted on or within the bolt; {Extractors per se} - F41A 3/66: Breech housings or frames; Receivers - F41G 1/30: Reflecting-sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance (reflecting-sights in general G02B) - F41C 3/00: Pistols, e.g. revolvers (specially adapted for underwater use F41C9/06; for slaughtering or stunning animals A22B; for shooting bolts into concrete constructions, metal walls or the like B25C) - F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE - F41G: WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING (optical aspects thereof G02B) - F41C: SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B); ACCESSORIES THEREFOR ## Abstract A slide assembly for a firearm can include a slide having a top side, a proximal end, a mounting recess about the top side of the slide, a housing recess about the proximal end of the slide, and a retaining hole intersecting the housing recess; an extractor assembly mounted within the housing recess; and an optic sight positioned at least partially in the mounting recess, the optic sight coupled to the slide by a fastener received by the retaining hole, the fastener extending at least partially through the housing recess. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A slide assembly for a firearm comprising: a slide having a top side, a proximal end, a mounting recess about the top side of the slide, a housing recess about the proximal end of the slide, and a retaining hole intersecting the housing recess; an extractor assembly mounted within the housing recess; and an optic sight positioned at least partially in the mounting recess, the optic sight coupled to the slide by a fastener received by the retaining hole, the fastener extending at least partially through the housing recess. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The slide assembly of claim 1, wherein the retaining hole terminates at about a bottom side of the slide. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The slide assembly of claim 1, wherein the retaining hole extends completely through the housing recess, and wherein the retaining hole is threaded above and below the housing recess. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The slide assembly of claim 1, wherein the extractor assembly is positioned distal from an intersection between the retaining hole and the housing recess. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The slide assembly of claim 1, wherein the slide defines a stopper bore intersecting the housing recess distal from the retaining hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The slide assembly of claim 5, wherein a stop is positioned within the stopper bore, and wherein the extractor assembly contacts the stop. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The slide assembly of claim 1, wherein: the extractor assembly comprises an extractor and a biasing member; and the biasing member extends proximally in the mounting recess from the extractor towards the retaining hole. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The slide assembly of claim 7, wherein the extractor assembly further comprises a plunger positioned between the extractor and the biasing member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A firearm comprising the slide assembly of claim 1. ### Claim 10 A slide assembly for a firearm comprising: an extractor assembly including a distal end for engaging a cartridge and a proximal end; and a slide having a top side, a bottom side, a proximal end, a mounting recess about the top side of the slide, a housing recess about the proximal end of the slide, and a plurality of retaining holes extending into the mounting recess towards the bottom side of the slide, the extractor assembly positioned within the housing recess, each retaining hole of the plurality of retaining holes positioned between the proximal end of the extractor assembly and the proximal end of the slide, the proximal end of the extractor assembly is positioned at about a mid-portion of the mounting recess. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The slide assembly of claim 10, wherein a first retaining hole of the plurality of retaining holes intersects the mounting recess. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The slide assembly of claim 11, wherein a stop is positioned within a stopper bore of the slide, and wherein the stop is positioned between the first retaining hole and the extractor assembly. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The slide assembly of claim 11, wherein a second retaining hole of the plurality of retaining holes intersects the mounting recess. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) A firearm comprising the slide assembly of claim 10. ### Claim 15 A slide assembly for a firearm comprising: a slide having a top side, a proximal end, a mounting recess about the top side of the slide, and a housing recess about the proximal end of the slide; and an extractor assembly mounted within the housing recess, the extractor assembly comprising a biasing member positioned distal from a mid-point of the mounting recess, the extractor assembly further comprising an extractor, the biasing member extending proximally from the extractor towards the mid-point of the mounting recess. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The slide assembly of claim 15, further comprising a stop intersecting the mounting recess, the biasing member positioned between the stop and the extractor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The slide assembly of claim 15, wherein the extractor assembly further comprises a plunger positioned between the extractor and the biasing member. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) A firearm comprising the slide assembly of claim 15.