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US 12,449,231 B2Granted
Laser induced friction surface on firearm
AssigneeZpe Licensing Inc.
InventorAndrew Jason Zimmer
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Abstract
A firearm having a laser induced friction surface. A method for forming the laser induced friction surface on the firearm may includes the steps of disposing the laser machine adjacent to a component of the firearm, adjusting the laser machine, then applying the laser beam of the laser machine onto a component surface.
Claims12
A method for increasing a coefficient of friction of an external surface of a grip, frame, slide, or rail of a firearm, the method comprising the steps of:
- disposing particulate friction material on the external surface of the grip, frame, slide, or rail of the firearm;
- disposing a laser machine adjacent to the grip, frame, slide, or rail so that a laser beam of the laser machine is in a line of sight to the external surface of the grip, frame, slide, or rail of the firearm;
- adjusting the laser machine so that laser beam is capable of fusing the particulate friction material to the external surface of the grip, frame, slide, or rail of the firearm to increase a roughness of the grip, frame, slide, or rail of the firearm;
- applying the laser beam of the laser machine onto the external surface of the grip, frame, slide, or rail of the firearm with the adjusted laser machine to fuse the particular friction material to the external surface of the grip, frame, slide, or rail of the firearm for increasing the coefficient of friction of the grip, frame, slide, or rail of the firearm.
1 more element
A firearm component with a friction material bonded to an external surface of the firearm component, the firearm component comprising:
- a body of the firearm component;
- a particulate friction material disposed on the external surface of the firearm component wherein a particular friction material is laser infused to the external surface of the body of the firearm component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.