IP Library Granted Patent US 11,740,045
Granted Patent B2
US 11,740,045 · App. 17/336,838 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Trigger safety systems and methods

Inventors: Randy Paul Niswander (Oxnard, CA); Michael Lee Parks (Canyon Country, CA)
Assignee: Agency Arms, LLC
F41A17/46
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Patent No.
US 11,740,045
App. No.
17/336,838
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A firearm safety mechanism assembly is provided. The firearm safety mechanism assembly includes a firearm with a receiver, a trigger guard coupled to the firearm, and a housing pin. The firearm safety mechanism assembly includes a trigger safety mechanism. The trigger safety mechanism includes a plate, a rod extending from the plate, a trigger coupled to the rod, and a lever nested within the trigger. The lever includes a lever first end and a lever second end, where the lever rotates between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the lever first end abuts a housing pin.

Claims (39)

1. A trigger safety mechanism, comprising:

a plate with a plate first end and a plate second end;

a rod extending from the plate second end;

a trigger statically coupled to the rod; and

a lever comprising a lever first end and a lever second end, wherein the lever is nested within the trigger and rotatable about a joint anchored in the trigger,

wherein the lever rotates between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the lever abuts a housing pin.

2. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 1 , further comprising a channel extending between the lever and the trigger.

3. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 2 , further comprising a biasing member disposed within the channel.

4. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 3 , wherein the biasing member comprises a resting position and a compressed position.

5. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 4 , wherein the lever is configured to stop trigger rotation when the biasing member is in the resting position.

6. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 2 , wherein the channel further comprising:

A channel first portion within the trigger; and

a channel second portion within the lever.

7. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 1 , further comprising a wedge extending from the trigger.

8. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the plate first end is coupled to a trigger bar.

9. A firearm safety mechanism assembly, comprising:

firearm comprising

a receiver,

a trigger guard coupled to the firearm adjacent to the receiver, and

a housing pin; and

a trigger safety mechanism comprising

a plate with a plate first end and a plate second end,

a rod extending from the plate second end, a trigger statically coupled to the rod, and

a lever nested within the trigger with a lever first end and a lever second end, wherein the lever rotates between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the lever first end abuts the housing pin.

10. The firearm safety mechanism assembly of claim 9 , further comprising:

a channel first portion disposed within the trigger;

a channel second portion disposed within the lever; and

a biasing member disposed between the channel first portion and the channel second portion, wherein the biasing member actuates between a resting position and a compressed position.

11. The firearm safety mechanism assembly of claim 10 , wherein as the biasing member actuates to the resting position, the lever actuates to the first position.

12. The firearm safety mechanism assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a joint disposed through the lever and the trigger about which the lever rotates.

13. The firearm safety mechanism assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a wedge extending from the trigger.

14. The firearm safety mechanism assembly of claim 13 , further comprising:

a trigger pull position; and

a trigger released position, wherein the wedge abuts the receiver in the trigger released position.

15. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the joint anchored in the trigger is disposed at an approximate midpoint between the lever first end and the lever second end.

16. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 1 , wherein in the second position the lever is disengaged from the housing pin.

17. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 1 , wherein applying a partial trigger force to the lever rotates the lever from the first position to the second position, and wherein a continuation of the partial trigger force into a full trigger force rotates the trigger into a trigger pull position.

18. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 3 , wherein the biasing member biases the lever into the first position.

19. The trigger safety mechanism of claim 6 , wherein the channel further comprises a biasing member extending between the channel first portion and the channel second portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2021
From: NISWANDER, RANDY PAUL; PARKS, MICHAEL LEE
To: AGENCY ARMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 057440/0419 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16423790 · May 28, 2019
Provisional Application 62678145 · May 30, 2018
Related Publication 20210341242A1 · Nov 4, 2021
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