Trigger guard plug

Abstract

A trigger plug or device that will be deformable enough to be compressively interfit into or within the area of a weapon's trigger guard so as to be positioned on both sides of and enclose or encase the trigger yet be able to be pushed out of its position in a fluid manner by an index finger of a shooter pushing on a surface of a front projection thereby ejecting the device with the finger coming to rest against a now exposed trigger.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A removable trigger guard plug for use with a weapon having a trigger that is operatively located within a trigger guard that can be pushed out of a plug position as part of a fluid shooting motion, comprising:
 an outer wall having front and rear sides;   forward and rearward projections extending laterally away from the front side of the outer wall for a predetermined distance, the forward projection having a front surface; and   at least one recess defined between the forward and rearward projections with at least the forward projection compressively inter fitting within a space within an interior of the trigger guard of the weapon forward of the trigger so that the trigger is enclosed by the recess, and so that a shooter's trigger finger can push against the front surface of the forward projection to dislodge the trigger plug thereby exposing the trigger.   
     
     
         2 . The trigger guard plug of  claim 1  wherein the rear side of the outer wall is substantially flat. 
     
     
         3 . The trigger guard plug of  claim 1  wherein the outer wall extends over at least a portion of an outer periphery of the trigger guard. 
     
     
         4 . The trigger guard plug of  claim 1  wherein the trigger plug is an integrally molded structure. 
     
     
         5 . The trigger guard plug of  claim 1  wherein a bottom wall is formed to span across a bottom of each of the forward and rearward projections and across a bottom of the at least one recess. 
     
     
         6 . The trigger guard plug of  claim 1  further including a plurality of flanges that extend radially from portions of each of the forward and rearward projections. 
     
     
         7 . The trigger guard plug of  claim 1  further including a plurality of flanges that extend outwardly from selected portions of front and rear edges of the trigger guard plug. 
     
     
         8 . The trigger guard plug of  claim 1  wherein the forward projection includes a front surface. 
     
     
         9 . The trigger guard plug as in  claim 8  wherein the front surface includes a shaped recess. 
     
     
         10 . The trigger guard plug of  claim 1  wherein the trigger plug is formed from a deformable material. 
     
     
         11 . A compressive trigger guard plug comprising:
 a wall member having front and rear surfaces;   a pair of members extending outwardly from the front surface so as to define a slot there between;   at least a first of the pair of members having selected outer surfaces that compressively inter fit within a weapon trigger guard between a front surface of a trigger and inner surfaces of the trigger guard; and   the other of the pair of members inter fitting within the trigger guard and a rear surface of the trigger and compressively against a portion of an inner surface of the trigger guard   
     
     
         12 . The trigger guard plug as in  claim 11  wherein the other of the pair of members compressively inter fits against an elongated portion the inner surface of the trigger guard. 
     
     
         13 . The trigger guard plug as in  claim 11  wherein the other of the pair of members is spaced rearwardly from the rear surface of the trigger. 
     
     
         14 . The trigger guard plug as in  claim 11  further including a web member inter connecting bottom surfaces of the pair of members. 
     
     
         15 . A method of safely securing a trigger of a weapon with a device and to fluidly eject the device to expose the trigger comprising the steps of:
 forming a device from a deformable material;   providing forward and rearward projections with the forward projection having an exposed front surface   compressively inter-fitting the deformable device within a weapon trigger guard and around the front and rear of a trigger;   forming the exposed front surface with a defined portion; and   pushing against the defined portion and fluidly ejecting the device from its plugged position while simultaneously freeing and exposing the trigger.