Firearm carrier element
AssigneeCenter Mass, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Glenn Felts
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Abstract
A firearm carrier element has a plate having a first side configured to face the supporter and an opposed second side configured to face the firearm, a connection facility configured to connect the plate to the supporter, and an aperture configured to receive at least one of the protrusions and the operating element. The operating element may be a bolt catch lever. The operating element may be movable between a ready position when the firearm is disconnected from the carrier element and a retention position when the firearm is connected to the carrier element. The operating element may be spring biased. The plate may include a ramp surface adjacent the aperture and configured to move the operating element in response connection of the firearm to the carrier element.
Claims12
A firearm carrier facility for supporting a firearm on a supporter, comprising:
- a firearm having a body surface with a protrusion supporting an operating element a carrier element comprising a plate having a first side configured to face the supporter and an opposed second side configured to face the firearm;
- the carrier element having a connection facility configured to connect the plate to the supporter;
- the carrier element defining an aperture configured to receive at least one of the protrusion and the operating element;
- wherein the aperture includes an anti-rotation surface configured to limit rotation of the firearm with respect to the plate;
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- wherein the operating element is a bolt catch lever.
A firearm carrier facility for supporting a firearm on a supporter, comprising:
- a firearm having a body surface with a protrusion supporting an operating element
- a carrier element comprising a plate having a first side configured to face the supporter and an opposed second side configured to face the firearm;
- the carrier element having a connection facility configured to connect the plate to the supporter;
- the carrier element defining an aperture configured to receive at least one of the protrusion and the operating element;
- wherein the aperture includes an anti-rotation surface configured to limit rotation of the firearm with respect to the plate;
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- wherein the protrusion is a pivot pin block of an AR-15-pattern rifle, the pivot pin block pivotally supporting a bolt catch lever serving as the operating element.
A firearm carrier facility for supporting a firearm on a supporter, comprising:
- a firearm having a body surface with a protrusion supporting an operating element a carrier element comprising a plate having a first side configured to face the supporter and an opposed second side configured to face the firearm;
- the carrier element having a connection facility configured to connect the plate to the supporter;
- the carrier element defining an aperture configured to receive at least one of the protrusion and the operating element;
- wherein the aperture includes an anti-rotation surface configured to limit rotation of the firearm with respect to the plate;
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- wherein the firearm has a magazine release actuator having an actuator on a first side of the firearm, and an end portion on a second side of the firearm and facing the plate, and when the firearm is connected to the carrier element, a magazine release block portion of the plate overlays the end portion of the magazine release actuator to prevent inadvertent actuation of the magazine release actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.