Patents by Inventor Dustin Sroufe

Dustin Sroufe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10365059
    Abstract: A pistol having a pistol slide with apertures for receiving finger grips. The finger grips have an attachment scheme for slideably securing a striker housing inside the pistol slide. The striker housing retains a striker and a striker block, such that intricate machining is no longer required on the interior portions of the pistol slide to hold the striker or striker block. The striker housing has a planar protuberance that forms a ridge for being slidably received by corresponding wedges on the finger grip interior portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Sroufe, Jesse Peyton, Kathryn Hack, Robert Miller
  • Publication number: 20180112945
    Abstract: A pistol having a pistol slide with apertures for receiving finger grips. The finger grips have an attachment scheme for slidably securing a striker housing inside the pistol slide. The striker housing retains a striker and a striker block, such that intricate machining is no longer required on the interior portions of the pistol slide to hold the striker or striker block. The striker housing has a planar protuberance that forms a ridge for being slidably received by corresponding wedges on the finger grip interior portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Dustin Sroufe, Jesse Peyton, Kathryn Hack, Robert Miller
  • Patent number: 9546843
    Abstract: An extendable slide member on a pistol slide action, providing leverage and a gripping base for a user to pull back or “rack” the slide along guides on a pistol frame, in a longitudinal motion relative to the pistol frame. The slide member facilitating racking the slide when in an extended position the slide member rotates either laterally outwards from a side surface of the slide or vertically upwards from a top surface of the slide, and presents a gripping or holding segment for the user to pull the slide towards the breech end of the pistol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Sroufe, Joseph Wall, Jesse Peyton, Nelson Mercado, Mark Kresser
  • Publication number: 20160102938
    Abstract: An extendable slide member on a pistol slide action, providing leverage and a gripping base for a user to pull back or “rack” the slide along guides on a pistol frame, in a longitudinal motion relative to the pistol frame. The slide member facilitating racking the slide when in an extended position the slide member rotates either laterally outwards from a side surface of the slide or vertically upwards from a top surface of the slide, and presents a gripping or holding segment for the user to pull the slide towards the breech end of the pistol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Dustin Sroufe, Joseph Wall, Jesse Peyton, Nelson Mercado, Mark Kresser
  • Patent number: D849868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Sroufe, Jesse Peyton
  • Patent number: D853517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Sroufe, Jesse Peyton
  • Patent number: D855736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Sroufe, Jesse Peyton
  • Patent number: D933772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Palmetto State Armory
    Inventor: Dustin Sroufe