Improvements in or relating to Rifles, Guns, and other Firearms.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Rifles, Guns, and other Firearms.
I, HENRY GRENDON TIPPET of 292 Vauxhall Road, Liverpool in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
In the case of rifles, guns, and other firearms, the recoil of the gun in firing
causes the trigger guard to come in violent contact with the middle finger
of the firer's hand; the result being that the fingers are liable to be cut or
bruised.
Now my invention has for its object to avoid this, and is designed to provide a
cushion or pad which prevents the fingers of the firer's hand being cut or bruised
by such recoil.
In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to provide the trigger
guard at or about the place where the finger or fingers rest with a pneumatic
cushion or sheath of india rubber or any other suitable material, thus instead of
a hard unyielding or even sharp metal trigger guard which is liable to hurt the
fingers after much use, a trigger guard is produced with a resilient cushion or
pad which cannot hurt, cut or chafe the fingers as has been the case hitherto..
The cushion may be mounted on or provided with a metal plate formed with clips
or other means whereby it can easily be attached to any existing firearms or
detached therefrom.
I have described the above way in which my invention may be carried into
effect, but I wish it understood that having once given the general idea I do not.
limit myself to the use of a pneumatic cushion, as a rubber cushion or a cushion of.
any suitable material might be employed.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1895.
G. C. DYMOND,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Rifles, Guns, and other Firearms.
I, HENRY GRENDON TIPPET of 292 Vauxhall Road, Liverpool in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained.
in and by the following statement :-
In the case of rifles, guns and other firearms, the recoil of the gun in firing
causes the trigger guard to come in violent contact with the middle finger
of the firer's hand, the result being that the fingers are liable to be cut or
bruised.
Now my invention has for its object to avoid this, and is designed to provide a
cushion or pad which prevents the fingers of the firer's hand being cut or bruised.
by such recoil.
The invention will be understood from the following description reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 shows my invention applied to a rifle;

page_text: Figure 2 is a perspective view of the cushion and a portion of the trigger
guard;
Figure 3 a longitudinal section through the cushion, and
Figure 4 a perspective view of the cushion alone, detached from the guard.
In these figures, A is the trigger guard, and B the cushion or sheath of india-
rubber or any other suitable material. This cushion B is fastened to the trigger
guard at the place where the finger or fingers rest, and thus instead of a hard
unyielding, or even sharp metal trigger guard, which is liable to hurt the fingers
after much use, a trigger guard is provided with a resilient cushion or pad which
cannot hurt, cut or chafe the fingers as has been the case hitherto.
The
cushion B may be provided with clips C which can be bent over the trigger
guard so as to hold it in place thereon, or other means may be provided whereby
the cushion can be easily attached to any existing trigger guard or detached
therefrom.
In the drawings, the cushion B is formed with a hollow depression b at the rear
adapted to increase the resiliency of the cushion and make it softer than a solid pad
could possibly be. I wish it to be understood however that I do not confine
myself to this exact construction, as instead of forming it with the hollow depression,
it may be made solid, or may be made hollow to contain air at normal pressure or
by inflation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―
1. A rifle, gun or other like firearm, the trigger guard of which is provided at or
about the part where the fingers rest with a rubber or other cushion or sheath for
the purpose set forth.
2. A gun, rifle or other like firearm, in which the trigger guard is provided at
the place where the finger or fingers rest, with a cushion or pad, said cushion or
pad being made of solid rubber or with a hollow depression, such as b, to increase
the resiliency of the cushion, or of hollow rubber adapted to contain air, either at
normal pressure or under compression, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3. The manufacture of a trigger guard recoil cushion or sheath for absorbing the
recoil of firearms and preventing the trigger guard coming in violent contact with
the firer's hand substantially as set forth.
4. The special form for the purpose set forth of recoil cushions, substantially as
herein before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of March 1896.
G. C. DYMOND,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.