Spring-loaded firearm safety indicator
OwnerNed F. Christianseninventor
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Abstract
The invention is a firearm safety indicator that is spring-loaded, thus enabling self-ejection when a firearm's bolt is actuated. To attain this, the indicator comprises a main body and cantilever spring body joined together. A peg extends perpendicularly from the main body. In use, the peg is positioned inside the firing chamber of a firearm through the ejection port. The main body covers the ejection port and the cantilever spring body is therefore compressed to attain proper positioning. The rifle's bolt is then used to engage and hold the peg in place. When actuated, the bolt releases the peg and the spring body is released, thrusting the indicator away from the firearm. Alternately, a metal spring may be utilized in the place of the cantilever spring body.
Claims24
A firearm safety indicator for a firearm having an ejection port and a closely associated firing bolt comprising:
- a. a rectilinear indicator body an underside of which defining a plane of the rectilinear body;
- b. a spring, and
- c. a peg member extending in a generally perpendicular direction from the underside of the rectilinear body;
- wherein, the indicator is slightly larger in dimensions than said ejection port, the spring stores potential energy for self-ejection when the indicator is installed, and the spring applies force along a vector perpendicular to the plane of the rectilinear body.
A firearm safety indicator for a firearm having an ejection port and a closely associated firing bolt comprising:
- a. a main indicator body further comprising:
- i. a juncture section;
- ii. a rectilinear cover body extending from the juncture section;
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- iii. a rectilinear spring body extending from the juncture section in a direction generally parallel to and in the same direction as the cover body, except that the spring body is simultaneously disposed in a downwards curve as distance from the juncture section is increased;
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- b. a peg member, extending downwards from the cover body in a perpendicular direction from a point on the main body opposite the juncture section;
- wherein, the main indicator body is generally rectilinear and is slightly larger in dimensions than the ejection port and the spring body stores potential energy for self-ejection when the indicator is installed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.