Patent ID: 7703230

Claim:
A firearm comprising: a frame; a slide operably connected to the frame; a striker operably connected to at least one of the frame and slide; a fire control mechanism operably connected to the frame for selective actuation of the striker, said fire control mechanism having a trigger bar having a forward end and an aft end; and a striker safety pin connected to at least one of the frame and slide, said pin having a longitudinal axis and being biased at a first position to block forward movement of the striker; and wherein the trigger bar has a safety deactivation member located on the aft end thereof for slidably engaging the striker safety pin for moving the pin to a second position to unblock the striker, without rotation of the safety deactivation member relative to the trigger bar, when the trigger bar and safety deactivation member are moved to a rearwards position, the safety deactivation member extending substantially vertically and having a rearwards sloping surface; wherein the trigger bar has a trigger bar extension located at the aft end thereof which translates into a corresponding channel when the trigger bar is moved to a rearwards position to prevent movement of the trigger bar in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the striker safety pin; and wherein a bottom of the striker safety pin has a rounded surface for tracking along the rearwards sloping surface of the safety deactivation member when the trigger bar is moved to a rearwards position, for moving the pin in the second direction to unblock the striker.