Patent ID: 6862829

Claim:
A method for avoiding accidental discharge of a firearm or other trigger-activated device having a trigger guard, comprising: determining a “safe” position for a user of the firearm to place the user's trigger finger while gripping the firearm for use, the position being off of the trigger and on a forward portion of the trigger guard with the trigger finger forwardly-extended such that it can be moved onto the trigger without adjusting the user's grip; providing at least one tactile stimulating surface cue positioned laterally and situated on at least one side of a forward portion of the trigger guard; positioning the cue to provide a stimulus to a user's trigger finger when the firearm is gripped with the user's hand and the trigger finger is in the determined forwardly-extended “safe” position off of the firearm's trigger; gripping the firearm for use with at least one of the user's hands in a manner that allows the trigger finger to be moved, without changing the user's grip, between a first “safe” position off of the trigger and extended forwardly to rest on a corresponding side of a forward portion of the trigger guard on the tactile stimulating surface cue and a second position on a finger-contacting portion of the trigger; and intentionally using the stimulus of the tactile stimulating surface cue as a reminder to keep the trigger finger in the determined “safe” position until ready to move the trigger finger onto the trigger for an “on target,” ready-to-fire position.