Firearm trigger assembly

• US 9,170,063 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2011
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John M. Krieger
• Original Assignee: John M. Krieger
• Inventors: Krieger, John M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin P
• Application Number:
  US13/106,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20110277367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• Field of Search: 42/700.4, 42/690.1, 891/36
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/10 Triggers; Trigger mountings
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/16 Adjustable firing mechanisms; Trigger mechanisms with adjustable trigger pull F41A19/17 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

Provided are systems and methods related to firearm trigger assemblies. An open design trigger assembly is provided to allow easier access to the trigger action. The trigger assembly is preferably an override trigger assembly, which may include adjustable trigger travel limiter and trigger bias force. Methods according to the present invention include a first step of removing either a direct-pull or a closed design trigger assembly from a firearm and replacing such removed assembly with an open design override trigger assembly.

Claims

1. A firearm trigger assembly comprising:

a first lever extending between a first lever first end and a first lever second end and wherein said first lever further includes a second-lever engagement means, wherein the first lever and the second-lever engagement means are pivotable about a first lever axis and the first lever and the second-lever engagement means are biased in a first rotational direction about the first lever axis;

a second lever extending between a second lever first end and a second lever second end and including a protrusion extending therefrom, wherein the second lever is pivotable about a second lever axis and the second lever is biased in a second rotational direction about the second lever axis, and further wherein the second lever axis is at least substantially parallel with the first lever axis; and

a third lever extending between a third lever first end and a third lever second end and including a lower rocker surface and an upper pin surface, wherein the third lever is pivotable about a third lever axis, wherein the third lever axis is at least substantially parallel to the first lever axis;

wherein the second-lever engagement means rests in direct contact with the protrusion to prevent rotation of the second lever opposite the second rotational direction, and the third lever is prevented from rotating in a third rotational direction about the third lever axis by the contact of the lower rocker surface with the second lever.

2. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first lever axis is located closer to the first lever second end than to the first lever first end.

3. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 2, wherein the second-lever engagement means is located closer to the first lever first end than to the first lever second end.

4. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second-lever engagement means is located closer to the first lever first end than to the first lever second end.

5. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second-lever engagement means comprises a notch.

6. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion comprises a wedge.

7. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first lever axis and the second lever axis lie in a first plane.

8. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 7, wherein the first lever axis and the third lever axis lie in a second plane, different from the first plane.

9. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 8, wherein the first plane and the second plane are perpendicular to each other.

10. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a support bracket, wherein the first lever is pivotably mounted to the support bracket by a first bearing disposed coaxial with the first lever axis.

11. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 10, wherein the second lever is pivotably mounted to the support bracket by a second bearing disposed coaxial with the second lever axis.

12. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 11, wherein the third lever is pivotably mounted to the support bracket by a third bearing disposed coaxial with the third lever axis.

13. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 10, the support bracket further comprising a mounting yoke.

14. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second rotational direction is eccentric to and opposite of the first rotational direction.

15. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the third rotational direction is eccentric to and opposite of the first rotational direction.

16. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first lever is biased in the first rotational direction about the first lever axis by a spring.

17. A firearm trigger assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second lever is biased in the second rotational direction about the second lever axis by a spring acting on a surface of the second lever located between the second lever axis and the second lever second end.