Cheek-operated safety for guns

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A GUN HAVING A BARREL, AN ELONGATE STOCK CONNECTED THEREWITH INCLUDING A BUTT FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SHOULDER OF A SHOOTER AND A CHEEK CONTACT AREA ON SAID STOCK, AND FIRING MEANS FOR FIRING SAID GUN, A SAFETY COMPRISING: (A) A CHEEK CONTACT PLATE ADJACENT THE CHEEK AREA OF SAID STOCK, SAID CHEEK PLATE BEING MOVABLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID STOCK SO THAT SAID PLATE MAY MOVE INWARDLY FROM A NORMAL POSITION TO A DEPRESSED POSITION, (B) AN EXTERNAL PIVOTALLY MOUNTED RETAINER FINGER RIDING INWARDLY TO BLOCK ACTUATION OF SAID FIRING MEANS WHEN IN A NORMAL SAFE POSITION, BUT PIVOT OUTWARDLY INTO AN ARMED POSITION TO CLEAR ACTUATION OF SAID FIRING MEANS, (C) A FLEXIBLE, TORSION-CARRYING SHAFT RUNNING EXTERNAL OF SAID GUN OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID PLATE WITH SAID RETAINER FINGER TO CAUSE SAID FINGER TO PIVOT FROM THE SAFE TO THE ARMED POSITION WHEN SAID PLATE IS MOVED INWARD, BUT PERMITTING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID FINGER INTO THE SAFE POSITION WHEN SAID PLATE IS IN THE SAFE POSITION, AND (D) MEANS BIASING SAID PLATE INTO THE NORMAL POSITION, BUT YIELDINGLY PERMITTING INWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATE INTO THE DEPRESSED ARMED POSITION AND BIASING SAID RETAINER FINGER INTO THE SAFE POSITION TO HOLD IT IN SAID SAFE POSITION WHEN SAID PLATE IS IN THE SAFE POSITION, BUT YIELDINGLY PERMITTING THE OUTWARD PIVOT OF SAID FINGER INTO THE ARMED POSITION ON MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATE INTO THE DEPRESSED ARMED POSITION, WHEREBY THE APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO SAID CHEEK PLATE TO MOVE IT TO THE DEPRESSED POSITION MOVES SAID RETAINER FINGER TO PREVENT IT FROM BLOCKING ACTUATION OF SAID FIRING MEANS AND ON THE RELEASE OF SUCH PRESSURE FROM THE CHEEK PLATE THE RETAINER FINGER RETURNS TO A SAFE POSITION BLOCKING ACTUATION OF SAID FIRING MEANS.