Patent ID: 7013789
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: F41A,F41F

Abstract:
1. A machine gun of the having a main housing and a top cover and safing sector assembly hingedly attached to the main housing external thereto, said main housing having a top cover latch keeper and a safing sector latch keeper fixedly provided thereon, said top cover and safing sector assembly comprising: a safing sector hingedly attached to said main housing; a top cover hingedly attached to said safing sector; and a top cover latch assembly for permitting said top cover to be moved between open and closed positions, said top cover latch assembly comprising a top cover latch housing mounted on said top cover proximate said top cover latch keeper, said top cover latch housing retaining a spring-loaded sliding latch member therein, said sliding latch member having a latch tab mounted at a rearward end thereof, said latch tab being manually actuable for releasable engagement with said top cover latch keeper to permit movement of said top cover between said open and closed positions thereof.