Patent ID: 8671605
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: F41C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A firearm comprising an off-trigger locator, the off-trigger locator comprising an elongated raised portion on a frame of the firearm adjacent a trigger of the firearm, the elongated raised portion being fixed in position and non-movable on the frame of the firearm, the raised portion being configured to allow a user of the firearm to sense the raised portion with a trigger finger of the user and to move the trigger finger between the raised portion and the trigger without significant movement of a hand of the user, the raised portion comprising longitudinally opposite first and second ends with longitudinal sides extending between the longitudinally opposite ends and a locator surface arranged between the longitudinal sides, one of the longitudinal sides being adjacent the trigger of the firearm and having a shoulder, the other of the longitudinal sides being spaced from the shoulder by at least a portion of the locator surface, the shoulder projecting away from the frame of the firearm a distance that is greater than a distance that the other of the longitudinal side projects away from the frame of the firearm, wherein the locator surface comprises a circular depression, and wherein the circular depression has a raised dot configured to allow the user of the firearm to sense the raised dot with a trigger finger of the user.