Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140047748 | Safety Index for a Firearm - A firearm has a safety index that may be an elongate depression or an elongate convexity formed on a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm, and may further include a plurality of raised dots. The safety index is configured to allow a user of the firearm to move between the safety index and the trigger, as necessary, for instance, as the user goes between non-firing and firing conditions. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047749 | OFF-TRIGGER LOCATOR AND GUIDE PATH FOR A FIREARM - A firearm has an off-trigger locator and/or guide path. The off-trigger locator may be a depression or a convexity formed on a side of a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm, and may further include a raised portion. The off-trigger locator is configured to allow a user of the firearm to move between the off-trigger locator and the trigger, as necessary, for instance, as the user goes between non-firing and firing conditions. The guide position may comprise a groove or raised ridge formed on a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm and extending from the frame of the firearm into a trigger area adjacent the trigger. The guide path is configured to allow the user to move along the guide path away from and into the trigger area, as necessary, for instance, as the user goes between non-firing and firing conditions. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047750 | OFF-TRIGGER LOCATOR - An off-trigger locator for firearm comprises an elongated member adapted to mounted to a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm. The member is configured to allow a user of the firearm to sense the member with a trigger finger of the user and to move the trigger finger between the member and the trigger without significant movement of a hand of the user. The member comprises longitudinally opposite first and second ends with longitudinal sides extending between the longitudinally opposite ends. A locator surface is arranged between the longitudinal sides. The longitudinal side adjacent the trigger of the firearm forms a shoulder. The other longitudinal side is spaced from the shoulder by the locator surface. The width of the member at the shoulder is greater than the width of the member at the other longitudinal side. A method of mounting the off-trigger locator is provided. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047753 | Grip for a Slide of a Semiautomatic Firearm - A semiautomatic single action hand gun comprises a slide with a contoured grip on a breach end of the slide. A method is also disclosed. In accordance with one step of the method a single action semiautomatic firearm is provides. In accordance with another step of the method, a contoured grip for a slide of the firearm is provided. The grip comprises a plurality of depressions in an elongated strip with the depressions generally sized to accommodate the fingers of a user and the strip generally sized to fit on a lateral side of a slide of firearm. In accordance with another step in the method, the grip is applied to a lateral side of a slide of the firearm. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047756 | Front Sight for a Firearm - A firearm has a barrel with an open front sight located on a muzzle end of the barrel and a rear sight located on the barrel a distance away from the front sight. The front and rear sight cooperate with each to enable a user to aim the firearm. The front sight has a first targeting indicia with a center. The rear sight has targeting indicia that cooperates with the front sight first targeting indicia to allow the user to aim the firearm. The front sight has second targeting indicia comprising a scribe line at the center of the first targeting indicia. The scribe line is visible from the rear sight when the front sight first targeting indicia and rear sight targeting indicia are brought into register. The user may focus the scribe line on the target for further precision in aiming the firearm. | 02-20-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140047748 | Safety Index for a Firearm - A firearm has a safety index that may be an elongate depression or an elongate convexity formed on a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm, and may further include a plurality of raised dots. The safety index is configured to allow a user of the firearm to move between the safety index and the trigger, as necessary, for instance, as the user goes between non-firing and firing conditions. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047749 | OFF-TRIGGER LOCATOR AND GUIDE PATH FOR A FIREARM - A firearm has an off-trigger locator and/or guide path. The off-trigger locator may be a depression or a convexity formed on a side of a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm, and may further include a raised portion. The off-trigger locator is configured to allow a user of the firearm to move between the off-trigger locator and the trigger, as necessary, for instance, as the user goes between non-firing and firing conditions. The guide position may comprise a groove or raised ridge formed on a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm and extending from the frame of the firearm into a trigger area adjacent the trigger. The guide path is configured to allow the user to move along the guide path away from and into the trigger area, as necessary, for instance, as the user goes between non-firing and firing conditions. