Abstract: A method connects a first individual to a second individual. The method includes associating a first account on a first social network with the first individual and allowing the first individual to send a gesture on the first social network directed towards a second account. The gesture includes a shareable reward. The method can further include determining whether the second account has received the reward. The reward can be associated with an advertiser. The method can further include determining the advertiser is participating in a sharing program and sending a second reward to the first account. In another embodiment, the method further includes determining the advertiser is participating in a sharing program, determining the number of times the first user has sent the gesture, and sending a second reward to the first account.

Abstract: A hand guard rail system is fastened to a firearm having a barrel and a barrel nut, with the hand guard rail aligned to the top rail of the firearm. The hand guard rail system includes a hand guard and a sleeve fitted into the hand guard. The sleeve and the hand guard are fastened to the barrel nut, thereby aligning the hand guard to the firearm.

Abstract: A hand guard rail system is fastened to a firearm having a barrel and a barrel nut, with the hand guard rail aligned to the top rail of the firearm. The hand guard rail system includes a hand guard and a sleeve fitted into the hand guard. The sleeve and the hand guard are fastened to the barrel nut, thereby aligning the hand guard to the firearm.

Abstract: A firearm having a slide includes a magazine for accommodating a round of ammunition and a magazine follower disposed within the magazine. The magazine follower supports the round of ammunition and includes an outwardly extending protruding lip having a distal end which extends beyond a plane defined by an outer wall of the magazine.

Abstract: An interlocked firing mechanism for a gun includes a trigger, a sear and a firing pin having a depending leg, wherein the firing pin is movable in a rectilinear manner along a firing axis. The depending leg of the firing pin is adapted to have a contact surface, while the sear is adapted to have a control surface in mating engagement with the contact surface at a time prior to firing of the gun. The contact surface and the control surface of the interlocked firing mechanism of the present invention are further adapted to have parallel surfaces which mate with one another along a mating axis, defining an edge of a mating plane, which is set at a predetermined angle from a line perpendicular to the firing axis.

Abstract: Quality control attachment adapted to be fitted onto a threaded depth control bar of a drill press machine includes a sleeve having an axial opening for fitting onto the control bar and being longitudinally movable relative to the bar. The sleeve carries a pawl and an elastic O-ring which urges an edge portion of the pawl into engagement with the threads of the control bar for enabling one-way movement of the control bar downwardly through the sleeve. An actuator pin is slidably disposed in a bore which extends through the sleeve and is movable downwardly in response to contact with a stop-nut disposed on the bar when the drill press has advanced to a preset depth represented by the position of the stop-nut.