IP Library Granted Patent US 11,385,009
Granted Patent B2
US 11,385,009 · App. 16/595,336 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Firearms trigger assembly

Inventors: Billie Cyril Hudson, III (Georgetown, TX); Lauren Hudson (Georgetown, TX); Mark Thomas Hammond (Elizabethtown, KY); Marlin Ray Jiranek, II (Elizabethtown, KY); David Orla Matteson (Horse Cave, KY)
Assignee: DANIEL DEFENSE, LLC
F41A17/46F41A19/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,385,009
App. No.
16/595,336
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A translational yoked trigger for a firearm has an integral trigger safety.

Claims (7)

1. A translational trigger assembly for a firearm, the translational trigger assembly comprising:

a trigger housing having a trigger piece receiving slot and a receptacle;

a trigger safety at least partially disposed within the trigger piece receiving slot and pivotally attached to the trigger housing about a bottom of the trigger housing such that an upper portion of the trigger safety rotates rearward when the trigger safety is pulled, wherein the trigger safety comprises a cam;

a trigger yoke connected to the trigger housing, wherein the cam is configured to rotate rearward and engage the trigger yoke to cause the trigger yoke to translate linearly rearward towards a fire control assembly when the trigger safety is pulled; and

a spring disposed in the receptacle and configured to bias the cam away from the trigger yoke.

2. The translational trigger assembly of claim 1 , wherein the trigger housing and trigger safety comprise pin bores disposed about the bottom of the trigger housing and a bottom of the trigger safety, and wherein a pin is disposed through the pin bores.

3. The translational trigger assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a setscrew disposed within the trigger housing and configured to translate rearward with the trigger safety towards the fire control assembly when the trigger safety is pulled.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: DANIEL DEFENSE, LLC (SUCCESSOR BY CONVERSION TO DANIEL DEFENSE, INC.)
To: FIRST CAROLINA BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 063050/0430 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2020
From: SKUNK LABS, LLC
To: DANIEL DEFENSE, LLC
Reel/Frame 054705/0190 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2020
From: HUDSON, BILLIE CYRIL, III; HUDSON, LAUREN HONOR; HAMMOND, MARK THOMAS; JIRANEK, MARLIN RAY, II; MATTESON, DAVID ORLA
To: SKUNK LABS, LLC
Reel/Frame 054652/0251 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15700758 · Sep 11, 2017
Provisional Application 62398232 · Sep 22, 2016
Related Publication 20200149834A1 · May 14, 2020
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