Firearms – Safety mechanism – On trigger guard
Patent
1994-08-12
1995-09-19
Jordan, Charles T.
Firearms
Safety mechanism
On trigger guard
F41A 1754
Patent
active
054506840
ABSTRACT:
A trigger shield sandwiches the trigger guard and trigger of a weapon between a base plate and a cover plate to prevent accidental discharge of the weapon. In a first embodiment, a plurality of posts tipped by resilient barbs interconnect the base and cover plates in sandwiching relation to the trigger guard and the plates cannot be separated until the barbs are compressed. A release plate for compressing the barbs is placed into overlying relation to the cover plate and the release and cover plates are then removed as a unit to remove the trigger shield from the weapon. In a second embodiment, the cover plates of a weapon handle are pivotally mounted to the handle so that they can pivot into shielding relation to the trigger guard. In a third embodiment, a single post has a first straight part that extends through apertures formed in the base and cover plates and includes a second part that flares out and locks in a cam over center configuration to prevent facile retraction. A fourth embodiment employs a construction remniscent of a nail clipper, a fifth provides multiple posts on the base plate to make it more versatile, and the sixth embodiment includes extension plates that change the effective size of the base and cover plates so that trigger guards of differing sizes may be shielded.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2598924 (1952-06-01), Lind
patent: 3184875 (1965-05-01), Klebe
patent: 3711979 (1973-01-01), Small
patent: 4499681 (1985-02-01), Bako et al.
Jordan Charles T.
Mason, Jr. Joseph C.
Smith Ronald E.
Wesson Theresa M.
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