US2534514A - Safety device for firearms - Google Patents

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Dec. 19, 1950 \H. P. HANSEN 2,534,514

SAFETY DEVICE FOR FIREARMS Filed April 14, 1948 INVENTOR. HA/VSR/iI/VSE/V A TTOR/VEX Patented Dec. 19, 1950 n l i...

' s FETY DEVICE FOR FIREARMS Hans P. Hansen, Bronx, N.

appiicatidli Apt-i114, 1948, Serial No. 20,972

1 Claim.

,This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in safety devices for firearms and more especially for shotguns.

It too often happens that when a party is hunting someone in said party gets hurt or killed due to the fact that the safety means, which is supposed to prevent the movement of the trigger, when the gun is not in use, has by forgetfulness not been applied, or by mistake withdrawn, with the result that serious accidents happen.

Then again, quite often a hunter misses an opportunity to deliver, or fire a shot that would have been sure to bring down the game hunted, just because the safety look was applied to the trigger when in fact the hunter thought it had been released.

The safety device now conventionally used on all makes of shotguns consists of a sliding mechanism, inserted through an elongated aperture in the upper part of the guns lock-housing, and is so arranged that its lower extension meets the upper extension of the trigger plate proper, when the safety device is set at safe, and thus prevents the trigger from releasing the cooked hammer and thereby the firing of the gun. The upper part of said safety device is constructed as a catch or latch-button which is manually operated by the gunner at will; but the fact that the safety in this case depends upon the memory or care exhibited by the respective user of a loaded gun is what makes the conventional safety device unsafe and dangerous. With this invention the gun can only be fired when the gun-butt plate is thrown into contact with the shoulder of the gunner.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of con struction, combination and arrangement of parts, herein after fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal side View of my invention, partly in elevation, and partly in section.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing further details of construction.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, Ill

indicates the gun stock, in which my device is housed; ll indicates the conventional safety lock inserted through an elongated aperture in the upper part of the guns lock-housing, not further described herein, as this is a conventional arrangement; ['2 indicates the also conventional part by which said safety lock is operated; the said part I 2 may, however, be omitted in any new construction; I3 indicates the conventional trigger, while no elaboration is thought necessary in regard to the said conventional parts and their relative arrangement, my device lies substantially in the gun stock.

The gun stock In is having the bore M, which is adapted to have sliding therein the rod [5; a member 40 is by a swivel connection 4! secured to the rod I5 and adapted for adjustment relative to the latter; said member 40 is connected to the safety look I l At the other end of the rod IS the latter is provided with a second swivel connection 42 for attaching said rod [5 to a short portion 43. whereby to obtain horizontal adjustment of the rod; the portion 43 is in turn connected to the shaft 48 in any suitable manner.

A shoulder contact 53 is mounted in a housing 63, a bracket 64 is attached to the lower end of the housing and secured to the gun stock and housing by a screw 65; a spring 56 is mounted on the shaft 48, a washer 5'! abuts the other end of the spring and rests against an enlargement 58 of the shoulder contact 53.

The shoulder contact 53 is pivoted in the housing, as shown at 66, a pin 59 is fastened through the shaft 48 to the shoulder contact 53.

The bracket 84 is at its upper end formed with an enlarged opening 68, whereby to permit sufiicient play for the shaft 48 during operation.

A lug 6| is pivotally secured within the housing as at 10, a recess II is formed at the bottom of the shoulder contact 53, so that when in an inclining position the lug Bl will drop into said recess II, and thereby lock the shoulder contact, and thus prevent the safety mechanism from being released.

By holding the gun in a substantially horizontal or shooting position, the lug 6| will rest against a stud 12; when, however, the gun is lowered to the ground, or in a vertical position, the lug 6! will, due to gravity, also drop down to a vertical position, resting against a stud 13, thereby preventing the shoulder contact 53 from pushin the shaft 48 forward to release the trigger, thus leaving the gun in locked position.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, a gun stock, a shoulder contact pivoted in a housing, a bracket attached to the lower end of said housing, a screw securing said bracket to the housing and the gun stock, a spring mounted on a shaft, said spring abutting at one end a bracket and at the 9 Q other end a washer the latter resting against an enlargement of the shoulder contact, a pin through ujje: shaft and shoulder contact, the bracket being provided with anenlarged openin adaptedto ieceive said shaft, a lug pivotally arranged. within the housing, a stud idisposed within the latter'ja'nd adapted to ajrrestithe motion of said lug when in horizontal position, the shoulder contact having a recess at thehottom thereof, a second-stud the latter being mounted in said recess, said lug being in vertical position adapted to engage Said second stud in locking the shoulder contact, thereby preventing the safety mechanism from being released.

HANS P. HANSEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 338,451 Waldecker Mar. 23, 1886 933,135 Stauber Sept. 7, 1909 1,210,459 .Gile Jan. 2, 1917 1,305,346 Evans June 3, 1919 1,837,850 Carlson Dec. 22, 1931 2,198,824 Kneubuehl Apr. 30, 1940 2,436,267 Rogers Feb. 17, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 571,899 1 France Feb. 9, 1924

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