Laser gunsight system for a firearm trigger guard
AssigneeCrimson Trace Corporation
InventorsLewis A. Danielson, Daniel Lee Hughes
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Abstract
The present invention provides a sighting device for a firearm having a trigger guard, a frame with an underside portion forward of the trigger guard, and a handgrip with a front strap. The sighting device has a body having a first portion including an illumination device. The body defines an engagement feature operable term the bubbly connectivity for portion of the trigger guard. The body has an elongated extension portion that extends from the first portion. The extension portion is shaped to underlie a lower portion of the trigger guard from the first portion to the front strap. The extension portion has a free end including a switch, and the extension portion includes a conductor operably connecting the switch to the illumination device.
Claims29
A sighting device for a firearm having a trigger guard, a frame with an underside portion forward of the trigger guard, and a handgrip with a front strap, the sighting device comprising:
- a body having a first portion including an illumination device;
- the body defining an engagement feature operable to removably connect to and closely encircle a forward portion of the trigger guard to create a clamping action about the trigger guard;
- the body having an elongated extension portion extending from the first portion;
- the extension portion shaped to wrap a bottom surface and left and right sides of the trigger guard from the first portion to the front strap;
- the extension portion having a free end including a switch;
- the switch having electrical contacts located below the lower portion of the trigger guard and being electrically connected to electrical contacts at the forward portion of the trigger guard;
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- the extension portion including an electrical conductor operably connecting the switch to the illumination device.
A sighting device for a firearm having a trigger guard, a frame with an underside, and a handgrip with a front strap, the sighting device comprising:
- a body closely encircling at least a portion of the trigger guard and having a rear portion closely conforming to a portion of the front strap;
- a switch mounted on the body's rear portion;
- the switch having electrical contacts located below the trigger guard and being electrically connected to electrical contacts forward of the trigger guard;
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- an illumination device connected to the body.
A sighting device for a firearm having a frame having an underside, a trigger guard, and a handgrip having a front strap, the sighting device comprising:
- a body having a front portion configured to closely conform to a portion of the frame's underside;
- the body having a middle portion configured to wrap the trigger guard's bottom, left, and right sides and to closely encircle a forward portion of the trigger guard;
- the body having a rear portion configured to closely conform to a portion of the front strap immediately below the trigger guard;
- a laser device connected to the body;
- a switch mounted on the body's rear portion;
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- the switch having electrical contacts located below the trigger guard and being electrically connected to electrical contacts forward of the trigger guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.