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047750 | OFF-TRIGGER LOCATOR - An off-trigger locator for firearm comprises an elongated member adapted to mounted to a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm. The member is configured to allow a user of the firearm to sense the member with a trigger finger of the user and to move the trigger finger between the member and the trigger without significant movement of a hand of the user. The member comprises longitudinally opposite first and second ends with longitudinal sides extending between the longitudinally opposite ends. A locator surface is arranged between the longitudinal sides. The longitudinal side adjacent the trigger of the firearm forms a shoulder. The other longitudinal side is spaced from the shoulder by the locator surface. The width of the member at the shoulder is greater than the width of the member at the other longitudinal side. A method of mounting the off-trigger locator is provided. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047753 | Grip for a Slide of a Semiautomatic Firearm - A semiautomatic single action hand gun comprises a slide with a contoured grip on a breach end of the slide. A method is also disclosed. In accordance with one step of the method a single action semiautomatic firearm is provides. In accordance with another step of the method, a contoured grip for a slide of the firearm is provided. The grip comprises a plurality of depressions in an elongated strip with the depressions generally sized to accommodate the fingers of a user and the strip generally sized to fit on a lateral side of a slide of firearm. In accordance with another step in the method, the grip is applied to a lateral side of a slide of the firearm. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047756 | Front Sight for a Firearm - A firearm has a barrel with an open front sight located on a muzzle end of the barrel and a rear sight located on the barrel a distance away from the front sight. The front and rear sight cooperate with each to enable a user to aim the firearm. The front sight has a first targeting indicia with a center. The rear sight has targeting indicia that cooperates with the front sight first targeting indicia to allow the user to aim the firearm. The front sight has second targeting indicia comprising a scribe line at the center of the first targeting indicia. The scribe line is visible from the rear sight when the front sight first targeting indicia and rear sight targeting indicia are brought into register. The user may focus the scribe line on the target for further precision in aiming the firearm. | 02-20-2014 |
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20140314804 | COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING BETA-GLUCANS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention generally relates to soluble beta-glucan compositions and method of using such compositions. In one aspect, an adjuvant for a pharmaceutical composition is described which includes a soluble beta-glucan and a TLR agonist, each in an amount that, in combination with the other, is effective to increase a subject's immune response to an antigen. In another aspect, compositions that generally include an antigen component, a soluble beta-glucan component, and a TLR agonist component and a method that generally includes administering to a subject a composition that comprises a soluble beta-glucan and a TLR agonist, each in an amount that, in combination with the other, is effective to increase a subject's immune response to an antigen, are described. | 10-23-2014 |
20140370046 | BETA-GLUCAN COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS - Described herein are beta-glucan compounds, compositions, and methods. Generally, the methods exploit the observation that beta-glucan compounds can bind to B cells. Thus, the methods generally include administering a beta-glucan compound to a subject in an amount effective for the beta-glucan compound to bind to a B cell and modulate at least one biological function of the B cell. | 12-18-2014 |
20150125451 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BETA-GLUCAN IMMUNOTHERAPY - This disclosure describes, in one aspect, a composition that includes a β-glucan component and an antibody component that specifically binds to the β-glucan. In another aspect, this disclosure describes a method of increasing a subject's response to β-glucan immunotherapy. Generally, the method includes identifying the subject as a low binder of β-glucan and administering to the subject a composition that comprises a β-glucan moiety conjugated to the therapeutic antibody. In some cases, the therapeutic antibody can be an anti-tumor antibody. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125461 | BETA-GLUCAN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS - This disclosure describes, in one aspect, a method for identifying β-glucan binding to immune cells of a subject. Generally, the method includes obtaining a blood sample from the subject, the blood sample comprising immune cells, adding soluble β-glucan to at least a portion of the blood sample and incubating the mixture under conditions allowing the soluble β-glucan to bind to the immune cells, and detecting soluble β-glucan bound to the immune cells. In another aspect, this disclosure describes a method that generally includes identifying the subject as a low binder of β-glucan, and co-administering to the subject a soluble β-glucan and an antibody preparation capable of converting the subject from a low binder to a high binder. | 05-07-2015 |