# US 2024/0200895 A1 · Trigger assembly with safety features > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0200895 A1 - Document ID: US20240200895A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/066,740 - Filed: 2022-12-15 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-15 - Assignees: WHG Properties, LLC - Applicants: Whg Properties, LLC - Inventors: William H. GEISSELE; William QUIGLEY - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240200895A1 ## CPC - F41A 19/10: Triggers; Trigger mountings - F41A 19/44: Sear arrangements therefor (F41A19/46 takes precedence) - F41A 17/46: Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence) - F41A 19/16: Adjustable firing mechanisms; Trigger mechanisms with adjustable trigger pull (F41A19/17 takes precedence) - F41A 19/24: Release-trigger mechanisms, i.e. the striker element being released during the return movement of the trigger subsequent to trigger pull - F41A 19/45: for catching the hammer after each shot, i.e. in single-shot or semi-automatic firing mode - F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE ## Abstract Provided are a trigger assembly, firearm, and various methods and components. An example assembly includes a lower trigger body comprising a trigger lever; a disconnector rotatable relative to the lower trigger body; a trigger tower rotatable relative to the lower trigger body and the disconnector, the trigger tower defining a trigger tower hook; and a hammer defining a hammer sear hook configured to engage the trigger tower hook to hold the hammer in a cocked position. In response to application of a force to the trigger lever, the lower trigger body may rotate and cause the trigger tower to rotate to release the trigger tower hook from the hammer sear hook. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A trigger assembly comprising: a lower trigger body comprising a trigger lever; a disconnector rotatable relative to the lower trigger body; a trigger tower rotatable relative to the lower trigger body and the disconnector, wherein the trigger tower defines a trigger tower hook; and a hammer defining a hammer sear hook configured to engage the trigger tower hook to hold the hammer in a cocked position, wherein, in response to application of a force to the trigger lever, the lower trigger body is configured to rotate and cause the trigger tower to rotate to release the trigger tower hook from the hammer sear hook, and wherein the hammer comprises two hammer sears each defining a recess into which a lower trigger nose of the lower trigger body is configured to be inserted. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The trigger assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the lower trigger body and the trigger tower rotates about a common trigger pivot pin. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The trigger assembly of claim 1, further comprising a selector switch configurable between at least a safe position and a fire position, wherein in the safe position, the selector switch is configured to prevent the lower trigger body from causing the trigger tower hook to release from the hammer sear hook. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The trigger assembly of claim 3, wherein in the safe position, the hammer is configured to be movable from an uncocked position to the cocked position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The trigger assembly of claim 4, wherein the hammer is configured to rotate the trigger tower when moving from the uncocked position to the cocked position to allow the hammer sear hook to pass around and engage the trigger tower hook. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The trigger assembly of claim 5, wherein in response to a force by a trigger tower spring, the trigger tower is configured to rotate the trigger tower hook towards a buttstock end of the trigger assembly after the hammer sear hook passes around the trigger tower hook to cause the hammer sear hook to engage the trigger tower hook. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The trigger assembly of claim 5, wherein the hammer is configured to rotate the trigger tower when moving from the uncocked position to the cocked position without causing the lower trigger body to rotate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The trigger assembly of claim 4, wherein the selector switch is configured to movable between the safe position and the fire position both when the hammer is in the cocked position and when the hammer is in the uncocked position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The trigger assembly of claim 1, wherein the trigger tower defines an inner slot of the trigger tower, wherein a portion of the disconnector is configured to be disposed in the inner slot of the trigger tower. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The trigger assembly of claim 9, wherein the lower trigger body defines a trigger trough, and wherein a second portion of the disconnector is configured to be disposed in the trigger trough. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The trigger assembly of claim 1, wherein the hammer defines a recess along a rear surface opposite a hammer strike plate, and wherein a trigger tower nose of the trigger tower is configured to at least partially enter the recess. ### Claim 12 (canceled) ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The trigger assembly of claim 1, wherein a first sear of the two hammer sears is configured to rotationally align with the lower trigger nose of the lower trigger body in an instance in which the hammer is in the cocked position, and wherein a second sear of the two hammer sears is configured to rotationally align with the lower trigger nose of the lower trigger body in an instance in which the hammer is in an uncocked position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The trigger assembly of claim 1, wherein the disconnector, trigger tower, and lower trigger body define a two-stage firing assembly. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A firearm comprising the trigger assembly of claim 1, wherein the trigger assembly is engaged with a lower receiver of the firearm. ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 A method of operating a trigger assembly of a firearm, wherein the trigger assembly comprises: a lower trigger body comprising a trigger lever; a disconnector rotatable relative to the lower trigger body; a trigger tower rotatable relative to the lower trigger body and the disconnector, wherein the trigger tower defines a trigger tower hook; and a hammer defining a hammer sear hook, wherein the hammer comprises two hammer sears each defining a recess into which a lower trigger nose of the lower trigger body is configured to insert; wherein the method comprises: engaging the trigger tower hook to hold the hammer in a cocked position; and in response to application of a force to the trigger lever, the lower trigger body rotates and cause the trigger tower to rotate to release the trigger tower hook from the hammer sear hook. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the trigger assembly further comprises a selector switch configurable between at least a safe position and a fire position, the method further comprising: rotating the selector switch from the fire position to the safe position, wherein in the safe position, the selector switch prevents the lower trigger body from causing the trigger tower hook to release from the hammer sear hook in response to the force. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the trigger assembly further comprises a selector switch configurable between at least a safe position and a fire position, the method further comprising: in an instance in which the selector switch is in the safe position, rotating the hammer from an uncocked position to the cocked position. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the trigger assembly further comprises a selector switch configurable between at least a safe position and a fire position, the method further comprising: in an instance in which the selector switch is in the fire position and the hammer is in an uncocked position, rotating the selector switch to the safe position and subsequently rotating the hammer to the cocked position. ### Claim 21 A hammer for a trigger assembly, the hammer comprising: a hammer sear hook configured to engage a trigger tower hook of a trigger tower to hold the hammer in a cocked position; and two hammer sears each defining a recess into which a lower trigger nose of a lower trigger body is configured to be inserted. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The hammer of claim 21, wherein a first sear of the two hammer sears is configured to rotationally align with the lower trigger nose of the lower trigger body in an instance in which the hammer is in the cocked position, and wherein a second sear of the two hammer sears is configured to rotationally align with the lower trigger nose of the lower trigger body in an instance in which the hammer is in an uncocked position.