Patent ID: 7827720
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. An autoloading handgun, comprising: an elongated receiver, the receiver having a handgrip portion defining a cavity therein, the receiver having a forward end, a rearward end, and a longitudinal axis; a magazine removably disposed in the handgrip portion; a barrel supported on the receiver, the barrel having a bore defined on an axis of the barrel; a firing assembly having a trigger, trigger bar and striker arranged in operable relation, the striker being coaxially aligned with the barrel; and a slide slidably engaged with the barrel and receiver when the handgun is fired, the slide having a forward portion and a rearward portion, the rearward portion including a change in profile; and a manual safety latch extending from the rearward end of the receiver and including an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, the manual safety latch including a feature engageable with the change in profile on the slide to place the handgun in a safe, non-operational mode and to alternately disengage the feature from the change in profile to place the handgun in a non-safe, operational mode, wherein the trigger bar includes a feature engageable with the safety latch simultaneously with the engagement of the safety latch and slide.