F41A 11/04
Articulated or collapsible guns, i.e. with hinged or telescopic parts for transport
Official title: Articulated or collapsible guns, i.e. with hinged or telescopic parts for transport or storage (breakdown shotguns or rifles F41C7/11; folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts F41C23/04)
F41A11/04 (Articulated or collapsible guns, i.e. with hinged or telescopic parts for transport) appears on 117 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 117
- Published applications
- 110
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 122
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Foldable firearm23 Jun 2026US 12,663,236 B2Magpul Industries Corp.
- Charging slide for foldable firearm10 Mar 2026US 12,571,601 B2Smith & Wesson Corp.
- Two-part folding trigger for a folding firearm25 Nov 2025US 12,480,740 B2Magpul Industries Corp.
- Folding firearm26 Aug 2025US 12,398,967 B2Kel-Tec CNC Industries, Inc.
- Foldable firearm15 Jul 2025US 12,359,889 B2Magpul Industries Corp.
- Folding buttstock for firearms with recoil assemblies contained within the buttstock30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334366 A1Law Tactical, LLC
- Concealable pistol21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264287 A1
- Foldable firearm29 May 2025US 2025/0172367 A1Magpul Industries Corp.
- Folding firearm10 Apr 2025US 2025/0116472 A1Kel-Tec CNC Industries, Inc.
- Multi-piece barrel design20 Mar 2025US 2025/0093122 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Folding stock adaptor for military-style assault rifles and a method for its use88US 8,769,855 B22014
- Pivotable shoulder stock and handgun combination84US 7,552,557 B12009
- Firearm stock connector76US 7,162,823 B2RA Brands, L.L.C. · 2007
- Collapsible firearm device67US 5,305,539 A1994
- Take-down rifle65US 5,020,260 AH-S Precision, Inc. · 1991