Trigger safety device for firearms

US7377067B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Walther GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Martin Werner · Langenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 2006
• Grant date: May 27, 2008
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A17/54
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

For a trigger safety device 100 for firearms comprising a trigger 110 which is adapted for rotary reciprocation about a fulcrum 111 and whose free end is protected by a trigger guard 120, accidental firing is prevented in that a safety slide 130 is mounted on the trigger guard 120 for reciprocal displacement between a first end position 122 and a second end position 123 such that said trigger 110 is freely pivotal in a first end position 122 of the safety slide 130 and is blocked in a second end position 123 of the safety slide 130 respectively.