Firearm with trigger lock guard

• US 5,927,578 A
• Filed: 05/28/1998
• Issued: 07/27/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ira M. Kay
• Original Assignee: Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC (Colt Defense Holding LLC)
• Inventors: Kay, Ira M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jordan, Charles T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHELLIAH, MEENA A
• Application Number:
  US09/086,092
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 42/94, 224/244
• US Class Current: 224/244
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/02 Key-operated safeties F41A17/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/46 Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0209 Pouch or pocket like containers for small arms covering all or most of the small arm
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0263 having a locking system for preventing unauthorized or accidental removal of the small arm from the holster F41C33/0227 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a lock system for firearms whereby an inexpensive, reliable and easy to use locking system is provided as part of a firearm and involves the formation of an opening formed in a strategically located part of the trigger assembly. The opening is appropriately sized and shaped to receive a conventional standard lock having a movable shank which is open and placed through the strategically placed opening in the trigger assembly and thereafter locked in place to affect the inoperative condition of the firearm. The lock can also be mounted as part of a holster which prevents inadvertent firing and removal of the firearm.

Claims

1. A holster comprising:

a housing defining generally a chamber which is shaped to receive the corresponding shape of a firearm;

a lock mechanism disposed on said holster generally adjacent the point where a trigger guard of a firearm would be located when a firearm is seated within said chamber;

said lock mechanism having a spring loaded bell crank which is biased inwardly toward said chamber and includes a projection portion thereon which is displaceable between an outwardly extending position corresponding to a locked condition of said lock mechanism and an inwardly retracted position corresponding to when a firearm is being moved into place within said holster.

2. A holster as defined in claim 1 further characterized by said lock mechanism bell crank is an S-shaped bell crank which has an angled face which faces the opening of said chamber when a firearm is being placed therein.