Patent ID: 6804906
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A safety device to prevent use of a longarm having a receiver defining first and second ports connected by an internal cavity containing a breech block displaceable from a fire position, the device comprising:a one piece, rigid, elongated body curved along a longitudinal axis and having a first end defining an aperture and a longitudinally opposed second end, the first end and body having a width smaller than the ports and the internal cavity and the second end having opposing arms, each arm extending from a body side edge, the arms having a width greater than the first port and the internal cavity; and a locking device separable from the body and securable to the first end aperture but free of the second end when secured to the first end aperture; wherein the first end and body are disposable in an insertion direction through the first longarm port, into the internal cavity and out of the other port so that the breech block is displaced from the fire position, the opposing arms remaining external to the first port and preventing movement of the safety device through the longarm receiver in the insertion direction and the secured locking device adjacent the second port and preventing removal of the safety device through the longarm receiver.