Patent ID: 9504477
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A61B,B23B,B25B,B25D,F41A

Claim Text:
1. A removable trigger guard comprising: a body having a U-shaped cross-section, the body having first and second ends and first and second sides extending between the first and second ends, where the second end is closed such that the first and second sides are connected by the second end, and where an opening is defined through the first end to accept a trigger assembly of a powered driver; and a pair of ribs disposed on the first and second sides of the trigger guard, each of the ribs extending outwardly from the respective side and away from the other of the pair of ribs; the ribs configured to be contacted by a thumb of an operator ove the trigger guard from covering portions of the trigger assembly of the powered driver; the trigger guard configured to be removably coupled to the powered driver that includes the trigger assembly, the trigger assembly having an external surface configured to be depressed to activate the powered driver, the first and second sides of the trigger guard configured to cover opposing lateral sides of the trigger assembly and the second end of the trigger guard configured to cover a front of the trigger assembly to prevent the trigger assembly from being depressed and to prevent operation of the powered driver when the trigger guard is coupled to the powered driver; where portions of the first and second sides of the trigger guard form a flush surface with a surface of the handle of the powered driver when the trigger guard is coupled to the powered driver.