Patent ID: 9644913
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. A trigger assembly for cocking and releasing a firing mechanism of a firearm, the trigger assembly having a trigger and comprising: a trigger housing having a front, back, top, and bottom, the trigger housing comprising two spaced side plate elements mountable below the firing mechanism and a trigger assembly body therebetween a portion of the two spaced vertical plate elements; a sear pivotally mounted between the plate elements and releasably engagable with a portion of the firing mechanism and moveable between a first position wherein the sear secures the firing mechanism in a cocked position and a second position wherein the sear permits the firing mechanism to be released; a sear block pivotally mounted between the plate elements and having a distal portion releasably engageable with a portion of the sear, the sear block comprising at least one tab extending therefrom a side face of the sear block; and a trigger lever pivotally mounted between the plate elements adjacent the sear block in side-by-side relation, wherein a proximal portion of the trigger lever is connected with a portion of the trigger, and wherein the trigger lever and the sear block have a pivot point that is substantially the same, the trigger lever having a distal portion that extends upwardly a predetermined distance less than the distal portion of the sear block; wherein, actuation of the trigger causes the trigger lever to rotate forward toward the at least one tab of the sear block, and wherein further actuation of the trigger causes the trigger lever to engage the at least one tab and move the sear block forward and out of engagement with the sear, which in turn permits the sear to move from the first position to the second position.