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US 5,309,661 AGranted
Trigger guard for a firearm
OwnerAnn D. Fuller, Robert M. Fullerinventors
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Abstract
A safety device for a firearm that prevents access to the trigger and, thus, unauthorized operation of the same. The device comprises a frame, a first element on the frame, a second element which is movable on the frame and means for securing the second element on the frame at a selected distance from the first element so as to capture therebetween and render inoperable the trigger. The securing means requires some degree of manual dexterity to operate so as to discourage a child from removing the device from the firearm.
Claims4
A safety device for a firearm, the firearm comprising a trigger, the safety device comprising:
- (a) a frame having a pair of opposed side walls, each having an inner and an outer surface and a rear edge, the frame further also having an end wall interconnecting the side walls along their respective rear edges;
- (b) a first element having a forward portion that extends laterally from the end wall on the frame;
- (c) a second element selectively moveable on the frame, having a forward portion that is complementary in shape, and in opposed relationship, to the forward portion of the first element, a second portion laterally extending from a rear of the forward portion, and a pair of opposed, parallel legs having inner and outer surfaces extending perpendicularly from the second portion;
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- (d) means for securing each of the parallel legs of said second element to the pair of opposed side walls on said frame at a selected distance from said first element so as to engage therebetween, and prevent access to, at least the trigger of the firearm, wherein said securing means comprises the legs being flexibly connected to the second element, creating a tension of opposing forces between the parallel legs and the opposed side walls.
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