US 12,007,186 B2
Trigger lock
Brett Eckelkamp, Fulton, MO (US); Michael Cottrell, Ashland, MO (US); Sherry Xu, Ningbo Zhejiang (CN); and Brian Steere, Columbia, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/231,801.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/010,168, filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325135 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. F41A 17/54 (2006.01); F41A 17/02 (2006.01); F41A 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 17/54 (2013.01) [F41A 17/02 (2013.01); F41A 17/04 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trigger lock for a trigger of a firearm, the trigger lock comprising:
a first guard including a bolt having a catch; and
a second guard comprising a housing including an outer face, the housing defining in part a bolt receiver configured to receive the bolt in a first direction to connect the first and second guards in a locked configuration in which the outer face of the housing faces away from the first guard with the trigger between the first and second guards for obstructing access to the trigger, the bolt receiver including a keeper arranged to engage the catch when the first and second guards are in the locked configuration, the second guard including a shield overlying the outer face of the housing and configured to obstruct cutting of the bolt receiver to resist tampering with the trigger lock;
wherein a connection of the shield to the housing is configured to secure the shield against removal from the housing in the first direction when the first and second guards are in an unlocked configuration and the bolt is removed from the bolt receiver, and wherein the connection comprises connection structure configured to prohibit non-destructive removal of the shield from the housing in the first direction by movement of the shield relative to the housing in the first direction when the bolt is removed from the bolt receiver.