Trigger and hammer for automatic and semi-automatic rifles
AssigneeColt's Manufacturing Company Inc.
InventorsKevin Audibert, Kevin Langevin
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Abstract
An automatic or semi-automatic firearm including a trigger having a frame, at least one trigger sear extending from the frame, and a hammer having a hammer pivot axis, a head and at least one hammer sear disposed on a lateral side of the hammer between the hammer pivot axis and the head, wherein the frame includes a pivot axis and the at least one trigger sear includes a trigger sear surface, the at least one trigger sear extending from the frame such that the at least one trigger sear engages a corresponding one of the at least one hammer sear.
Claims15
An automatic or semi-automatic firearm comprising:
- a trigger having a frame;
- at least one trigger sear extending from the frame;
- and
- a hammer having a hammer pivot axis, a striking surface and at least one hammer sear extending away from a lateral side of the hammer between the hammer pivot axis and the head in a direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the hammer, wherein and with respect to the hammer pivot axis, the at least one hammer sear extends away from the lateral side of the hammer prior to the striking surface extending from the hammer;
- wherein the frame includes a pivot axis and the at least one trigger sear includes a trigger sear surface, the at least one trigger sear extending from the frame such that the at least one trigger sear engages a corresponding one of the at least one hammer sear.
An automatic or semi-automatic firearm comprising:
- a receiver;
- and
- a fire control group located at least in part within the receiver, the fire control group including a trigger having at least one trigger sear, a hammer having an elongated frame, a hammer pivot axis at one end and a striking surface at an opposite end and at least one hammer sear extending from a lateral side of the elongated frame between the hammer pivot axis and the striking surface in a direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the hammer, wherein the at least one hammer sear extends from the lateral side prior to the location of the striking surface on the hammer frame;
- wherein the at least one trigger sear extends along a portion of the lateral side of the hammer frame to engage a corresponding one of the at least one hammer sear.
An automatic or semi-automatic firearm comprising:
- a receiver;
- and
- a fire control group located at least in part within the receiver, the fire control group including a trigger having at least one trigger sear, a hammer having an elongated frame and at least one hammer sear extending from a lateral side of the elongated frame in a direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the hammer;
- wherein the at least one trigger sear extends along a portion of the lateral side of the hammer frame to engage a corresponding one of the at least one hammer sear, wherein the at least one hammer sear is a pair of hammer sears each extending away from opposite lateral sides of the hammer frame in the direction that is parallel to the axis of rotation of the hammer and the at least one trigger sear comprises two trigger sears configured to straddle the hammer for engaging a respective one of the pair of hammer sears.
An automatic or semi-automatic firearm, comprising:
- a trigger having at least one trigger sear;
- and a hammer having an elongated frame, a hammer pivot axis, a striking surface and at least one hammer sear extending from a lateral side of the elongated frame between the hammer pivot axis and the striking surface in a direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the hammer, wherein the at least one hammer sear extends from the lateral side prior to the location of the striking surface on the elongated frame;
- wherein the at least one trigger sear extends along a portion of the lateral side of the hammer frame to engage the at least one hammer sear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.