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US 10,295,289 B2Granted
Trigger mechanism for a firearm
AssigneeWHG Properties, LLC
InventorWilliam H. Geissele
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Abstract
A trigger mechanism for a firearm provides modified and/or adjustable trigger pull length, reduced sear pressure, reduced reset trigger slap, and/or improved engagement of the trigger safety.
Claims18
A trigger mechanism for a firearm receiver, the trigger mechanism comprising:
- a bow having a forward most position and a rearward most position in the firearm receiver;
- a hammer;
- a trigger element comprising a receiver interface, a sear arm, a trigger sear extending from the sear arm, and a hammer engagement edge;
- and
- a disconnector comprising a disconnector sear;
- a second hammer engagement edge;
- and a hammer engagement surface, wherein:
- the trigger element hammer engagement edge is a first hammer engagement edge;
- the first hammer engagement edge faces an axis of rotation of the trigger element;
- the second hammer engagement edge is as high as at least a portion of the trigger sear when the bow is in the forward most position;
- and the hammer engagement surface extends from the second hammer engagement edge toward a top of the disconnector sear and is curved so as to define a recess within the disconnector sear.
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A trigger mechanism for a firearm receiver, the trigger mechanism comprising:
- a bow having a forward most position and a rearward most position in the firearm receiver;
- a hammer;
- a trigger element comprising a receiver interface, a sear arm, a trigger sear extending from the sear arm, and a first hammer engagement edge;
- and
- a disconnector comprising a disconnector sear;
- a second hammer engagement edge;
- and a hammer engagement surface, wherein the hammer engagement surface extends from the second hammer engagement edge toward a top of the disconnector sear and is curved so as to define a recess within the disconnector sear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.