Patent ID: 11624570

Abstract:
A takedown lever assembly for a semiautomatic handgun includes a receiver, a slide displaceable along a top of the receiver, a grip portion defining a magazine well, and a fire control group that includes a trigger pivotable between a resting position and a pulled trigger position. The takedown lever assembly includes a takedown actuation lever operable between a firing position and a takedown position. In the takedown position the takedown actuation lever permits removal of the slide from the frame. A safety block is operatively coupled to the takedown actuation lever, wherein moving the takedown actuation lever from the firing position to the takedown position moves the safety block rearward, thereby blocking the trigger from rotating to the pulled trigger position. In some embodiments, the takedown lever rotates counterclockwise from the firing position to the takedown position as viewed looking at a left side of the handgun.