# US 2014/0360071 A1 · Firearm and a method for loading a firearm

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- Number: US 2014/0360071 A1
- Document ID: US20140360071A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/986,800
- Filed: 2013-06-07
- Published: 2014-12-11
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-07
- Inventors: Jeffry Jerome Savitsky; John Michael Garron
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360071A1

## CPC

- F41A 19/47: Cocking mechanisms
- F41A 3/66: Breech housings or frames; Receivers
- F41A 3/72: Operating handles or levers; Mounting thereof in breech-blocks or bolts {(F41C7/02, F41C7/06 take precedence)}
- 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
- 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 firearm 10 having a selectively movable slide portion 12 which includes at least one serrated radius or shoulder edge 14, 16 and which allows the firearm 10 to be selectively cycled by engaging the at least one serrated edge 14, 16 with a surface, such as table edge 32, thereby allowing for selective and relative movement between the frame 7 and the slide portion 12.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A firearm having a selectively movable slide having at least one serrated radius or shoulder edge.

### Claim 2

A firearm having a selectively movable slide which comprises a smooth broad or patterned top surface and a radius or shoulder edge having at least one engagement portion.

### Claim 3

A firearm having a selectively movable slide having a broad top surface and a pair of opposed and substantially identical serrated edges.

### Claim 4

A method for cycling a firearm having a frame and a slide, said method comprising the steps of engaging an edge of said slide of said firearm with a surface; and moving said frame relative to said slide, thereby cycling the firearm.