Patent ID: 8832986

Claim:
A sling swivel comprising: a swivel housing; a pair of hinged pawls, diametrically opposed to each other and hinged at a bottom of the swivel housing, each having a projection that projects from an upper part of each hinged pawl into the swivel housing; a pair of sliding buttons, diametrically opposed to and spring-biased against each other while residing above and orthogonally oriented with respect to the hinged pawls, each button having a spur that extends downward in a manner to engage the projections and cam the pawls outward; wherein, once the buttons are forced against their spring bias, the spurs disengage from the projections and allow the pawls to fall inward of the swivel housing and, when such force is removed, the spring bias forces the buttons outward from each other and the spurs re-engage the projections, forcing the pawls outward.