Safety strap for handguns
OwnerWilliam J. Danielsinventor
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Abstract
A safety strap which maintains the hammer of a handgun in a cocked position. The strap can be drawn around the gun body and includes snap fasteners on its opposite ends. An opening formed in an enlarged intermediate portion of the strap fits over the hammer to prevent it from firing. The strap includes an additional pair of openings on opposite sides of the central opening for holding the safety on regardless of whether the safety is located on one side of the gun body or the other.
Claims10
A safety strap arrangement for a handgun having a gun body and an exposed hammer that can be cocked to prepare the gun for firing, said safety strap arrangement comprising:
- an elongate flexible strap adapted to be drawn around the gun body and having opposite ends positionable adjacent one another when the strap is drawn around the gun body in a taut condition;
- means in a selected portion of said strap providing an opening in the strap adapted to fit over the hammer when same is cocked and the strap is applied to the gun and drawn around the gun body, said selected portion of the strap being located between the hammer and gun body to prevent firing of the hammer when said opening is fitted over the hammer;
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- releasable fastening means for releasably fastening said opposite ends of the strap together to maintain the strap on the gun in a taut condition with said opening of the strap fitted over the hammer, thereby preventing firing of the gun until said fastening means is released and the strap is removed from the gun.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.