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US 2018/0252488 A1Published application
Collapsible pistol
OwnerWilliam S. Osborneinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible pistol features enhanced safety, ease of use, and improved performance as compared to prior designs. The pistol is easily reconfigured from an open, ready-to-fire position to a closed or collapsed position that makes the pistol quite compact, safe, and readily concealable. The overall design of the pistol is such that the manipulation of the pistol into and out of the open, ready-to-fire position can be accomplished with a user having relatively small hands and/or relatively low grip strength.
Claims12
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A compact pistol with integrated magazine, comprising:
- a frame having a frame interior;
- a slide assembly movably mounted to the frame and including a barrel having a bore with a longitudinal central axis and a breech within which a cartridge may be chambered;
- a magazine residing in the frame interior to extend along the barrel and configured for storing two or more elongated cartridges in a row so that rim ends of the cartridges are above bullet ends thereof;
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- a transporter rotatably mounted to the frame and operable for delivering a stored cartridge from a first end of the magazine into coaxial alignment with the axis of the bore, thereby positioning the cartridge for chambering in the breech of the barrel.
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A compact pistol with encased high-velocity moving parts, comprising:
- a frame having an interior;
- a slide assembly movably mounted to the frame and movable from a first, ready-to-fire position into a recoiled position, the slide assembly having a breech end and a muzzle end, and including a barrel with a central bore;
- the slide assembly also including a bolt mounted to the barrel and having a breech block, the bolt being movable relative to the barrel into a closed breech position such that the breech block closes against the bolt to chamber a cartridge within the barrel bore;
- a hammer mechanism that is triggerable for moving into contact with and firing the cartridge within the chambered cartridge;
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- a cover for substantially encasing within the frame interior the hammer mechanism, the breech end of the slide assembly, and the breech block as the slide assembly moves from the first, ready-to-fire position into the recoiled position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.