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.
Claims21
A quick-detach barrel mounting facility for a firearm having a receiver and a barrel comprising:
- a barrel coupling portion at a rear end of the barrel;
- a receiver coupling portion defining a central opening configured to receive the barrel coupling portion;
- the receiver coupling portion defining a plurality of apertures;
- the receiver coupling portion including a plurality of locking elements, each locking element received in one of the plurality of apertures and operable to reciprocate in the aperture between an engaged position protruding into the central opening and a disengaged position;
- the receiver coupling portion including a latch element connected to the first body and having a locking surface proximate each of the apertures and configured 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;
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- the barrel coupling portion defining a depression configured for engagement by a locking element to secure the first body to the second body when the locking elements are in the engaged position, and to enable separation of the first body from the second body 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.