Patent ID: 7356959
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A firearm authorization system, comprising: (1) a firearm having a frame with a handle, a barrel carried by said frame, and a fire control system carried by said frame and in operational connection with said barrel, said fire control system adapted to fire a bullet through said barrel; (2) a computer controller carried by said frame and adapted to receive and evaluate signals, said computer controller emitting an electrical output signal when said computer controller does not receive an authorizing signal; (3) a disabler carried by said frame and in operational connection with said fire control system, said disabler being responsive to said electrical output signal so that, when said computer controller emits said electrical output signal, said disabler thereupon disconnects said fire control system so that said fire control system is prevented from firing said bullet; (4) a first member having a movable state and a fixed state, and carrying a camming protection that engages said fire control system, said camming projection of said first member camming fire control system when said first member is in said fixed state; and (5) a second member that bends in response to said electrical output signal, said second member, when bent, holding said first member in said fixed state, and, when said second member is not bent, allowing said first member to remain in said movable state.