Abstract

In various embodiments, an apparatus comprises a locating optic assembly mount arranged to receive an optic or a bracket on which the optic is installed, wherein the locating optic assembly mount includes: one or more locating fastener openings to receive one or more locating fasteners with threaded sections and non-threaded shoulders, wherein the non-threaded shoulders extend through the optic or bracket and below a surface located below the optic or bracket, each locating fastener opening including: a threaded hole to mate with the threaded section of the corresponding locating fastener; and a counter opening located above the threaded hole, wherein the counter opening is arranged to slip fit with the non-threaded shoulder of the corresponding locating fastener to align a center axis of the locating fastener with a center axis of the locating fastener openings. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories

Abstract

In various embodiments, an apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising an assembly an assembly to operate in a recoil environment in which the assembly is mounted on a device that produces or transmits recoil; wherein at least one part of the assembly is self-lockingly fastened to a mating part, the mating part comprising another part of the assembly, a reciprocating part of a recoil-producing device, or another part of the recoil-producing device; the self-lockingly fastened parts including a threaded opening, and a non-threaded opening over the threaded opening, the non-threaded opening defining: a tapered opening to form a locking taper, or a tapered counter opening arranged to make taper-to-taper contact with a corresponding taper defined by a rotatably-driven part, wherein the threaded hole is arranged to mate with threading defined by the rotatably-driven part. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 21/36 - Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories

Abstract

In various embodiments, an optic assembly mount arranged to receive an optic or a bracket on which the optic is installed, wherein optic assembly mount includes: a first undercut; and wherein an underside of the bracket includes a second undercut to mate with the first undercut; wherein the apparatus further comprises a rotatably driven fastener including a head to forwardly urge the bracket relative to the locating optic assembly mount to interlock the undercuts. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories

Abstract

Some embodiments may include a firearm magazine base pad assembly or magazine extension assembly comprising a top, a bottom, and a cavity between the top and bottom, the cavity for a core or removable insert, the firearm magazine base pad assembly or magazine extension assembly further comprising: means for slidingly receiving a bottom of a magazine, the slidingly receiving means including a channel to receive a lip defined by the bottom of the magazine and tab slots to mate with tabs above the lip; and the core or removable insert located in the cavity. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 9/70 - Arrangements thereon for discharging, e.g. cartridge followers or discharge throats
• F41A 9/71 - Arrangements thereon for varying capacity; Adapters or inserts for changing cartridge size or type

Abstract

An optic guard for a firearm may include: a frame; and a bracket having a first side to attach to a firearm assembly, the bracket integrally formed with the frame or fixably attached to the frame at a second side of the bracket. The frame may be arranged to protect a top and sides of the optic when the first side of the bracket is attached to the firearm assembly. In some embodiments, the second side of the bracket defines an optic attachment, wherein the frame protects the top and sides of the optic when the optic is coupled to the bracket using the optic attachment. In some embodiments, the first side of the bracket may define a protrusion or opening to mate with an opening or protrusion in front of an optic mounting platform.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• F41A 21/30 - Silencers
• F41A 21/32 - Muzzle attachments or glands
• F41A 21/36 - Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction

Abstract

A firearm or firearm retrofit assembly may include a compensation assembly to receive gas expelled from a muzzle of a barrel or an egress in a length of the barrel. The compensation assembly may include one or more gas flow-directing sections to tune the flow of gas through the compensation assembly, which may reduce recoil. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 21/36 - Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction

Abstract

Some embodiments include an optic guard for a firearm, the optic guard including: a frame; and a bracket having a side to attach to a firearm assembly, the bracket integrally formed with the frame or fixably attached to the frame; wherein the frame is arranged to cover part of a front of an optic housing when the side of the bracket is attached to the firearm assembly. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• F41A 21/36 - Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction
• F41A 21/32 - Muzzle attachments or glands
• F41A 21/30 - Silencers

Abstract

In some embodiments, a tunable recoil assembly is provided. The tunable recoil assembly may include a guide rod having a front end, a length, and a rear end; one or more springs around the length of the guide rod; and a removable cap releasably coupled to one of the ends of the guide rod. In some embodiments, the removable cap may be retained using a spring force, and may be slidingly coupled, twistingly coupled, or otherwise releasably coupled to the one of the ends of the guide rod.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 3/80 - Adjustable spring buffers

