Simplified firearm lock
OwnerChong-Kuan Linginventor
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Abstract
A simplified firearm lock includes: a male fastening member having a latch formed thereon, a female fastening member having a catch engageable with the latch of the male fastening member to be disposed on opposite sides of a trigger guard of a firearm or handgun, and a locking device provided in the female fastening member for preventing the disengagement of the catch of the female fastening member from the latch of the male fastening member for locking the two fastening members and the trigger of the firearm, whereby upon unlocking of the locking device, the catch will be disengaged from the latch for separating the two fastening members for unlocking the trigger of the firearm.
Claims4
A firearm lock comprising:
- a male fastening member having a latch formed thereon;
- a female fastening member corresponding to said male fastening member and having a catch resiliently held in said female fastening member for normally engaging said latch of said male fastening member for locking a trigger guard and a trigger of a firearm;
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- a locking means formed in said female fastening member for preventing disengagement of said catch from said latch for locking the male and female fastening members;
- said locking means including an actuating lever pivotally mounted in said female fastening member and normally engageable with said catch;
- whereby upon unlocking of said locking means, said actuating lever operatively retracts said catch from said latch for unlocking said male and female fastening members;
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- wherein said locking means includes:
- a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatable mounted on a bolt longitudinally formed in a female cover of said female fastening member, a tensioning spring normally urging a head portion of the bolt outwardly to contact said actuating lever which is pivotally mounted in and protruded outwardly from the female cover, said sleeves retarding an inward depression of said bolt when locked and allowing a depression of said bolt when unlocked, and a seesaw lever pivotally linked with the actuating lever and operatively retracting the catch to be disengaged from the latch upon depression of the actuating lever when the locking means is unlocked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.