Patent ID: 9719743
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. A sliding safety selector for use in a lower receiver of a semi-automatic rifle, the semi-automatic rifle based on an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle platform, the sliding safety selector comprising: a cylindrical first end having an inboard surface; a cylindrical connecting rod having a first end and a second end, the cylindrical connecting rod carried on the inboard surface of the cylindrical first end; a cylindrical second end of the sliding safety selector connected to the second end of the cylindrical connecting rod, the cylindrical second end having a safety selector shelf of a first diameter and a body section having diameter larger than the diameter of the safety selector shelf; a longitudinal chamber formed in the safety selector shelf and the body section of the cylindrical second end, the longitudinal chamber extending longitudinally along the cylindrical second end of the sliding safety selector; first and second detent recesses formed in the longitudinal chamber.