Identification control of firearm
OwnerDov Pikielnyinventor
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Abstract
A firearm including a trigger-actuated firing mechanism, a safety device that selectively prevents and permits the firing mechanism to be actuated, and an authentication device that cooperates with the safety device and which recognizes a feature of an authorized shooter, wherein the safety device is nominally in a position that permits the firing mechanism to be actuated and is moved to a position that prevents the firing mechanism from being actuated only if the authentication device does not recognize a would-be shooter as an authorized shooter.
Claims11
A firearm comprising:
- a trigger-actuated firing mechanism;
- a safety device that selectively prevents and permits said firing mechanism to be actuated;
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- an authentication device that cooperates with said safety device and which recognizes a feature of an authorized shooter, wherein said safety device is nominally in a position that permits said firing mechanism to be actuated and is moved to a position that prevents said firing mechanism from being actuated only if said authentication device does not recognize a would-be shooter as an authorized shooter.
A method for using a firearm, said firearm including a trigger-actuated firing mechanism and a safety device that selectively prevents and permits said firing mechanism to be actuated, the method comprising:
- providing an authentication device that cooperates with said safety device and which recognizes a feature of an authorized shooter, wherein said safety device is nominally in a position that permits said firing mechanism to be actuated and is moved to a position that prevents said firing mechanism from being actuated only if said authentication device does not recognize a would-be shooter as an authorized shooter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.