Patent ID: 8726810

Claim:
A grenade comprising: a grenade body having at least one interior chamber; a fuze assembly attached to said grenade body, said fuze assembly having means for detonating said grenade; a safety lever movable between a first position and a second position which engages said fuze assembly; a firing pin engageable with said fuze assembly and said safety lever to prevent said safety lever from being moved to said second position, the firing pin having a proximal ring and defined by a longitudinal axis; and a retaining clip retaining said firing pin and preventing premature release of said firing pin from said grenade, said retaining clip being integrated into said safety lever and including a portion which is disposed above a top surface of the safety lever and edge sections that downwardly extend over the top surface, one of the edge sections including an inverted U-shaped clip that is offset from the longitudinal axis of the firing pin that receives a portion of the proximal ring of the firing pin.