Patent ID: 8033043
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
1. A striker-fired firearm with lockable manual safety comprising: a frame defining a longitudinal axis; a chamber supported by the frame for receiving a cartridge; a striker movable to strike the cartridge; a trigger movably mounted to the frame; a trigger bar coupled to the trigger and operable to engage and release the striker to discharge the firearm, the trigger bar movable via the trigger to release the striker; a manually-operated safety operable to engage the trigger bar and selectively pivotably movable between a first deactivated position and a second activated position wherein the safety engages the trigger bar to prevent release of the striker, the safety including a laterally-extending tab oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and being engageable with the trigger bar; and a cylindrical locking member rotationally disposed in the frame and having a blocking surface engageable with the safety, the blocking surface being rotatable to a blocking position wherein the safety cannot be moved from the second activated position to the first deactivated position by a user; wherein the laterally-extending tab of the safety engages the trigger bar when the safety is in the second activated position; and wherein the blocking surface of the locking member when in the blocking position engages a laterally-extending locking protrusion oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis on the safety when the safety is in the second activated position, the safety being prevented from movement out of the second activated position by the locking member.