No dead zone trigger system
OwnerGary Cleaverinventor
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Abstract
A trigger system includes a jaw latch coupled to an inner surface of a first jaw member of a pair of jaws of a coil-spring trap, the jaw latch defining a ledge. A jaw dog includes a body portion having an elongate linear configuration and opposed proximal and distal ends, the proximal end including a latch flange selectively positioned on the ledge at a set configuration. A pan has a continuous peripheral edge and a cam member extending downwardly from the peripheral edge, the pan defining a planar configuration that is perfectly horizontal at the set configuration. The body portion defines a cam ridge configured to partially receive the cam member at the set configuration. The trigger system is fired when pressure is detected at any point on the pan surface.
Claims10
A no dead zone trigger system, comprising:
- a pan having a planar surface defining a horizontal plane bounded by a continuous peripheral edge and having a cam member extending from said peripheral edge perpendicular to said planar surface;
- a framework having an elongate linear configuration;
- a brace having a proximal end pivotally coupled to said framework and a distal end pivotally coupled to a bottom surface of said pan;
- a jaw latch having an inner wall defining a ledge;
- a jaw dog including a body portion having an elongate configuration and opposed proximal and distal ends, said distal end being pivotally coupled to said pan and said proximal end having a latch flange selectively engaged with said jaw latch in a set configuration and selectively disengaged from said jaw latch in a fired configuration;
- wherein said brace and said jaw dog are arranged in a scissor arrangement that supports said pan in a horizontal configuration at all times
- wherein said body portion of said jaw dog defines a cam ridge having a configuration aligned with said cam member for operably equalizing a tension on said pan;
- wherein said brace has a H-shaped configuration having a pair of spaced apart ends pivotally coupled to a side of said pan proximate said cam member and a pair of spaced apart ends pivotally coupled to said framework opposite said side of said pan proximate said cam member, wherein said brace supports said pan at a horizontal configuration having even tension even when said brace is pivoted in the scissor arrangement.
A no dead zone trigger system, comprising:
- a pan having a planar surface defining a horizontal plane bounded by a continuous peripheral edge and having a cam member extending from said peripheral edge perpendicular to said planar surface;
- a framework having an elongate linear configuration;
- a brace having a proximal end pivotally coupled to said framework and a distal end pivotally coupled to a bottom surface of said pan;
- a jaw latch having an inner wall defining a ledge;
- a jaw dog including a body portion having an elongate configuration and opposed proximal and distal ends, said distal end being pivotally coupled to said pan and said proximal end having a latch flange selectively engaged with said jaw latch in a set configuration and selectively disengaged from said latch flange in a fired configuration;
- wherein said brace and said jaw dog are arranged in a scissor arrangement that supports said pan in a horizontal configuration at all times;
- said pan includes a cam member extending from said peripheral edge perpendicular to said planar surface;
- wherein said body portion of said jaw dog defines a cam ridge having a configuration aligned with said cam member for operably equalizing a tension on said pan;
- wherein said brace has a H-shaped configuration having a pair of spaced apart ends pivotally coupled to said pan proximate said cam member and a pair of spaced apart ends pivotally coupled to said framework opposite said side of said pan proximate said cam member, wherein said brace supports said pan at a horizontal configuration having even tension even when said brace is pivoted in the scissor arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.