Torrey Ruffin

US Patent:

20130312306, Nov 28, 2013

Filed:

May 6, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/887477

Inventors:

Torrey S. Ruffin - Flint MI, US

International Classification:

F41A 17/06

US Classification:

42 7007

Abstract:

A trigger lock for a gun having a trigger and a trigger guard. The trigger lock has a first housing part and a second housing part and at least one of the parts includes a shackle which is insertable through the trigger guard so that the housing parts are on opposite sides of the trigger guard and so that the shackle prevents actuation of the trigger. A latch is mounted to one of the housing parts and movable between a locked and an unlocked position. In its locked position, the latch engages the shackle and secures the housing parts together. Conversely, in the unlocked position, the latch releases the shackle so that the housing parts may be separated from each other. A fingerprint scanner on one of the housing parts generates an output signal when swiped by a fingerprint. That signal is received by a processor programmed to identify one or more authorized users of the gun and, when the authorized user fingerprint swipe is identified, activates a mechanism to move the latch to the unlocked position.