Patent ID: 8745910

Claim:
An extractor mechanism for a firearm, said mechanism comprising: a firearm slide having a pocket, said pocket extending in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to a firing axis of a firearm and having an opening proximate to a breech face of said slide; and an extractor arm having a body portion and a hook portion, said body portion being disposed at least partially within said pocket and said hook portion extending at least partially out of said opening and having a distal edge sized to engage a cartridge rim; wherein said extractor arm is pivotally and slidably mounted to said slide such that said hook portion is capable of being pivoted toward and away from said firing axis and said extractor arm is capable of translational movement with respect to said slide in a direction substantially parallel to said firing axis wherein said body portion has a body height in a first plane substantially parallel to said firing axis and said hook portion has a hook height in a second plane substantially perpendicular to said firing axis, said body portion and said hook portion being connected by a curved transition portion, and wherein said body portion, hook portion, and curved transition portion share a common upper surface defined by and lying coterminous with a third plane that is lateral to said extractor arm, and said body portion and said curved transition portion share a common lower surface defined by and lying coterminous with a fourth plane that is lateral to said extractor arm, said third and fourth planes being parallel to one another, with a lower bound of said hook portion extending below the fourth plane.