US 11,815,323 B2
Adjustable force trigger mechanism
Ivan N. Kolev, Suffield, CT (US); and Joseph D. Salvador, Wilbraham, MA (US)
Assigned to Savage Arms, Inc., Westfield, MA (US)
Filed by Savage Arms, Inc., Westfield, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/229,317.
Application 17/229,317 is a continuation of application No. 16/657,893, filed on Oct. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,976,124, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,372, filed on Oct. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341243 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. F41A 19/16 (2006.01); F41A 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 19/16 (2013.01) [F41A 19/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handgun, comprising a trigger mechanism with a main trigger and a safety trigger, the main trigger having a finger hook portion that depends from a trigger support frame of the handgun, the finger hook portion defining a first slot, the safety trigger being positioned in the first slot and being pivotal about a lower pivot axis that is proximate a lower margin of the finger hook portion, the safety trigger including a stop that precludes rearward movement of the main trigger until the safety trigger has been retracted into the slot, the safety trigger being actuated above the lower pivot axis to rotate the stop rearward about the lower pivot axis.