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US 11,885,581 B2Granted
Gas-blocking ambidextrous firearm charging handle and lower receiver
AssigneeSilencerCo, LLC
InventorJames Torgersen
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Abstract
A sealing member configured to fill the gap between a charging handle and an lower receiver. The sealing member may be disposed in a charging handle that forms a seal against the receiver to prevent the escape of discharge gas from the interface between the charging handle and the receiver. The sealing member may be disposed on the top surface of the lower receiver at the charging handle-lower receiver interface.
Claims18
A lower receiver, comprising:
- a channel formed on a top surface of the lower receiver and configured to receive a sealing member therein, wherein the sealing member is configured to fill a gap between the top surface of the lower receiver and a bottom surface of a charging handle.
A firearm, comprising:
- a charging handle;
- and
- a lower receiver, wherein:
- the lower receiver comprises a channel formed on a top surface of the lower receiver and configured to receive a first sealing member therein, and
- the charging handle comprises a channel formed on a bottom surface of the charging handle and configured to receive a second sealing member therein, wherein the first sealing member, the second sealing member, or both is configured to fill a gap between the top surface of the lower receiver and the bottom surface of the charging handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.