Extended lever for a firearm
OwnerDavid A. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
An extender for a bolt catch release lever on a bolt catch operating lever of a firearm equipped with a protective spare magazine carrier for holding a loaded spare magazine in a position of readiness for immediate insertion into operative engagement with that firearm, and an integrated bolt catch and extended catch release lever. The extended bolt catch release lever places an engagement contact face of an outer end in a position accessible for easy operation of the bolt catch release mechanism of a rifle when the spare magazine carrier is in place.
Claims17
An operating lever, in combination with a firearm, said firearm having a receiver including a side, said firearm also having an accessory mounted against said side of receiver and said accessory having a width and an outer face spaced apart from said side of said receiver by said width, said operating lever including an arm extending laterally outwardly from said side, said arm having an outer end and an engagement contact face located at said outer end and oriented parallel with said side, and said engagement contact face being spaced apart from said side of said receiver by a predetermined distance.
An operating control device extender in combination with a firearm including a receiver able to hold a magazine in a position of operative engagement therein, said receiver having a side and said firearm including an operating control device located on said side of said receiver, a spare magazine carrier having a width being mounted on said firearm adjacent said side of said receiver for carrying a loaded spare magazine for said firearm in addition to any magazine already in a position of operative engagement in said receiver, said operating control device extender comprising:
- an arm attached to said operational control device and extending laterally adjacent said spare magazine carrier, said arm having an outer end including an engagement contact face oriented parallel with said side of said receiver and spaced apart therefrom by a predetermined distance.
A bolt catch for an auto-loading firearm, comprising:
- (a) a catch body including a bolt-engaging portion;
- (b) a fulcrum;
- (c) an actuating lever arm extending in a first direction away from said fulcrum;
- (d) an extension arm projecting away from said actuating lever arm in a second direction, said extension arm including an enlarged head having an engagement contact face, said engagement contact face being spaced apart from a plane including said fulcrum and said actuating lever arm by a predetermined distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.