Patent Document ID: 9207027
Application ID: 14634103
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A rifle lower receiver for dry fire training comprising: a lower receiver body having a trigger well, a magazine well disposed forward of the trigger well, and defining a central receiver plane substantially bisecting the trigger well and the magazine well, the lower receiver body being configured to be assembled with a rifle upper receiver having a chamber and being configured to receive a magazine in the magazine well; and a trigger assembly connected to the lower receiver body and having at least one locked position and a plurality of unlocked positions, the trigger assembly comprising: a trigger with a trigger body portion and a trigger finger portion, the trigger body portion disposed at least partially within the trigger well, wherein the trigger is pivotable about a trigger axis extending substantially perpendicular to the central receiver plane between a first trigger position and a second trigger position when the trigger assembly is in the unlocked position, the trigger being biased towards the first trigger position; a hammer disposed in the trigger well and pivotable about a hammer axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the central receiver plane from a first hammer position to a second hammer position in response to pivoting the trigger from the first trigger position to the second trigger position, and the hammer being biased towards the first hammer position; a gear member disposed at least partially within the trigger well and incrementally rotatable about a gear axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the central receiver plane, the gear member having a plurality of gear teeth and a locking member extending from the gear member; and a pawl pivotably connected to the trigger body portion and extending to operably engage the gear member, wherein pivoting the trigger from the first trigger position to the second trigger position causes the pawl to rotationally advance the gear member one gear increment; and a bolt release lever attached to the lower receiver body and operable between a neutral lever position and a first lever position, wherein moving the bolt release lever from the neutral lever position to the first lever position rotationally advances the gear member one increment, and when the trigger assembly is in the at least one locked position, moving the bolt release lever from the neutral lever position to the first lever position advances the gear member to one of the plurality of unlocked positions; and wherein pivoting the trigger from the first trigger position to the second trigger position a predefined number of times places the trigger assembly in the at least one locked position in which the locking member is aligned to abut the hammer, thereby preventing the trigger from pivoting; and wherein the rifle lower receiver is incapable of firing ammunition.