US 11,933,563 B2
Rifle with safety group
Ennio Plebani, Brescia (IT); and Calogero Spoto, Brescia (IT)
Assigned to FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA S.P.A., Brescia (IT)
Filed by FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA S.P.A., Brescia (IT)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,226.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000026648 (IT), filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117711 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 17/74 (2006.01); F41A 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 17/74 (2013.01) [F41A 3/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rifle comprising:
i) a main body, comprising a barrel which extends along an axis, a receiver comprising an upper opening, a breech element positioned at an axial end of said upper opening;
ii) a trigger group at least partially housed in the receiver comprising a trigger, a hammer device operable by the trigger and a safety member positionable in a shooting position, in which the safety member is disengaged from the hammer device and in a safety position, in which the safety member engages the hammer device, blocking the hammer device;
iii) a carriage assembly comprising a shutter group, positioned on the receiver at the upper opening and movable by a user axially between an advanced shooting configuration, in which the shutter group engages the breech element and a retracted rearming configuration, in which the upper opening is open, and vice versa, wherein the carriage assembly further comprises a safety group controllable by the user, with the carriage assembly in the advanced configuration, in a ready-to-shoot configuration, in which the safety group is disengaged from the safety member, and a safety configuration, in which the safety group engages and keeps the safety member in the safety position,
wherein the safety group is configurable in a blocking configuration, in which the safety group engages and keeps the safety member in the safety position and in which the safety group engages the receiver, preventing movement of the carriage assembly keeping the carriage assembly in the advanced configuration.