Patent ID: 7430826

Claim:
A safety device for a revolver comprising: a revolver having a revolving cylinder, a trigger, and a barrel, said cylinder having at least one chamber with a front opening; a trigger lock assembly including a pair of side members and a lock for releasably affixing the side members together on opposite sides of the revolver for blocking access to the trigger of the revolver, at least one of the side members including a pin receiving hole; a cylinder block having a leg extending into the front opening of the chamber of the revolver and remaining external to the barrel of the revolver for securing the revolver, said cylinder block including a body with a base that has an aperture and that extends between the side members, and said cylinder block being rigid formed of at least one of metal, steel, hardened steel, hardened metal, titanium, stamped metal and wire; and a fastener attaching the cylinder block to the assembly, the fastener being a pin extending through the aperture into the pin receiving hole, the pin having a headless end for allowing the cylinder block to slide off the pin when the side assemblies are released from each other and the revolver; said leg of said cylinder block is of a predetermined length and said barrel of said revolver is of a predetermined length, and wherein said predetermined length of said leg is less then said predetermined length of said barrel.