Quick take-down firearm
AssigneeLEO TakeDown, LLC
InventorsMichael Lance Maffett, Shannon Howard McCall
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Abstract
Quick take-down firearms and methods of using quick-take down firearms. The quick-take down includes an upper receiver coupling and a barrel coupling. The quick take-down can be unlocked by sliding a sliding lock collar in a translational motion to an unlocked position to release locking elements from a locked configuration. In the unlocked position, a barrel and handguard may be installed onto and removed from the upper receiver of the firearm. Releasing the sliding lock collar returns it to a locked position, securing the barrel and handguard to the upper receiver.
Claims18
A quick-detach barrel mounting facility for a firearm having a frame and a barrel comprising:
- a first side element associated with a selected one of the frame and the barrel;
- a second side element associated with the other one of the frame and the barrel;
- a first side element including a first body defining a plurality of passages;
- the first side element including a plurality of locking elements;
- each locking element received in a passage and operable to reciprocate in the passage between an engaged position and a disengaged position;
- the first side element including a latch element connected to the first body and having a locking surface proximate each of the passages and adapted to contact each of the locking elements;
- the latch element being movable between an unlocked position in which the locking elements are enabled to move to the disengaged position and a locked position in which the locking elements are retained in the engaged position;
- the second side element defining a plurality of apertures;
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- each aperture adapted for engagement by an associated locking element to secure the first side element to the second side element when the locking elements are in the engaged position, and to enable separation of the first side element from the second side element when the locking elements are in the disengaged position, such that the barrel is removable from the frame by moving the latch element to the unlocked position.
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