Safety device for a striker fired weapon

摘要

The safety device provides an added measure of safety to striker fired semi-automatic pistols. The safety device includes a contact member in the form of a sliding bar or pivoting lever, that is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, such that the contact member operatively blocks the movement of one of the fire control mechanism components to prevent discharge of the weapon but only when the contact member is manually held in an engaged position. The user manipulates and physically holds the contact member in its engaged position by pressing a thumb plate or button located at the rear of the slide. Safety devices of this invention only affect the fire control mechanism of the pistol while the user actively engages, that is physically presses, on the thumb plate or button of the safety device to move the contact member into its engagement position, and must physically maintain pressure on the thumb plate in order to hold the contact member in its engaged position to block the movement of the fire control components.

主权项

1. In combination, a striker fired semi-automatic weapon, which includes a frame, a reciprocating slide mounted to the frame and a fire control mechanism operatively disposed within the frame and slide for discharging a round from the weapon, and a safety device for selectively preventing discharge of the weapon, the combination comprising:
the fire control mechanism includes a trigger bar disposed within one of the slide and the frame for reciprocal movement axially within the slide, the safety device includes a lever arm pivotally disposed within the slide for movement between an engaged position where the lever arm is positioned within the slide to contact the trigger bar and a disengaged position where the lever arm is spaced from the trigger bar, the lever arm constitutes means for blocking the movement of the trigger bar to prevent discharge of the weapon only when the lever arm is manually held in an engaged position.