Hinged barrel firearm with trigger safety means

Claim 1

IN A FIREARM, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A FRAME MEANS INCLUDING A RECEIVER, HOLDING MEANS AND AND A TRIGGER, A BARREL MEANS VERTICALLY HINGEDLY SECURED TO THE FORWARD PORTION OF SAID FRAME MEANS, AN ELONGATED HAMMER ARM SLIDABLY SECURED IN SAID FRAME MEANS AND HAVING A HAMMER ON ITS REARWARD END, A SEAR NOTCH ON THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF SAID HAMMER ARM ADAJCENT ITS FORWARD END, A TRIGGER PROJECTION ON THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID TRIGGER CAPABLE OF ENGAGING SAID SEAR NOTCH AT TIMES, A SAFETY MEANS ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN SAID TRIGGER PROJECTION IN SAID SEAR NOTCH AT TIMES, A SPRING IN SAID RECEIVER YIELDABLY MAINTAINING SAID HAMMER ARM IN A FORWARD SLIDING POSITION, AN ELONGATED BORE IN SAID HANDLE MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE FORWARD END OF SAID HANDLE MEANS, A ROD SLIDABLY EXTENDING IN SAID ELONGATED BORE HAVING ITS OUTER END ENGAGING THE REARWARD PORTION OF SAID TRIGGER, A CAM ON SAID ROD INTERMEDIATE ITS LENGTH, A SPRING MEANS IN SAID ELONGATED BORE YIELDABLY MAINTAINING SAID ROD IN A FORWARDLY EXTENDING POSITION, A SECOND ELONGATED BORE IN SAID HANDLE MEANS EXTENDING AT SUBSTANTIALLY A RIGHT ANGLE TO SAID FIRST ELONGATED BORE AND IN COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, A BAR SLIDABLY EXTENDING IN SAID SECOND ELONGATED BORE CAPABLE OF ENGAGING SAID CAM ON SAID FIRST ROD AT TIMES, A SPUR ON THE UPPER END OF SAID BAR EXTENDING LATERALLY THROUGH ONE SIDE OF SAID HANDLE MEANS, A SPRING MEANS IN SAID SECOND ELONGATED BORE YIELDABLY MAINTAINING SAID BAR IN AN UPWARDLY SLIDING POSITION, SAID BAR ENGAGING SAID CAM WHEN SAID BAR IS IN AN UPWARDLY SLIDING POSITION, SAID BAR MAINTAINING SAID ROD IN A FORWARDLY SLIDING POSITION WHEN SAID BAR IS IN AN UPWARDLY SLIDING POSITION, MEANS ON SAID BARREL MEANS FOR SLIDABLY MOVING SAID HAMMER BAR REARWARDLY WHEN THE FORWARD END OF SAID BARREL MEANS IS HINGEDLY MOVED DOWNWARDLY, MEANS ON SAID RECEIVER FOR MAINTAINING SAID BARREL MEANS IN A FIRING POSITION AT TIMES, AND MEANS ON SAID FIREARM FOR THE AIMING THEREOF.