Patent ID: 6209251
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A firearm safety device for a firearm including a trigger and a trigger guard over the trigger, the device comprising first and second trigger blocking members adapted to engage and lock to each other around the trigger guard and prevent access to the trigger, the first blocking member being formed with a passage and the second blocking member being provided with a spindle formed with a rack of ratchet teeth and fitting into the passage, the first blocking member comprising:(i) a ratchet rider member having a ratchet toothed surface complementary to the ratchet-teeth of the spindle;(ii) means for coupling the rider member comprising:(a) a compression coil spring mounted on one end to the rider member at a side opposite to the ratchet-toothed surface, the coil spring being anchored at an opposite end for urging the ratchet member against the ratchet-toothed spindle when the spindle is inserted into the passage; and(b) pin-and-slot means configured to guide both a reciprocating movement of the rider member in a direction normal to the axis of the spindle and a rotational movement of the rider member about the pin of the pin-and-slot means; and(iii) immobilizing means for selectively securing the rider member in a ratchet teeth engaging position with the spindle.