US 11,692,783 B2
Firearm safety mechanisms, visual safety indicators, and related techniques
Virginia Chandler, Chattanooga, TN (US); Robert Eugeniusz Regent, Boise, ID (US); Katie Louise Schuelke, Boise, ID (US); Michael James Witt, Boise, ID (US); and John Patrick Fitzgerald, Meridian, ID (US)
Assigned to LodeStar Firearms, Inc., Radnor, PA (US)
Filed by LodeStar Firearms, Inc., Radnor, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/978,124.
Application 17/978,124 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/023,831, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/300,677, filed on Jan. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/274,209, filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/901,899, filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077252 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 17/06 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC F41A 17/06 (2013.01) [H02J 50/10 (2016.02); F41A 17/063 (2013.01); F41A 17/066 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A firearm comprising:
a trigger bar configured to move in a first direction to trigger discharging of the firearm;
a cam comprising a recess;
a motor mechanically coupled to the cam; and
a trigger bar stop comprising a corner, the trigger bar stop having a first position in which the trigger bar stop prevents discharging of the firearm and a second position in which the trigger bar stop allows firing of the firearm, wherein:
the corner of the trigger bar stop fits into the recess of the cam when the trigger bar stop is in the first position; and
the corner of the trigger bar stop is outside of the recess of the cam when the trigger bar stop is in the second position.