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US 8,806,790 B1Granted
Ambidextrous safety selector for firearms
OwnerGeorge Huang, Roger Wanginventors
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Abstract
Improved safety selectors for firearms, which are ambidextrous and come in a plurality of interchangeable lengths and thicknesses to enable a user to select those that they feel are most desirable.
Claims20
A safety selector comprising:
- a generally cylindrical lock member having, a solid portion selectably rotatable to block movement of a portion of a firing mechanism of a weapon and having a projection selectably rotatable to allow such movement, said lock member having said projection formed on each end thereof;
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- at least two lever members, each lever member having a recess mateable with said projection of said lock member, wherein said lever members are interchangeable, wherein one of said lever members is secured to a first end of said lock member via interaction of said projection and said recess and is further secured to said first end of said lock member via a screw.
A rifle safety selector comprising:
- a generally cylindrical lock member having a portion selectably rotatable to block movement of a portion of a trigger mechanism of a weapon and having a dovetail projection formed on at least one end thereof, wherein said dovetail projection is selectably rotatable to rotate said lock member;
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- at least one lever member having a recess mateable with said dovetail projection of said lock member, wherein said at least one lever member is secured, via interaction of said dovetail projection and said recess, to said lock member.
A rifle safety selector comprising:
- a generally cylindrical lock member having a portion selectably rotatable to block movement of a portion of a firing mechanism of a weapon and having a dovetail projection formed on each end thereof, wherein each of said dovetail projections is selectably rotatable to rotate said lock member;
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- at least two lever members, each having a recess mateable with at least one of said dovetail projections of said lock member, wherein each of said lever members is secured, via interaction of said dovetail projection and said recess, to one of said dovetail projections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.