Patent attributes
Slide cover plate assemblies for accessing internal components housed within a slide of a pistol in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a slide cover plate assembly for accessing internal components housed within a slide of a pistol, includes a first plate having an opening to mate with a button of a second plate, the first plate includes at least one contact portion and a mating portion, where the mating portion is in contact with the slide, the second plate includes the button, a corresponding contact portion, and an interior face, where the interior face receives a force exerted by a firing pin spring housed within the slide, and where the button receives a manual pressure applied by an operator, where the received manual pressure counteracts the force exerted by the firing pin allowing the slide cover plate assembly to disengage from the slide.