Safety mechanism for an autoinjector

An autoinjector for dispensing a liquid product, comprising:

• a housing;
• a product container configured to hold the liquid product and arranged in the housing, the product container comprising a piston shiftable in a distal direction by a drive member for product dispensing;
• a covering cap removably arranged on a distal end of the housing;
• and
• a triggering member configured to protrude beyond the distal end of the housing in a starting position, the triggering member comprising barring means spring-mounted thereon, and the barring means comprising a contact surface,
• wherein:
• when the covering cap is removed from the housing, the triggering member is movable in a proximal direction relative to the housing from the starting position into a triggering position for triggering product dispensing by way of the barring means being in a release position such that the barring means can be moved past a stop formed by the autoinjector, and
• when the covering cap is arranged on the distal end of the housing, the triggering member is blocked against moving into the triggering position by way of the barring means deflectable by the covering cap into a barring position in which the barring means faces the stop such that the contact surface of the barring means abuts against the stop when the triggering member is moved from the starting position in the proximal direction.