Patent ID: 6298594
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
An interchangeable trigger system for a firearm having a frame defining opposed sides and having a trigger guard, comprising:(a) a trigger element adapted for assembly within a firearm and when in assembly with the firearm having forward and rearward linear trigger movement;(b) a trigger mount being disposed in fixed relation with said trigger element and defining a mounting seat having an interlocking mount geometry;(c) a plurality of trigger shoe elements each defining a finger engaging portion for engagement by a finger of a user of the firearm and each being of differing dimension and configuration, each of said plurality of trigger shoe elements having a matching interlocking mount geometry for interfitting interlocking relation with said interlocking mount geometry of said mounting seat, said interlocking mount geometry and said matching interlocking mount geometry having interengaging structure permitting assembly and removal of each of said trigger shoe elements only by sidewise lateral movement of each of said trigger shoe elements toward either side of said frame relative to said interlocking mount geometry and preventing assembly and removal of each of said trigger shoe elements with respect to said interlocking mount geometry in any other direction of relative movement when the trigger element is in assembly with the firearm; and(d) means retaining a selected one of said plurality of trigger shoe elements in assembly with said trigger mount.