Safety assembly for a hand gun
OwnerWalter Pastorinventor
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Abstract
A manually actuated safety mechanism for a hand gun particularly of the type incorporating a rebound lever which is activated by a main spring to in turn position an internal safety or firing pin block accompanying the gun structure when manufactured, thereby blocking the hammer from engaging the firing pin. The safety mechanism is mounted within the handle of the hand gun and includes minimal moving parts and is disposable and configured to prevent travel of the rebound lever from a blocking position to a release position thereby preventing cocking of the hammer to accomplish proper positioning of the hammer, trigger assembly and firing pin block for the next firing cycle.
Claims14
A safety assembly for use in combination with a hand gun of the type including a rebound lever disposable between a locking position and a release position relative to movement of a main spring, a firing pin block, a trigger and a hammer to accomplish the firing cycle of the hand gun, said assembly comprising:
- (a) a piston assembly movably mounted in a handle of the gun and extending transversely therethrough in communicating relation with each oppositely disposed handle stock portion mounted on opposite sides of the handle of the gun,
- (b) said piston assembly comprising two piston segments connected together in spaced apart relation and each movably mounted at least partially within a different one of said handle stock portions,
- (c) each of said piston segments including an exposed outer end surface and said piston assembly including a longitudinal dimension sufficient to selectively dispose each of said outer end surfaces concurrently in adjacent, relation to an outer surface of a respectively positioned handle stock portion,
- (d) one of said piston segments comprising a stop means projecting outwardly therefrom for selective disposition into and out of an interruptive position, said interruptive position defined by a blocking disposition of said stop means relative to the rebound lever as it moves between the locking position and the release position thereof,
- (e) said piston assembly selectively positionable along a longitudinal dimension between a safety position and an operative position,
- (f) said safety position defined by substantially flush disposition of each outer end surface of said piston segments with the outer surface of the correspondingly positioned handle stock portions, and disposition of said stop means in said interruptive position, and
- (g) said operative position defined by respective recessed and protruding positions of said piston segments relative to correspondingly positioned handle stock portions and disposition of said tail portion out of said interruptive portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.