Patent ID: 6609322
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A gun comprising a body having therein a barrel with a longitudinal axis, said body having a rear and a front, a handle depending downwardly from said body, said handle having a thenar fitting concave curve adapted to conform to the natural curvature of the thenar eminence of the palm of a user's hand and facing said rear of said body, said rear of said body including a proximal extension extending rearwardly proximate a juncture of said body and said handle, said proximal extension adapted to extend over the dorsum of the user's hand and having a bottom surface adapted to contact the top of the dorsum, said body having sides at least in part parallel to the longitudinal axis of said barrel configured to be grasped by the thumb and the index finger of the user's hand, said sides being adapted to permit the placement of the thumb and the index finger of the user's hand generally parallel to and facing one another and generally in line with the longitudinal axis of said barrel, whereby when the user's hand is placed on said handle, the dorsum is in contact with said bottom surface of said proximal extension, the thenar eminence is in contact with said thenar fitting concave curve, and the index finger and the thumb of the user's hand are placed adjacent to said body and parallel to the longitudinal axis of said barrel, and a trigger, said handle having only two indentations below said trigger for placement of a user's finger.