Patent ID: 7578090

Claim:
A strike plate unit for being mounted to a pistol having a slide and a barrel having a muzzle end, and an accessory rail located below said slide and barrel, said accessory rail having a locking notch formed therein, said strike plate unit comprising: a base portion having a mounting channel on an upper side thereof for receiving said accessory rail of said pistol in mounting engagement therewith so as to position said base portion generally beneath said barrel of said pistol; a plate portion that extends from said base portion so as to be positioned generally in front of said muzzle end of said barrel when said base portion is in said mounting engagement with said accessory rail of said pistol, so that said plate portion will prevent said barrel of said pistol from being pushed rearwardly out of battery; and means for detachably locking said base portion in said mounting engagement with said accessory rail of said pistol, comprising: a transverse bore formed through said mounting channel of said base portion so as to align with said locking notch in said accessory rail of said pistol when said base portion is in said mounting engagement therewith; and a pin member for being passed through said transverse bore so as to cooperate with said locking notch in said accessory rail to lock said base portion of said strike plate unit in said mounting engagement with said accessory rail.