Firearm safety device and method of using same
AssigneeWoodford Solutions LLC
InventorMarshall Woodford
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Abstract
A firearm safety device for use with a handgun equipped with a blowback mechanism for automatic operation, comprising a barrel end piece adapted for insertion into or around an end of a barrel of the handgun and a substantially non-stretchable cable attached at a first cable end to a first side of the barrel end piece, is disclosed. According to the preferred embodiment, when the cable is wrapped around a rearward portion of the handgun and a second cable end is secured to a second side of the barrel end piece, the cable is placed under tension, and the tension on the cable pulls the handgun's barrel into a safe position.
Claims7
A firearm safety device for use with a handgun equipped with a blowback mechanism for automatic operation, comprising:
- a semiautomatic handgun having a slide and moveable barrel that is safe when the moveable barrel is not aligned parallel to the slide of the semiautomatic handgun;
- a barrel end piece having a length substantially less than the length of the moveable barrel of the handgun and adapted for insertion into or around the firing end of a moveable barrel of the handgun;
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- a substantially non-stretchable cable attached at a first cable end to a first side of the barrel end piece;
- wherein, when the cable is wrapped around a rearward portion of the semiautomatic handgun and a second cable end is secured to a second side of the barrel end piece, the cable is placed under tension;
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- wherein the tension on the cable pulls the semiautomatic handgun's moveable barrel into a safe position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.