Firearms – Safety mechanism – On trigger guard
Patent
1997-10-14
1998-11-10
Jordan, Charles T.
Firearms
Safety mechanism
On trigger guard
42 7011, F41A 1754
Patent
active
058326472
ABSTRACT:
A firearm lock includes: a male fastening member having a latch portion extending therefrom, a control device having a biasing button and securable to the male fastening member and a locking mechanism provided in the male fastening member for locking or unlocking the control device; and a female fastening member engageable with the male fastening member to be disposed on opposite sides of a trigger guard of a firearm; the male fastening member having the latch portion rotatably securable in the male fastening member to be engageable with a ratchet catch resiliently mounted in the female fastening member, and the control device controlling the engagement or disengagement of the latch portion with or from the ratchet catch; whereby upon a biasing movement of the biasing button of the control device to disengage the latch portion from the ratchet catch when the locking mechanism is unlocked, the male fastening member will be ergonomically unlocked and separated from the female fastening member without continuously holding (depressing) the biasing button of the control device.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5419068 (1995-05-01), Pages et al.
patent: 5638627 (1997-06-01), Klein et al.
patent: 5647158 (1997-07-01), Eskelinen et al.
Ling Chong-Kuan
Wu Chun-Shen
Brown Chris J.
Jordan Charles T.
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