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S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

Smith & Wesson Corporation

Fn Herstal S.a.

Fn Manufacturing, LLC

Fn Manufacturing Co Inc

Milton W Erickson

Edward P Schmitter

Peter M Neumann

Jeremy Frank Knopow

David James Prince

Christopher L Peterson

Micah L Maraia

Nancy L Broen

Matthew J Forst

Robert G Fehr

Scott A Olson

Aaron J Munsinger

Gary A Sniezak

Paul Michotte

Robert C Martineau

Harold L Miller

Armand Gering

Patrick Heins

Richard Graceffa

Zdenek Prisovsky

Jason Lee Hitchcox

Sergio Reyes Salgado

Olivier Coulombier

David J Buzzeo

Gerald A Thoe

Raymond C Sulin

Eugene Placzkowski

Jason L Hitchcox

Oliver Coulombier

Fabric sweeper

An authorization system for a firearm () includes an authorizing device () worn by the authorized user, and a firearm () with a fire control system, a computer controller (), and a piezo-electric disabler (). The computer controller () communicates with the authorizing device (), and if no authorizing signal is received from the authorizing device, sends an electric output signal to the disabler () to prevent the fire control system from allowing the firearm to fire. The disabler, upon application of the electrical signal from the computer controller, cams the rearward moving trigger bar () of the fire control system clear of the hammer link () to disrupt the fire control system. Consequently, the firearm () will not fire.

Firearm authorization system with piezo-electric disabler

A rail cover may be snapped on or off the side of Picatinny rail mounted to a weapon, such as a rifle. The rail cover protects the user from the teeth of the rail and from heat generated during repeated firing. The rail cover is readily installed or removed from the side, rather than being slipped over the end of the rail, by pressing it onto the rail or by prying it off the rail. The slightly flexible rail cover is preferably made of a polymer to which a rubberizing agent has been added and by forming grooves in its top surface. In addition to improving flexibility, the grooves also improve the user's grip on the rail cover. Locking tabs on the underside of the rail cover, dimensioned to fit in the grooves between adjacent teeth of the Picatinny rail, prevent axial movement of the rail cover when it is installed.

Rail cover for use with a picatinny rail

A speedloader for a shotgun having a tubular magazine includes an integral pulley system to minimize handle travel in delivering a plurality of cartridges into the magazine. The speedloader comprises a frame with a channel therethrough dimensioned to receive a plurality of cartridges. The frame carries a handle on an exterior longitudinal track and, inside, a pusher that travels from the first end of the frame to the second end of the frame in response to movement of the handle, thereby expelling the cartridges from the speedloader and injecting them into the magazine. The pulley system translates movement of the handle to movement of the pusher and reduces the distance the handle needs to be moved to move the pusher the full distance to reload the shotgun.

Speedloader for shotgun

The present invention is a handgun having a polymeric frame with metallic rails that are inserted within the frame after the frame has been formed by a molding process. The rails are inserted into recesses formed in a channel within the frame, before the frame has completely cooled and contracted. The rails comprise a pair of front rails and a pair of rear rails. The rear pair of rails are positioned within rear recesses and held in place by the sear block. The front pair of rails are positioned within front recesses and held in place by a plurality of metallic parts. The parts include a horseshoe, an unlock block, and a spreader block that are positioned between and matingly engage the front rails, thus securing them within their respective recesses.

Handgun having metallic rails within a polymeric frame

A recoil mechanism used to return the slide of a semi-automatic handgun back to its battery position after firing is provided having a recoil spring, a rod member and a discrete flange member. The rod and the flange member each of polymeric material have a flange at one end thereof which retain the recoil spring disposed therebetween. The recoil mechanism is assembled by coaxially fitting the recoil spring onto the rod and then snap fitting the flange member onto the one end of the rod.

Recoil mechanism for handguns

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Merrillan, WI, United States of America

Milton W Erickson