Gun safety catch actuating means

• US 3,159,080 A
• Filed: 04/04/1961
• Issued: 12/01/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George H. Freed
• Original Assignee: George H. Freed
• Inventors: Freed, George H.
• Application Number:
  US04/100,633
• Time in Patent Office: 1,337 Days
• US Class Current: 89/148
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/74 Hammer safeties, i.e. means for preventing the hammer from hitting the cartridge or the firing pin F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence

Claims

1. IN AN AUTOMATIC PISTOL HAVING A HANDLE GRIP PORTION INCLUDING A GRIP PLATE ATTACHMENT SCREW AT ONE SIDE OF THE PISTOL, SAID GRIP PLATE HAVING AN UPPER END FACING TOWARDS THE PISTOL BARRELL AND SAID ATTACHMENT SCREW PASSING THROUGH THE GRIP PLATE AT A LOCATION TOWARDS SAID UPPER END THEREOF, SAID PISTOL FURTHER HAVING A PROTRDING HAMMER SAFETY CATCH MONTED ON SAID SIDE OF THE PISTOL FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN "SAFETY-ON" AND "SAFETY-OFF" POSITIONS OF SAFETY CATCH ACTUATION, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID SAFETY CATCH BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS THEREOF, SAID ACTUATING MEANS COMPRISING A LEVER PORTION ATTACHED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO SAID HANDLE GRIP PORTION OF THE PISTOL FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID GRIP PLATE ATTACHMENT SCREW, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID LEVER PORTION ENGAGING SAID SAFETY CATCH TO ACTUATE THE SAME IN RESPONSE TO PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER PORTION, AND FINGER ENGAGEMENT MEANS DISPOSED FOR PIVOTING SAID LEVER PORTION ABOUT ITS SAID ONE END.