...that after Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849, he sold the rights to it for $400?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228780 | Handgun with two-sided breechblock mechanism A handgun, particularly an automatic pistol, with a grip piece, a breech that can be longitudinally displaced relative to the grip piece, and a breechblock mechanism that can be actuated on both sides and serves for holding the breech in its open position. The breec... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6993864 | Locking block for compact semi-automatic pistols A locking block mechanism for a compact semiautomatic pistol includes a pair of forward guide rails, which are normally separate from the locking block. Additionally, the locking block includes transverse ribs on the sides of the locking block, which engage mating s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6938534 | Locking assembly for firearm simulators A bolt locking assembly for a weapon simulator, the weapon simulator having a bolt affixed to a firearm housing providing recoil to the user. The bolt is connected to a piston housed in a piston chamber inside the housing. A gas supply provides a compressed gas or f... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6907814 | Automatic firearms with a detachable breech lock Firearm(s) with a breech lock are disclosed. One such firearm includes a first pivoting lever which, when actuated, releases the breech lock and a second lever, which when actuated also releases the breech lock. The first and second levers are located on opposite si... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901837 | Extended lever for a firearm An extender for a bolt catch release lever on a bolt catch operating lever of a firearm equipped with a protective spare magazine carrier for holding a loaded spare magazine in a position of readiness for immediate insertion into operative engagement with that firea... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6363831 | Device for locking a tilting barrel of a pistol This invention concerns a closing device for the barrel in semiautomatic and automatic pistols. The barrel (22) is equipped, in its lower rear part, with first lateral means (31) for interacting with the first complementary devices (28) at the sides of th... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5726376 | Breechblock system for a gun A breechblock system for a gun includes a breechblock; a firing pin slidably received in the breechblock and having two diametrically oppositely located catch recesses; and two locking levers pivotally supported by the breechblock on opposite sides thereo... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5284081 | Lightweight grenade launcher A lightweight grenade launcher utilizing a rotary feed mechanism in conjunction with a toggle link bolt movement mechanism to incorporate the barrel, flash suppressor, bolt and toggle link mechanism as part of the gun's recoiling mass with the barrel movi... | 02/08/1994 |
| 4915011 | Breech locking system for self loading firearms A self loading firearm of the locked breech, short recoil pistol type has a barrel and a breech block slide provided with a separate locking block accommodated between the underside of the barrel and the upper surface of a movable trigger guard. The locki... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4594935 | Breech locking system for self loading fire arms In a locked-breech, short recoil, pistol type fire arm, the breech block slide (B) is provided with a separate locking block (E) engageable with both the barrel (C) and the slide (B) and accommodated between the underside of the barrel (C) and the upper s... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4516466 | Mechanism providing positive safety with bolt locked A gun mechanism for guns embodying safety mechanism. The mechansim includes a trigger, a sear, and a hammer in operative relationship. A disconnector member is carried by the trigger and is operative to disconnect the sear from the hammer for firing. An e... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4295410 | Gun bolt locking system A feature of this invention is the provision of a slider coupled to the gun bolt for camming the locking lugs and for positively retaining the lugs in their bolt-locking disposition.... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4166409 | Sporting weapon Automatic or semi-automatic sporting weapon of the type with gas tapping, characterized by the fact that it is fitted with a floating barrel.... | 09/04/1979 |
| 3938423 | Recoil operated firearm with unitary barrel and breech bolt lock member A short-recoil operated automatic firearm is provided with a single locking ember for alternately (1) locking the breech bolt to the barrel while unlocking the barrel from the receiver, and (2) unlocking the breech bolt from the barrel while locking the ba... | 02/17/1976 |