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US 4,835,893 AGranted
Firearm with removable trigger
OwnerJohn H. Kelsoinventor
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A firearm is provided customarily equipped with a shiftable trigger body portion mounted from the frame of the firearm for movement between a firing position and a release position and incorporating an outwardly projecting arcuate tang portion engageable by a user's trigger finger and enclosed within a trigger guard. The instant invention resides in the removable mounting of the finger engageable tang portion from the body portion of the trigger and, further, the construction of the finger engageable portion as a continuous peripheral ring shaped member which may be conveniently retained on a user's trigger finger during periods of non-use of the associated handgun. In a first disclosed form of the invention the ring-type trigger finger engageable portion is removably secured to the body portion of the trigger through the utilization of threaded shank-type fasteners and in a second disclosed form of the invention the ring-shaped finger engageable portion merely includes an outwardly projecting shank telescopingly receivable within an outwardly opening recess formed in the body portion of the trigger. The removability of the finger engageable portion substantially eliminates accidental firing of the handgun.
In combination with a firearm of the type including a frame and a trigger assembly incorporating a body portion shiftably supported from the frame for movement between a firing position and a release position and yieldingly biased toward said release position, said trigger assembly also incorporating a finger engageable portion projecting outwardly from said body portion and a marginal portion of said frame for engagement by a "trigger finger" of a user of the firearm, said body portion and finger engageable portion including coacting means removably connecting said finger engageable portion to said body portion, said finger engageable portion defining a finger receiving opening formed therethrough adapted to receive an index finger therein, said opening including an unbroken periphery.
In combination with a firearm of the type including a frame and a trigger assembly incorporating a body portion shiftably supported from the frame for movement between a firing position and a release position and yieldingly biased toward said release position, said trigger assembly also incorporating a finger engageable portion projecting outwardly from said body portion as well as a marginal portion of said frame for engagement by a "trigger finger" of a user of the firearm, said body portion and finger engageable portion including coacting means removably connecting said finger engageable portion to said body portion, said ring member defining a finger receiving opening therethrough adapted to receive a hand finger therein, whereby said ring member may be slipped longitduinally along and onto and off a hand finger, said ring member including a predetermined outer peripheral side, said coacting means mounting said ring member from said body portion with said body portion and outer peripheral side in close juxtaposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.