Ambidextrous safety for guns
First Claim
1. An ambidextrous safety system for guns wherein such guns are adapted for efficient use by both right and left-handed users, and the guns incorporate a frame defining pivot bore means, said safety system comprising:
- a right-hand safety means having first pivot shaft means extending into said pivot bore means;
left-hand safety means having second pivot shaft means extending into said pivot bore means;
connection means establishing nonrotatable relation between said first and second pivot shaft means, in the assembled relation of said first and second shaft means said connection means being positioned within said pivot bore means and said pivot bore means providing structural support for said connection means;
pin means extending through registering shaft apertures in the frame of said gun, said pin means having movable interlocking relation with said left-hand safety means to retain said left-hand safety means in assembly with said handgun.
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Abstract
An ambidextrous safety system for guns wherein such guns are adapted for efficient use by right or left-handed users. The safety system is adapted particularly for handguns, such as the Colt 0.45 caliber semi-automatic handgun, for example, but it is also quite well adapted for other types of guns as well. Manually actuated safety devices are positioned on each side of the frame of the gun and are adapted to be moved between safe and firing position. A pair of pivot pins, connected to each of the safety devices, extend through apertures in the frame of the gun and are nonrotatably connected by means of a mechanical interlock. The mechanical interlock is located within a close fitting bore of the frame, thus providing a structural stability therefor. A sear pin also extends through registering apertures in the frame by one of the safety devices. The other safety device establishes a movable interlocked relationship with the opposite extremity of the sear pin, thus causing the other safety device to be maintained in movable assembly with the frame of the gun by the sear pin. The safety devices may include an extended manually engaging portion, allowing the user to readily manipulate the safety with the thumb of the gun supporting hand without material change in the position of the gun supporting hand.
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18 Claims
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1. An ambidextrous safety system for guns wherein such guns are adapted for efficient use by both right and left-handed users, and the guns incorporate a frame defining pivot bore means, said safety system comprising:
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a right-hand safety means having first pivot shaft means extending into said pivot bore means; left-hand safety means having second pivot shaft means extending into said pivot bore means; connection means establishing nonrotatable relation between said first and second pivot shaft means, in the assembled relation of said first and second shaft means said connection means being positioned within said pivot bore means and said pivot bore means providing structural support for said connection means; pin means extending through registering shaft apertures in the frame of said gun, said pin means having movable interlocking relation with said left-hand safety means to retain said left-hand safety means in assembly with said handgun. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An ambidextrous safety system for a handgun that converts such handgun for efficient use by both right- and left-handed users wherein said handgun incorporates a frame having opposed safety shaft bores formed therein, said safety system comprising:
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right-handed safety means having first shaft means extending through at least one of the safety shaft bores in the frame of said handgun; left-hand safety means having second shaft means extending through at least one of said safety shaft bores in the frame of said handgun; female connection means being formed on one of said first and second shaft means and male connection means being formed on the other of said first and second shaft means, said male and female connection means interengaging and establishing a nonrotatable relation therebetween, said male and female connection means being positioned within one of said safety shaft bores in the assembled relation thereof to said frame of said handgun; and sear pin means replacing the sear pin of said handgun and extending through registering sear pin apertures in the frame of said handgun and retaining the sear of said handgun, said sear pin means having movable interlocking relation with said left-hand safety means retaining said left-hand safety means in movable assembly with the frame of said handgun. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A thumb actuatable safety mechanism for handguns having a frame structure defining opposed pivot bores and having a reciprocating slide for semi-automatic actuation, said safety mechanism comprising:
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a pair of side plates; pivot shaft means extending from one side of each of said side plates and extending through said opposed pivot bores, said side plates being pivotal about an axis defined by said pivot shaft means; a nonrotatable snap retention fit tongue-in-groove joint connection defined by said pivot shaft means of each side plates said joint connection being positioned within one of said pivot bores, said one pivot bore providing structural support for said nonrotatable snap retention fit tongue-in-groove joint, connection; and safety actuation means extending from said forward portion of said side plates and being positioned for engagement by the first digit of the user'"'"'s shooting hand for pivot actuation of said side plates to the firing and safe positions thereof. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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