Quick Take-Down Firearm
AssigneeLEO TakeDown, LLC
InventorMichael Lance Maffett
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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.
Claims22
A method of assembly for a quick take-down firearm, the method comprising:
- (a) sliding a sliding lock collar in a translational motion to an unlocked position to release a plurality of locking elements from a locked configuration, wherein the sliding lock collar is biased away from the unlocked position towards a locked position;
- (b) while the sliding lock collar is held at the unlocked position, inserting a barrel of the firearm into an upper receiver of the firearm, wherein:
- i. an upper receiver coupling is secured to threading of the upper receiver, the upper receiver coupling comprising a gas tube tunnel extending through a body of the upper receiver coupling;
- ii. the barrel includes a barrel coupling;
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- iii. inserting the barrel into the upper receiver further comprises inserting a barrel pin of the barrel into a notch of the upper receiver threading, and inserting a gas tube of the barrel through the gas tube tunnel of the upper receiver coupling;
- (c) after inserting the barrel into the upper receiver, releasing the sliding lock collar such that it slides in the translational motion to the locked position to secure the upper receiver coupling to the barrel coupling.
A quick take-down for a firearm, the quick take-down comprising:
- (a) an upper receiver coupling configured to be secured to an upper receiver threading of the firearm, the upper receiver coupling comprising a plurality of rotationally offset gas tube tunnels extending through the upper receiver coupling;
- (b) a barrel of the firearm including a rifle barrel coupling;
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- (c) a sliding lock collar configured to be slid in a translational motion between a locked position and an unlocked position, the sliding lock collar biased to the locked position, wherein when the sliding lock collar is in the unlocked position the barrel of the firearm can be removed from and installed on the upper receiver, wherein when the sliding lock collar is in the locked position and the barrel is installed on the upper receiver the upper receiver coupling is secured to the rifle barrel coupling thereby securing the barrel to the upper receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.