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US 12,238,450 B2Granted
Emergency assistance method and device for a firearm
AssigneeSolid Proof Technologies LLC
InventorsPaul Sakiewicz, William Dean Beye, II, Albert Tuertscher
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to an attachment for a firearm that communicates with remote device or person such as emergency services. One embodiment of the present invention is selectively interconnected to a picatinny rail, weaver rail, or other mounting means, and the embodiment includes a button that allows a user to initiate communication with emergency services without removing his or her hands from the firearm.
Claims20
An emergency assistance device for a firearm, comprising:
- a housing having a mounting feature disposed on the housing, the mounting feature adapted to selectively interconnect to a firearm, wherein a channel extends into the housing, the channel has two upper portions extending in one direction and a lower portion extending in another direction, and the lower portion joins the upper portions together;
- a transceiver adapted to connect to the housing and configured to emit an emergency signal;
- said transceiver adapted to wirelessly communicate with other devices and/or emergency services that employs time division multiple access (“TDMA”);
- an activation feature configured to move between a first position and a second position;
- a pin extending from the activation feature and into the channel, wherein the pin is positioned in one upper portion when the activation feature is retained in the first position, wherein the pin moves along the lower portion as the activation feature moves from the first position to the second position, and wherein the pin is positioned in the other upper portion when the activation feature is retained in the second position;
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- wherein movement of the activation feature out of retainment in the first position, from the first position to the second position, or into retainment in the second position causes the transceiver to emit the emergency signal;
- wherein the mounting feature is disposed on a first surface of the housing;
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- a bias member positioned between the activation feature and the housing to retain the activation member in the first position.
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An emergency assistance device, comprising:
- a mounting feature configured to selectively interconnect to a firearm;
- a transceiver configured to emit an emergency signal;
- said transceiver adapted to wirelessly communicate with other devices and/or emergency services that employs time division multiple access (“TDMA”);
- an activation feature configured to move between a first position and a second position and configured to be retained in the first position and retained in the second position, wherein movement of the activation feature out of retainment in the first position, from the first position to the second position, and into retainment in the second position causes the first transceiver to emit the emergency signal;
- a channel extending into a side of the housing, wherein the channel has two upper portions extending in one direction and a lower portion extending in another direction, wherein the lower portion joins the upper portions together;
- a pin extending from the activation feature and into the channel, wherein the pin is positioned in one upper portion when the activation feature is retained in the first position, wherein the pin moves along the lower portion as the activation feature moves from the first position to the second position, and wherein the pin is positioned in the other upper portion when the activation feature is retained in the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.