Bolt catch for firearm
AssigneePolaris Capital Corporation
InventorErnest R. Bray
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Abstract
An apparatus for ambidextrous control of a bolt carrier and/or a magazine release is disclosed. In certain examples, the apparatus includes a lower receiver of a firearm including a protrusion extending outward from a first side of the lower receiver, the protrusion. The protrusion, in certain examples, includes a first slot for receiving an L-shaped lever, the L-shaped lever having a vertical arm coupled to a bolt catch lever and a horizontal arm that extends through a trigger area to a second side of the lower receiver that is opposite the first side. In certain examples, the protrusion also includes a second slot for receiving a magazine catch lever.
Claims19
A lower receiver of a firearm comprising:
- a protrusion extending outward from a first side of the lower receiver, the protrusion comprising:
- a first slot for receiving an L-shaped lever, the L-shaped lever having a vertical arm coupled to a bolt catch lever and a horizontal arm that extends through a trigger area to a second side of the lower receiver that is opposite the first side;
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- a second slot for receiving a magazine catch lever.
A lower receiver of a firearm comprising:
- a protrusion extending outward from a first side of the lower receiver, the protrusion comprising:
- a slot for receiving an L-shaped lever, the L-shaped lever having a vertical arm coupled to a bolt catch lever and a horizontal arm that extends through a trigger area to a second side of the lower receiver that is opposite the first side.
A lower receiver of a firearm comprising:
- a protrusion extending outward from a left side of the lower receiver, the protrusion comprising a slot for receiving a magazine catch lever, where the slot is oriented transverse to a firing direction, where the magazine catch lever is an elongated member having a first end for engaging a magazine catch shaft and a second end forming a finger pad, and where the magazine catch shaft extends from a first end to a second end;
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- a magazine catch bar coupled at the second end of the magazine catch shaft, and configured to secure a magazine in a magazine well of the lower receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.