Safety Lock for Lever Action Firearms

Abstract

A safety lock device for lever action firearms. The safety device has two hardened side plates and transverse hardened pins. The safety lock device must be designed for each specific lever action firearm onto which it is intended to be used in order to insure the most secure fit and the highest confidence in the inability for disabling the device once installed onto the firearm. The combination of the hardened pins and a trigger channel and a separate lever channel for the open lever provide protection against the disabling of the lever action safety lock device.

1 . A safety lock device for a lever action firearm, the firearm having a trigger and a moveable lever moveable to an open position for ejecting spent cartridges from and for allowing the insertion of a new cartridge into a receiver end of a barrel of the lever action firearm, comprising:
 a) a right cover element in abutment with a right hardened plate;   b) a left cover element in abutment with a left hardened plate;   at least one of the right cover element and the left cover element having a lever channel and a trigger channel formed therein;   c) a plurality of pins to align the right cover element, the right hardened plate, with the left cover element, the left hardened plate; and   d) a locking means to insure the secure attachment of the left cover element, the left hardened plate to the right cover element, and the right hardened plate with the trigger and the moveable lever of the lever action firearm in the open position aligned within their respective trigger channel and lever channel.   
     
     
         2 . The safety lock device of  claim 1  wherein the locking means are selected from the group consisting of ratchet locks, “T” headed locks installed on the end of a shaft, cam locks and plunger locks. 
     
     
         3 . The safety lock device of  claim 2  wherein the locking means is a “T” headed lock. 
     
     
         4 . The safety lock device of  claim 1 , wherein the left and right hardened plates consist of a hardened metal alloy. 
     
     
         5 . The safety lock device of  claim 4 , wherein the hardened metal alloy is hardened steel of sufficient strength to prevent the disabling of the safety lock device by a disabling implement. 
     
     
         6 . The safety lock device of  claim 5  wherein the disabling implement is a saw. 
     
     
         7 . The safety lock device of  claim 1  wherein the pins consist of a hardened metal alloy. 
     
     
         8 . The safety lock device of  claim 7  wherein the hardened metal alloy is hardened steel of sufficient strength to prevent the disabling of the safety lock device by a disabling implement. 
     
     
         9 . The safety lock device of  claim 8  wherein the disabling implement is a saw. 
     
     
         10 . The safety lock device of  claim 1  wherein the trigger channel and the lever channel are located within the left cover element. 
     
     
         11 . The safety lock device of  claim 1  wherein the trigger channel and the lever channel are located within the right cover element. 
     
     
         12 . The safety lock device of  claim 1  wherein the trigger channel and the lever channel are located in both the right cover element and the left cover element such that the channels are aligned with each other to receive their respective trigger and open lever. 
     
     
         13 . The safety lock device of  claim 1  wherein each of the plurality of pins has a diameter. 
     
     
         14 . The safety lock device of  claim 13  wherein the combined diameters of the plurality of pins is approximately less that 10% of a surface area of one of the left or right hardened metal plates. 
     
     
         15 . The safety lock device of  claim 1 , wherein the right cover element is over-molded over the right hardened plate.