Firearm magazine engagement mechanisms and related techniques
AssigneeHenry RAC Holding Corp
InventorGeoffrey Louis Ader
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Abstract
The techniques described herein relate to methods and apparatus for a magazine release for a firearm. The magazine release includes an arm configured to engage with a magazine on a first side of the magazine, and an actuator operatively coupled to the arm and configured to transition the arm from a first position to a second position when actuated, wherein in the first position the arm is engaged with the magazine to hold the magazine and in the second position the arm is disengaged from the magazine, wherein the actuator is configured to be accessible from both the first side of the magazine and a second side of the magazine opposite the first side.
Claims20
A magazine release for a firearm, comprising:
- an arm configured to engage with a magazine on a first side of the magazine;
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- an actuator operatively coupled to the arm and configured to transition the arm from a first position to a second position when actuated, wherein in the first position the arm is engaged with the magazine to hold the magazine and in the second position the arm is disengaged from the magazine;
- wherein the actuator is configured to be accessible from both the first side of the magazine and a second side of the magazine opposite the first side.
A method of manufacturing a firearm, comprising assembling a magazine release for the firearm, the magazine release comprising:
- an arm configured to engage with a magazine on a first side of the magazine;
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- an actuator operatively coupled to the arm and configured to transition the arm from a first position to a second position when actuated, wherein in the first position the arm is engaged with the magazine to hold the magazine and in the second position the arm is disengaged from the magazine;
- wherein the actuator is configured to be accessible from both the first side of the magazine and a second side of the magazine opposite the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.