Intelligent trigger lock
OwnerRicardo Ernesto Ramirez Navarreteinventor
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Abstract
An intelligent trigger lock employs biometric authentication for securely locking a firearm by blocking access to a trigger. The intelligent trigger lock includes: a housing formed to the contours of the firearm; a cavity within the housing configured to receive the trigger; a locking pin inserted through the housing; a contact point; electronic circuitry operable to release the locking pin upon receiving biometric authentication; and a power source.
Claims18
An intelligent trigger lock using biometric authentication for securely locking a firearm by blocking access to a trigger, the intelligent trigger lock comprising:
- a housing formed to contours of the firearm, with surfaces co-planar to and mated to surfaces of an inserted firearm such that gaps between mating surfaces are substantially eliminated;
- a cavity within the housing configured to receive a trigger portion of the firearm in inserted relation thereto;
- a locking pin removably inserted through an aperture in a first sidewall of the housing, across the cavity and received into a slot in a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall when in a locked position, such that, when in the locked position, no part of the locking pin protrudes from the housing;
- a contact point in the slot for receiving a distal end of the locking pin when fully inserted;
- electronic circuitry disposed in an interior of the housing for receiving a signal bio-authenticating a user desiring to access the trigger portion, the electronic circuitry operable to release the locking pin;
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- a power source.
A method for securing a firearm with an intelligent trigger lock using biometric authentication for securely locking the firearm by blocking access to a trigger, the method comprising:
- providing the intelligent trigger lock comprising:
- a housing formed to contours of the firearm, with surfaces co-planar to and mated to surfaces of an inserted firearm such that gaps between mating surfaces are substantially eliminated;
- a cavity within the housing configured to receive a trigger portion of the firearm in inserted relation thereto;
- a locking pin removably inserted through an aperture in a first sidewall of the housing, across the cavity and received into a slot in a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall when in a locked position, such that, when in the locked position, no part of the locking pin protrudes from the housing;
- a contact point in the slot for receiving a distal end of the locking pin when fully inserted;
- electronic circuitry disposed in an interior of the housing for receiving a signal bio-authenticating a user desiring to access the trigger portion, the electronic circuitry operable to release the locking pin;
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- a power source;
- securing the intelligent trigger lock to the trigger portion of the firearm by insertion of the locking pin forward of the trigger to make contact with the contact point, thereby locking the locking pin in place;
- receiving the signal authenticating biometric data associated with the firearm;
- based upon receiving the signal, releasing the locking pin, thereby enabling uncoupling of the intelligent trigger lock from the firearm;
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- setting a status indicator to unlocked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.