Handgun with forward assist
AssigneeSig Sauer, Inc.
InventorsAdrian Thomele, Tyler Rainaud
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Abstract
A handgun subassembly includes a frame with a distal frame portion and a proximal frame end portion, where the frame has frame rails extending longitudinally along a top of the frame. A slide is displaceable along the frame rails between a recoil position and a battery position. The slide defines a catch surface adjacent a bottom portion of the slide. A forward assist assembly is disposed between the slide and the frame or grip module. The forward assist assembly provides a force on the slide in a distal direction when the slide is within a predetermined distance from the battery position.
Claims23
A handgun comprising:
- a frame with a distal frame portion and a proximal frame portion, the frame configured to house a fire control group and having frame rails extending longitudinally along a top of the frame;
- a slide displaceable along the frame rails between a recoil position and a battery position, the slide defining a catch surface;
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- a forward assist assembly constructed and arranged to exert a force in a distal direction on the slide when the slide is within a predetermined distance from the battery position.
A handgun subassembly comprising:
- a frame with a distal frame portion and a proximal frame end portion, the frame having frame rails extending longitudinally along a top of the frame;
- a slide displaceable along the frame rails between a recoil position and a battery position, the slide defining a slide channel corresponding to each of the frame rails and extending along the slide, the slide defining a catch surface adjacent a bottom portion of the slide;
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- a forward assist assembly disposed between the slide and the proximal frame end portion, the forward assist assembly providing a force on the slide in a distal direction when the slide is within a predetermined distance from the battery position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.