ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,080, issued on June 24, was assigned to FN HERSTAL S.A. (Herstal, Belgium).
"Safety mechanism for a pistol" was invented by Laurent Balhan (Mormont, Belgium) and Dorian Delvaux (Oupeye, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an automatic or semiautomatic pistol including a slide and a magazine. The magazine feeder includes an actuator that controls a slide stop. The slide stop, located rearward of the magazine, is designed to switch from a low to a high position. In its high position, the slide stop locks the slide in a rearward position. The pistol also includes a control lever for the slide stop, w...