Extendable slide member for pistol slide
AssigneeTaurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsDustin Sroufe, Joseph Wall, Jesse Peyton, Nelson Mercado, Mark Kresser
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Abstract
An extendable slide member on a pistol slide action, providing leverage and a gripping base for a user to pull back or “rack” the slide along guides on a pistol frame, in a longitudinal motion relative to the pistol frame. The slide member facilitating racking the slide when in an extended position the slide member rotates either laterally outwards from a side surface of the slide or vertically upwards from a top surface of the slide, and presents a gripping or holding segment for the user to pull the slide towards the breech end of the pistol.
Claims27
A pistol slide having a top surface facing upwards when said pistol is held in an upright firing position, side surfaces adjacent said top surface and facing outwards left and right in a direction perpendicular to said top surface, a breech end, and a muzzle end opposite said breech end, said slide including:
- at least one partially walled aperture located proximate said breech end of said slide having an opening accessible from said slide top surface or said slide side surface, or both;
- at least one extendable, retractable slide member, said slide member extendable approximately laterally outwards from said side surface in a direction approximately perpendicular to said top surface when said slide member is in an extended position, said slide member including:
- a top edge, a holding portion, and an attachment segment, said attachment segment being insertable within said at least one partially walled aperture for rotatably attaching to said slide;
- a resilient bias member providing a restoring force to said at least one slide member when said at least one slide member is extended laterally outwards, said restoring force acts to retract said at least one slide member laterally inwards towards said slide side surface.
A pistol comprising:
- a frame for holding mechanical parts of said pistol, including a trigger housing and a bolt carrier group, said frame further includes a grip portion that receives a magazine;
- a slide, longitudinally slidable with respect to said frame, said slide housing a firing pin or striker of said pistol and an extractor, said slide serves as a bolt for said pistol, said slide having a top surface facing upwards when said pistol is held in an upright firing position, side surfaces adjacent said top surface and facing outwards left and right in a direction perpendicular to said top surface, a breech end, and a muzzle end opposite said breech end, said slide including:
- at least one partially walled aperture located proximate said breech end of said slide having an opening accessible from said slide top surface or said slide side surface, or both;
- at least one extendable, retractable slide member, said slide member extendable approximately laterally outwards from said side surface in a direction approximately perpendicular to said top surface when said slide member is in an extended position, said slide member including:
- a top edge, a holding portion, and an attachment segment, said attachment segment being insertable within said at least one partially walled aperture for rotatably attaching to said slide;
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- a resilient bias member providing a restoring force to said at least one slide member when said at least one slide member is extended laterally outwards, said restoring force acts.
The pistol of claim 14 wherein said top segment and said breech end side wall of said slot form a partially walled aperture for receiving said attachment segment.
A method of assembling a pistol slide having a slide member rotatably attached thereto, said method comprising:
- providing an insertion force to a resilient bias member and a plunger within an aperture accessible from a breech end of said pistol slide;
- pushing said resilient bias member and said plunger towards a muzzle end of said pistol slide such that said plunger is partially exposed in a receiving slot located on a side surface of said slide;
- inserting said slide member in a partially walled aperture accessible from a top surface of said slide top surface, said side surface, or both, and aligning a slot within said slide member with a segment extending radially from said plunger during insertion such that said slide member is fully insertable within said receiving slot when said plunger and said side member segment are aligned;
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- removing said insertion force, such that said resilient bias member provides a restoring force to said plunger.
A method of racking a pistol having a pistol slide and a slide member rotatably attached to said pistol slide comprising:
- grasping a portion of said slide member by sliding a finger laterally outwards along a recessed indent on a top surface of said pistol slide to contact a top portion of said slide member with said finger;
- extending said slide member laterally outwards away from a side surface of said pistol slide;
- pulling said slide member towards a breech end of said pistol thereby racking said pistol;
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- releasing said slide member to allow said slide member to return to a retracted position to ready said pistol for firing.
A pistol slide having a top surface, side surfaces adjacent said top surface, a breech end, and a muzzle end opposite said breech end, said pistol slide including at least one extendable and retractable slide member located proximate said breech end of said slide, said slide member rotatable approximately vertically upwards from said top surface to place said slide member in an extended position for grasping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.