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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Pardip K. Vaid, Northampton, MA (US);
Jason M. Pinsonnault, Palmer, MA (US);
Hubert Krieger, Langenpreising, DE;
Horst Wesp, Steyr, AT;
Smith & Wesson Corp., Springfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A magazine safety is provided for a semi-automatic firearm having a frame with a magazine well, a magazine, and a firing mechanism that includes a trigger bar. The magazine safety includes a latch and a latch bias. When the magazine is not received within the magazine well, the latch bias biases the latch into engagement with the trigger bar, thereby preventing the actuation of the firing mechanism via the trigger bar. Inserting the magazine completely into the magazine well causes the magazine to disengage the latch from the trigger bar, thereby preventing the latch from impeding movement of the trigger bar.