Patent ID: 6349496
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
A safety mechanism for a firearm, comprising:a housing having five channels and a tapered slot formed therein to receive a trigger and trigger guard of said firearm, wherein a first of the five channels is centrally located in said housing and has an open end in fluid communication with said slot and a closed end, a second and third channel are parallel and in fluid communication with said first channel and are located on opposite sides of said first channel in said housing, and a fourth and fifth channel are parallel and in fluid communication with said second and third channels and are located on opposite sides of said second and third channels from said first channel in said housing; a ball, having two pins disposed on opposite sides of said ball on an axis through a center of the ball, disposed in said first channel and said pins are disposed in said second and third channels, and said fourth and fifth channels each accommodate a spring; a locking mechanism disposed within said housing, wherein said locking mechanism further comprises a lock assembly operably connected to a locking rod, wherein said locking rod is operable between a locked position in which said locking rod is positioned into a space behind said ball in said first channel and an unlocked position in which said locking rod is removed from the space behind said ball.