Self-locking firearm safety device and process for securing a firearm

US9222742B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Armatix GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dirk Steuwer · Munich, DE
• Johannes Aberl · Sulz, DE
• Tobias Naber · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a locking element to be insertable into a cartridge chamber of a firearm, the locking element having a proximal end and a distal end. The locking element includes an outer sleeve with a movable operating element provided therein, wherein the sleeve includes a (first) diameter such that the sleeve is snugly insertable into the cartridge chamber from the cartridge chamber side, but the diameter being larger than the diameter of the barrel of the firearm. The at least one blocking element is pressed against the wall of the cartridge chamber if external pressure is applied from the distal end to the operating element.