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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Chong-Kuan Ling, Taipei, TW;
Chun-Shen Wu, Taipei, TW;
Other;
Abstract
A firearm lock includes: a male fastening member having a latch portion extending therefrom, a control device having a biasing button and securable to the male fastening member and a locking mechanism provided in the male fastening member for locking or unlocking the control device; and a female fastening member engageable with the male fastening member to be disposed on opposite sides of a trigger guard of a firearm; the male fastening member having the latch portion rotatably securable in the male fastening member to be engageable with a ratchet catch resiliently mounted in the female fastening member, and the control device controlling the engagement or disengagement of the latch portion with or from the ratchet catch; whereby upon a biasing movement of the biasing button of the control device to disengage the latch portion from the ratchet catch when the locking mechanism is unlocked, the male fastening member will be ergonomically unlocked and separated from the female fastening member without continuously holding (depressing) the biasing button of the control device.