Patent ID: 6405470
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A firearm safety lock comprising a slide, a bore formed in said slide, a firing pin disposed in said bore, a cutout element formed on said firing pin, an internally threaded aperture formed in said slide in proximity to said cutout element, a locking pin adapted for insertion into said aperture, said locking pin having an interior end and an exterior end, said cutout element comprising a distal end and a proximate end, the middle of said cutout element being disposed between said proximate and distal ends, the surface of said cutout element between said distal end and said middle extending inwardly of said firing pin, the axis of said locking pin being initially in alignment generally with said surface such that as said locking pin is manipulated inwardly said interior end is caused to slide along said surface toward said middle.