Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Firearm grip with selector switch lock
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Application No.: US16390520Application Date: 2019-04-22
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Publication No.: US10801793B2Publication Date: 2020-10-13
- Inventor: William Lewis Murphy, II , Robert Vail Harvey
- Applicant: William Lewis Murphy, II , Robert Vail Harvey
- Applicant Address: US FL Orlando
- Assignee: Gun Guardian LLC
- Current Assignee: Gun Guardian LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Orlando
- Agency: Daniel Law Offices, P.A.
- Agent Jason T. Daniel, Esq.
- Main IPC: F41A17/20
- IPC: F41A17/20 ; F41C23/16 ; F41A17/06 ; F41C23/10

Abstract:
A firearm grip with selector switch lock includes a handgrip for engaging a firearm receiver having a selector switch. A switch engagement unit is positioned within the handgrip. The switch engagement unit including a motor, piston, spring and detent for selectively engaging the selector switch of the receiver to which the handgrip is located. An RFID interrogator is positioned within the handgrip and communicates with a portable RFID chip. Upon detecting the presence of the RFID chip, the switch engagement unit moves the piston to the retracted position for manual free operation of the selector switch. Upon detecting the RFID chip is not within the proximity of the handgrip, the switch engagement unit moves the piston to the extended/SAFE position. A replacement selector switch having a torque limiter is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190331448A1 FIREARM GRIP WITH SELECTOR SWITCH LOCK Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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