Patent ID: 8966802
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A trigger assembly for a firearm having a reciprocating component, said trigger assembly comprising: a sear movably mounted within said assembly, said sear having a stop surface engageable with said reciprocating component for holding said reciprocating component in a cocked configuration, said sear further comprising a sear cam; a lever movably mounted within said assembly, said lever having a contact surface, said sear cam engaging said lever; a trigger movably mounted within said assembly, said trigger having an action surface movable into and out of engagement with said contact surface upon motion of said trigger; a spring acting on said lever and biasing said contact surface out of engagement with said action surface; a trigger return pendulum movably mounted within said assembly, said trigger return pendulum having a trigger cam engageable with said trigger, a lever cam engageable with said lever, and a head cam follower engageable with said reciprocating component; wherein motion of said reciprocating component acting through said head cam follower of said trigger return pendulum forces said lever cam into engagement with said lever and said trigger cam into engagement with said trigger to return said lever and said trigger to a configuration of engagement between said action surface and said contact surface.