Patent ID: 7617628

Claim:
A firearm comprising: a frame, and a trigger connected to the frame; a trigger bar having a receiving surface, the trigger bar connected to the trigger for rearwards movement when the trigger is actuated; a firing pin operably disposed in a breech block located on the frame; a sear pivotally connected to the frame about a fulcrum and having forward and rearward portions on opposite sides of the fulcrum, said forward portion being configured for engagement with the trigger bar and said rearward portion being configured for engagement with the firing pin; a sear biasing member operably disposed in the frame for biasing the sear in a first pivotal direction for engaging the firing pin; and a slide operably connected to the frame and having a camming surface on an undersurface thereof; wherein the camming surface engages the receiving surface on the trigger bar upon a movement of the slide in a rearwards direction; and wherein the movement of the slide in a rearwards direction causes the camming surface to exert a lateral force on the trigger bar to bias the trigger bar laterally out of registration with the sear.