Apparatus for Prevention of Dropping of Handgun
AssigneeDirk D. Ringgenberg
InventorsDirk D. Ringgenberg, Kenneth A. Anderson
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Abstract
An apparatus for preventing the dropping of a handgun during use thereof is shown firstly by detachable a lanyard type of device and alternatively by a locking mechanism that replaces one of the handgrips of the handgun to be used in conjunction with a special glove with an attachment thereon that can be received into the locking mechanism to hold the gun from separation from the glove until such time that the locking device is intentionally unlocked so that the glove can be separated from the locking device.
Claims11
An apparatus for preventing a user from dropping a gun comprising:
- a flange adapted to be attached to a gun, the flange having an opening therein, the opening being of a predetermined size;
- a pin selectively disposed in the opening of the flange, the pin having an enlargement on one end thereof that is too large to fit through the opening;
- a projection disposed on the other end of the pin, the projection having a first and a second position with respect to the pin;
- the projection, in combination with the pin, being too large to fit through the opening in the first position of the projection and in the second position with respect to the pin the other end of the pin can fit through the opening;
- an attachment member adapted to be attached to the user;
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- a flexible tether being operatively connected to the pin and to the attachment member whereby if the user drops the gun, the gun will still be close to the user due to being tethered to the user.
An apparatus for preventing a user from dropping a gun comprising:
- a plate member adapted to be attached to a handle of a hand gun, the plate member having a slot of a predetermined width disposed therein, the plate member having an inner face and an outer face, the inner face being closer to the handle of the hand gun than the outer face;
- a glove adapted to be worn by a hand gun user, the glove having a palm portion;
- a button operatively attached to the palm of the glove, the button having a first end attached to the palm portion, a second end of the button being wider than the predetermined width of the slot in the plate member and a neck portion having a width smaller than the width of the slot in the plate member so that the neck of the button can be moved between a first position outside of the slot in the plate member and a second position disposed in the slot of the plate member, the second end of the button, in the first position of the neck member, being spaced from the plate member;
- and in the second position of the neck member, the second end of the button is disposed between the outer face of the plate member and the handle of a hand gun.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.