Patent ID: 8997391
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. A slide assembly for a firearm, comprising: a slide; a channel defined within the slide, the channel having an open end disposed at one end of the slide, a closed end disposed opposite the open end, and a pair of channel sides extending therebetween, the channel having a closed bottom surface and open top, the bottom surface having a bottom channel width defined in a direction that is substantially equiangular to the channel sides, the open top having a top channel width defined in a direction that is substantially parallel to the bottom channel width, the bottom channel width being greater than the top channel width; a sight having a base and a visual index portion, the base fitting within the channel, the visual index portion extending outward from the base; a removable slide assembly component that covers the open end of the channel, a majority of the removable slide assembly component fitting within a three dimensional periphery of the slide; and the base being dimensioned and configured to resist movement of the base in any direction except towards or away from the open end of the channel when the base is within the channel and the removable slide assembly component is removed from the slide; whereby removal of the sight from the slide is resisted by interaction of the channel, the base, and the removable slide assembly component, and removal of the removable slide assembly component permits removal of the sight.