F41C 27/06
Adaptations of smallarms for firing grenades
Official title: Adaptations of smallarms for firing grenades, e.g. rifle grenades, or for firing riot-control ammunition; Barrel attachments therefor (signal pistols F41C3/02)
F41C27/06 (Adaptations of smallarms for firing grenades) appears on 100 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Weapon-Mountable Breaching Tool28 May 2026US 2026/0146821 A1Set Point Solutions, LLC
- Grenade launcher23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110519 A1Ceska Zbrojovka A.S.
- Bullet Capturing Ballistic Slugs5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063403 A1Alternative Ballistics
- Bullet capturing ballistic slugs22 Feb 2024US 2024/0060756 A1Alternative Ballistics
- Bullet Capturing Ballistic Slugs20 Jul 2023US 2023/0228547 A1Alternative Ballistics
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for attaching a supplemental device to a minimally altered host firearm79US 6,134,823 AR/M Equipment, Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for attaching a supplemental device to an unaltered host firearm60US 5,930,935 AR/M Equipment, Inc. · 1999
- Grenade launcher attachment for infantry weapon58US 4,689,911 ANapco Industries, Inc. · 1987
- Apparatus for reconfiguring automatic rifle to include grenade launching function52US 4,733,489 AR/M Equipment, Inc. · 1988
- Firearm assembly49US 6,543,173 B1Corner Shot Holdings L.L.C. · 2003