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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Zrodelta, Llc, Connelly Springs, NC (US);
Patrick L. Harrigan, Hickory, NC (US);
Johnathan Charles Birk, Hickory, NC (US);
Joel Edwards, Valdese, NC (US);
Timothy Wayne Raley, Lubbock, TX (US);
ZRODELTA, LLC, Connelly Springs, NC (US);
Abstract
Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining a magazine passage, the body having a trigger guard defining a trigger space, the body having an upper surface, the body having a first mounting facility, an upper frame assembly removably connected to the body in a connected position, the upper frame assembly including a trigger element extending into the trigger space when in the connected position, a protrusion extending upward from the upper surface of the body, the protrusion having a forward-facing first bearing surface, and the upper frame assembly having a rear-facing second bearing surface adapted to abut the first bearing surface when in the connected position to transmit recoil forces from the upper frame assembly to the body. The upper frame assembly may have a slide rail. The upper frame assembly may define a horizontal slide plane.