Patents

US 12687361 B2: Trigger assembly for a firearm

Granted
2026-07-21
Filed
2024-02-01 application 18430297
Type
Utility · 9 claims
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Abstract

A trigger assembly for a firearm has a frame, a trigger element pivotally connected to the frame and having a trigger lever operable for movement between a forward released position and a rearward actuated position, a hammer pivotally connected to the frame and movable between a cocked position and a striking position, a shroud element pivotally connected to the frame and having a shroud lever operable for movement between a forward disabling position and a rearward enabling position, a link pivotally connected to the frame and having a first portion operably interfacing the reciprocating action element and a second portion operably interfacing the shroud element, and the link being operable when the reciprocating action element moves from the rear recoil position to the forward battery position to motivate the shroud element from the rearward enabling position to the forward disabling position.

Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 (ipgb20260721.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
FRANKLIN ARMORY HOLDINGS, INC. 27 patentsUS company or organizationMinden, NVPTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Ryan Paul FellowsHollister, CA25PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
F41AFunctional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, e.g. cannons; mountings for smallarms or ordnanceF41A19/10PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2024-02-01Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
FELLOWS, RYAN PAUL signed 2024-02-01FRANKLIN ARMORY HOLDINGS, INC. MINDEN, NV66487/527PASDL, file of 2026-08-13

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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