Patent ID: 6487804
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A firearm system with a personal safety interlock mechanism which permits only selective personnel to fire a specific firearm, which comprises:(a) a firearm having a conventional firing mechanism with a trigger, and having a handle area; (b) a decoding/locking mechanism mounted in said handle area of the firearm, containing; (i) a plurality of recesses with receiving tabs, said receiving tabs representing a correct key code for transfer of key code to a locking assembly; (ii) the locking assembly functionally connected to said receiving tabs and to a disabling mechanism, for receiving said correct key code and rejecting incorrect key code via said receiving tabs, from an encoding key, wherein said locking assembly includes a plurality of tumbler pins biased in a locked position and adapted to shift in response to said receiving tabs being moved by said encoding key having said correct key code so as to move said disabling mechanism from its lock position to an unlock position; and, (iii) said disabling mechanism connected to said locking assembly having said lock position and said unlock position, and being biased in said lock position for the disengagement of the firing mechanism of the firearm and being movable to its unlock position by insertion of the encoding key having said correct key code, into said recesses with said receiving tabs; (c) a unique, separate engagement assembly attached to a glove, containing the encoding key with a plurality of protrusions having said correct key code corresponding to said receiving tabs for transfer of said correct key code to said receiving tabs, to bias said disabling mechanism from its lock position to its unlock position when said encoding key is engaged with said receiving tabs; and, (d) the glove to be worn on a trigger hand of selective personnel and having said engagement assembly attached thereto.