Patent ID: 6952895

Claim:
A firearm comprising: (A) a frame having a magazine receptacle, the magazine receptacle comprising an open end and a hollow internal portion, the frame having an aperture adjacent to the magazine receptacle; (B) a trigger, the trigger movable in a plane from an extended position to a depressed position; (C) a magazine releasably disposed in the magazine receptacle, that is movable from a released position wherein the magazine is separated from the magazine receptacle to an installed position wherein the magazine is seated in the magazine receptacle; and (D) a safety device to lock the trigger when the magazine is removed from the magazine receptacle, comprising: (i) a leaf spring receiver attached to the trigger; (ii) a leaf spring, comprising a first end disposed on the frame adjacent to the open end of the magazine receptacle, the leaf spring extending to the leaf spring receiver, the second end of the leaf spring being free to flex in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the plane of movement of the trigger, the leaf spring having a bowed portion, the bowed portion extending through the aperture in the frame to engage the magazine when the magazine is in the installed position; (iii) the leaf spring adapted to flex based on a position of the magazine, from a lock position when the magazine is in the released position to an unlock position when the magazine is in the installed position, the magazine causing the flex of the leaf spring from the lock position to the unlock position; and (iv) the second end of the leaf spring engaged to the leaf spring receiver to prevent movement of the trigger when the leaf spring is in the lock position and disengaged from the leaf spring receiver to allow movement of the trigger when the leaf spring is in the unlock position.