IP Library Granted Patent US 10,962,313
Granted Patent B2
US 10,962,313 · App. 15/921,428 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Handgun

Inventors: Paul T. Noonan (Boise, ID); Brent David Boyer (Fayetteville, AR); Aaron Neal Trout (Fayetteville, AR)
Assignee: Wilson's Gun Shop, Inc
F41A3/66F41A9/69F41A17/74F41A19/10F41C23/10F41C23/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,962,313
App. No.
15/921,428
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved M1911 handgun is disclosed. The improved M1911 handgun contains a handle containing a lower end, and a magazine well formed in the handle and adapted to receive and hold a double stacked magazine, wherein the inner cross-sectional profile of the magazine well is same from the lower end of the handle to a top of a frame of the improved M1911 handgun.

Claims (18)

1. An improved M1911 metal frame comprising:

a handle comprising a lower end;

a trigger guard extending from the handle; and

a magazine well formed in the handle and configured to receive and hold a double stacked magazine, wherein the magazine well comprises an upper end that extends to a top of the M1911 metal frame,

wherein an inner cross-sectional profile of the upper end at the top of the M1911 metal frame is complementary to an inner-cross sectional profile of a portion of the magazine well positioned below the trigger guard.

2. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 1 further comprising a plunger tube.

3. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 2 , wherein the plunger tube is removably coupled with the improved M1911 metal frame.

4. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 1 further comprising a safety assembly.

5. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 4 , wherein the safety assembly comprises:

a first main body comprising an inner side surface; and

a detent positioned a first distance from the inner side surface.

6. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 1 further comprises a trigger assembly, wherein the trigger assembly comprises a removable trigger pad.

7. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 1 , further comprising a left side grip, wherein the handle comprises a left side channel configured to accommodate a front portion of the left side grip.

8. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 7 , further comprising a right side grip, wherein the handle comprises a right side channel configured to accommodate a front portion of the right side grip.

9. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 8 , further comprising a backstrap, wherein the left side grip is sandwiched between the left side channel and the backstrap and the right side grip is sandwiched between the right side channel and the backstrap.

10. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 9 , further comprising a housing, wherein the handle comprises a cavity configured to accommodate the housing.

11. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 10 , wherein the housing comprises a cavity sized to accommodate a main spring, a main spring cap, and a portion of a strut.

12. The improved M1911 metal frame of claim 10 , wherein the backstrap comprises an interlocking protrusion, wherein the housing comprises an interlocking opening sized to accommodate the interlocking protrusion of the backstrap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2018
From: NOONAN, PAUL T.; BOYER, BRENT DAVID; TROUT, AARON NEAL
To: WILSON'S GUN SHOP, INC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62473061 · Mar 17, 2017
Related Publication 20180266778A1 · Sep 20, 2018
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