Patent ID: 8720096
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A single action, semi-automatic handgun comprising: a slide slidably coupled to a frame of the handgun and movable relative to the frame between an in-battery position and an out-of-battery position; a firing pin assembly disposed in a hollow interior of the slide generally at a breech end of the slide; a trigger bow assembly disposed in the frame of the handgun below the slide, the trigger bow assembly comprising a trigger bow configured for reciprocating sliding motion in a plane generally parallel to the movement of the slide, the trigger bow having first and second longitudinal ends, the trigger bow first longitudinal end being operatively connected to a trigger of the handgun and the trigger bow second longitudinal end having a mount configured to receive a trigger bow lever, the trigger bow lever being movable in the trigger bow mount relative to the trigger bow between a sear pin pre-engagement position and a sear pin pre-release position, the trigger bow lever being urged to the sear pin pre-engagement position with a sear reset spring; a sear assembly disposed in the frame of the handgun below the slide, the sear assembly comprising a sear, the sear having a tab at a first end and a sear pin at an opposite second end, the sear being movable between a cocked position in which the sear tab engages the firing pin assembly and discharge position in which the sear tab disengages the firing pin assembly, the sear being urged to the cocked position with a sear spring, wherein the sear is in the cocked position when the trigger bow lever is in the sear pin pre-engagement position and the sear is in the discharge position when the trigger bow lever approaches the sear pin pre-release position; and wherein the trigger bow lever engages the sear pin in a manner to move the sear from the cocked position to the discharge position as the trigger bow lever moves from the sear pin pre-engagement position to the sear pin pre-release position.