Abstract

An adapter assembly for mounting an optic on a firearm using nuts mountable on bolts, threaded studs, or threaded posts is provided. The adapter assembly may include a bracket having a bottom section to mount to a firearm assembly, and a top side to receive the optic; wherein the threaded posts are integrally formed on the top side of the bracket, or wherein the bracket includes: pockets arranged to mate with at least part of heads of the bolts or studs, the pockets on a bottom side of the bracket; and through openings to receive shanks of the bolts or a different part of the heads of the bolts, or shanks of the studs. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories

Abstract

A gas block assembly may include a gas block including a gas port to receive gas provided by a gas port of a barrel; a tapered fastener opening; and a tapered fastener insertable in the tapered fastener opening, the tapered fastener including: a length further including a tapered section to contact a sidewall that defines the tapered fastener opening; and means for rotationally driving the tapered fastener into the tapered fastener opening. In other embodiments, an adjustable gas block includes sealing ring(s) on a groove in a rotationally actuated gas metering shaft.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 5/28 - Adjustable systems

Abstract

An adjustable gas block may include an ingress port to receive gas expelled from a gas port located on a firearm barrel, and a front end to receive a gas metering screw, wherein the gas metering screw is drivable into a threaded hole in the front end to at least partially cover the ingress port with an end of the gas metering screw to restrict a flow of the gas, according to various embodiments. In some embodiments, a columnar sidewall of the head of the gas metering screw may include a circumferential marking alignable with an alignment feature of the front end of the adjustable firearm gas block to set a predefined gas flow restriction. In some embodiments, the adjustable gas block may include a columnar projection with a section alignable with an individual one of the indentations or bumps to preserve a rotational position of the gas metering screw.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 5/28 - Adjustable systems
• F41A 5/26 - Arrangements or systems for bleeding the gas from the barrel

Goods & Services

Component parts for guns, namely, firearm muzzle compensators; component parts for guns, namely, firearm muzzle compensators featuring a mounting system; component parts for guns, namely, firearm attachments in the nature of compensators featuring a mounting system; component parts for guns, namely, firearm muzzle brakes; component parts for guns, namely, firearm recoil compensators; firearm parts and accessories, namely, muzzle compensators, muzzle brakes and recoil compensators

Abstract

A firearm or a firearm retrofit assembly to provide the firearm with gas compensation to reduce recoil, wherein a barrel of the firearm or firearm retrofit assembly includes a length having an egress for gas propelled from a chamber inside the barrel, the firearm or a firearm retrofit assembly includes a compensation device to mount in front or behind a front wall of a slide associated with the barrel, the compensation device including: a first side having an opening arranged to fit around a length of the barrel; and a second different side having an opening to expose the egress of the length of the bore.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 21/36 - Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction
• F41A 21/30 - Silencers
• F41A 21/32 - Muzzle attachments or glands
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories

Abstract

An optic guard for a firearm may include: a frame; and a bracket having a first side to attach to a firearm assembly, the bracket integrally formed with the frame or fixably attached to the frame at a second side of the bracket. The frame may be arranged to protect a top and sides of the optic when the first side of the bracket is attached to the firearm assembly. In some embodiments, the second side of the bracket defines an optic attachment, wherein the frame protects the top and sides of the optic when the optic is coupled to the bracket using the optic attachment. In some embodiments, the first side of the bracket may define a protrusion or opening to mate with an opening or protrusion in front of an optic mounting platform.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories

Abstract

A barrel-mountable accessory to couple to a muzzle end of a firearm barrel, including: a first side having an opening arranged to fit around the muzzle end of the barrel; and a second different side having a taper pin opening; and a taper pin insertable into the taper pin opening of the barrel-mountable accessory, wherein the taper pin includes: a length including a first region arranged to mate with a taper interface provided on the muzzle end of the barrel; the length further including a second region to contact a sidewall that defines the taper pin opening of the second side; and means for driving the taper pin into the taper pin opening, wherein the driving means is located on an end of the taper pin.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• F41A 21/30 - Silencers
• F41A 21/32 - Muzzle attachments or glands
• F41A 21/36 - Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction

Abstract

ABSTRACT Some embodiments include an optic guard to protect an optic of a firearm assembly and the housing of said optic. In one embodiment, the optic guard includes mounting section to couple to a firearm assembly independently of the housing of said optic, and a frame arranged to protect the optic, in which the frame may be arranged to protect top and sides of the housing of said optic. In another embodiment, the optic guard includes a bracket having a first side to attach to a firearm assembly and a second side defining an optic attachment, and a frame on the mounting section in which the frame may be arranged to protect the optic and top and sides of the housing of said optic. CA 3069722 2020-01-24

IPC Classes  ?

• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• F41A 21/36 - Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction
• F41A 35/00 - Accessories or details not otherwise provided for

Abstract

ABSTRACT Some embodiments described herein include a slide assembly defining a gas port to provide a firearm with gas compensation to reduce recoil, an optic mounting platform, and/or an alignment system to restrict movement of the muzzle end of the barrel within a plane perpendicular to a bore axis of the barrel and prevent rotational movement of the barrel relative to the slide. CA 3069719 2020-01-24

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 25/00 - Gun mountings permitting recoil or return to battery, e.g. gun cradles; Barrel buffers or brakes
• F41A 21/36 - Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction

Abstract

In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises an overmold charging handle having dimensions including a total length and a total width, wherein the overmold charging handle comprises: a shaft assembly including a first end to insert into a receiver of a firearm and a second end opposite the first end, the second end of the shaft assembly including a head, wherein a width of the head is less than the total width of the overmold charging handle; a latch to prevent movement of the shaft assembly away from the receiver when in a closed position; and a first material-cored handle fastened to the second end of the shaft assembly, the first material-cored handle comprising: an exterior of a second different material, the exterior exposing a section of a recessed core of the first material-cored handle. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 3/72 - Operating handles or levers; Mounting thereof in breech-blocks or bolts
• F41A 35/06 - Adaptation of guns to both right and left hand use
• F41A 3/66 - Breech housings or frames; Receivers

Abstract

In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises an overmold charging handle having dimensions including a total length and a total width, wherein the overmold charging handle comprises: a shaft assembly including a first end to insert into a receiver of a firearm and a second end opposite the first end, the second end of the shaft assembly including a head, wherein a width of the head is less than the total width of the overmold charging handle; a latch to prevent movement of the shaft assembly away from the receiver when in a closed position; and a first material-cored handle fastened to the second end of the shaft assembly, the first material-cored handle comprising: an exterior of a second different material, the exterior exposing a section of a recessed core of the first material-cored handle. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 3/72 - Operating handles or levers; Mounting thereof in breech-blocks or bolts
• F41A 35/06 - Adaptation of guns to both right and left hand use
• F41A 3/66 - Breech housings or frames; Receivers

Goods & Services

Firearms; accessories for firearms, namely, handguards, charging handles for guns, and scope gun mounts Clothing, namely, t-shirts and hats

Goods & Services

Firearms; accessories for firearms, namely, handguards, charging handles for guns, and scope gun mounts

Goods & Services

Firearms; accessories for firearms, namely, handguards, charging handles for guns, and scope gun mounts

Abstract

A charging handle includes a shaft, a front end that is operably coupled to a firearm bolt carrier, and a head that is located on an opposite end of the shaft from the front end. One or more ventilation features may be located in a first half of the length of the shaft proximate to the front end of the charging handle to prohibit exhaust that travels from the front end along the upper surface and/or side surfaces of the shaft from reaching the rear of the firearm and/or the head of the charging handle.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 3/72 - Operating handles or levers; Mounting thereof in breech-blocks or bolts
• F41A 13/00 - Cooling or heating systems; Blowing-through of gun barrels; Ventilating systems

Abstract

A charging handle includes a shaft, a front end that is operably coupled to a firearm bolt carrier, and a head that is located on an opposite end of the shaft from the front end. One or more ventilation features may be located in a first half of the length of the shaft proximate to the front end of the charging handle to prohibit exhaust that travels from the front end along the upper surface and/or side surfaces of the shaft from reaching the rear of the firearm and/or the head of the charging handle.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 3/72 - Operating handles or levers; Mounting thereof in breech-blocks or bolts
• F41A 13/00 - Cooling or heating systems; Blowing-through of gun barrels; Ventilating systems

Goods & Services

Firearm and firearm accessories which attach to a firearm, namely, [ charging handles, ] lower receivers [, safety selectors, barrels, and bolt carriers ]

Goods & Services

Firearm and firearm accessories which attach to a firearm, namely, lower receivers

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide firearm receiver with ambidextrous features. Some of these features include a bolt-locking mechanism on a firearm receiver that is configured to allow an operator to clear jams while maintaining hold of a firing grip. The bolt-locking mechanism may include a linking mechanism configured to manipulate a bolt-catch device in response to activation of a magazine release button on a firearm receiver. Other features include an ambidextrous magazine release mechanism on a firearm receiver that is configured to allow an operator to release an inserted magazine while maintaining hold of a firing grip with either hand. The magazine release mechanism may include a linking mechanism configured to manipulate a magazine catch device in response to activation of either a right-handed magazine release button or a left-handed magazine release lever that pivots on an external fulcrum on a firearm receiver.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 19/64 - Electric firing mechanisms for automatic or burst-firing mode