F41A 17/42
Safeties for locking the breech-block or bolt in a safety position
Official title: Safeties for locking the breech-block or bolt in a safety position (F41A17/32, F41A17/36, F41A17/40 take precedence {; anti-rebound arrangements F41A3/70})
F41A17/42 (Safeties for locking the breech-block or bolt in a safety position) appears on 162 US grants and 135 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 162
- Published applications
- 135
- Assignees
- 76
- Inventors
- 205
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 7 | 4 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 10 | 3 |
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| 2018 | 9 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 | 14 |
| 2021 | 13 | 10 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 15 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mechanism disassembly device for weapons with bolt mechanism1 Sep 2026US 12,723,828 B2
- Bolt stop actuator for use in a firearm27 Jan 2026US 12,535,282 B2Diamondback Firearms LLC
- Ammunition convertible firearm20 Jan 2026US 12,529,535 B2Ares Defense Systems, Inc.
- Systems and methods to make safe a firearm21 Oct 2025US 12,449,217 B2Bombach Solutions LLC
- Control element, breechblock stop lever, breechblock carrier, trigger, trigger assembly for an automatic weapon, and an automatic weapon equipped therewith9 Sep 2025US 12,410,979 B2Heckler & Koch GmbH
- Bolt action firearm27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251412 A1
- Safe cocking handle23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210650 A1Fn Herstal S A.
- Ammunition convertible firearm16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202154 A1Ares Defense Systems, Inc.
- Mechanism disassembly device for weapons with bolt mechanism25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177336 A1Ata Silah Sanayi Anonim Sirketi
- Systems and methods to make safe a firearm12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071839 A1Bombach Solutions LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Receiver assembly for firearm86US 7,219,462 B2Rock River Arms, Inc. · 2007
- Firearm with facility for open-bolt and closed-bolt operation58US 7,806,039 B1LWRC International LLC · 2010
- Firearm55US 7,975,595 B2Rmdi, LLC · 2011
- Firearm receiver with ambidextrous functionality55US 8,327,749 B22012
- Safety device for firearms using removable magazines53US 4,619,062 A1986