Patents by Inventor Ralph C. Kennedy

Ralph C. Kennedy 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).

  • Magazine catch for firearms
    Patent number: 4245418
    Abstract: A magazine catch for firearms in which a latch member is spring urged into wedging engagement with a portion of the magazine to hold the magazine rigidly against a positioning stop on the frame of the firearm. The latch member consists of a latch pin having rollers for reducing friction when the magazine is inserted into place in the gun and a spring-loaded locking pin, which drives the latch pin into latching engagement with the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: High Standard, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph C. Kennedy
  • Combined cylinder-release and safety lever for revolvers
    Patent number: 3988847
    Abstract: A combined cylinder-release and safety device for a double-action revolver having a finger lever which is held in its normal, safety-off, position by the cylinder-spindle spring for manipulation in one direction against the pressure of the spring in order to release the cylinder. Provision is made for also moving the finger lever in the other direction beyond its normal position in order to lock the action, so that the gun cannot be fired either in double-action or in single-action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: The Leisure Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph C. Kennedy