Patent · US Expired

Magazine safety

US6457271B1 · kind B1 · utility

31Cited by

9References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Smith & Wesson Inc. · US

Inventors

Pardip K. Vaid · Northampton, US
Jason Pinsonnault · Ware, US
Hubert Krieger · Meßkirch, DE
Horst Wesp · Steyr, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 27, 2000
Grant date	Oct 1, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A17/36
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A magazine safety is provided for a semi-automatic firearm having a frame with a magazine well, a magazine, and a firing mechanism that includes a trigger bar. The magazine safety includes a latch and a latch bias. When the magazine is not received within the magazine well, the latch bias biases the latch into engagement with the trigger bar, thereby preventing the actuation of the firing mechanism via the trigger bar. Inserting the magazine completely into the magazine well causes the magazine to disengage the latch from the trigger bar, thereby preventing the latch from impeding movement of the trigger bar.

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