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US 7,428,795 B2Granted
Receiver for firearm
OwnerGeoffrey A. Herringinventor
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Abstract
A firearm comprises an upper receiver body and a lower receiver assembly. The upper receiver body is configured for receiving belt-fed ammunition and the lower receiver assembly is attached to the upper receiver body. The lower receiver assembly includes a receiver body having an accessory mounting structure, a trigger group mounting structure, one of an integrally-formed, non-detachable butt-stock mounting structure and an integrally-formed, non-detachable butt-stock, and one of a hand grip mounting structure and an integrally-formed, non-detachable hand grip.
Claims23
A receiver body, comprising:
- an accessory mounting structure configured for being engaged with a mating mounting structure of an ammunition container and configured in a manner that inhibits ammunition cartridges from being fed through the receiver body into a mating cartridge chambering component of a firearm;
- one of an integrally-formed, non-detachable hand grip mounting structure and an integrally-formed, non-detachable hand grip;
- one of an integrally-formed, non-detachable butt-stock mounting structure and an integrally-formed, non-detachable butt-stock;
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- a trigger group mounting structure.
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A firearm, comprising:
- an upper receiver body configured for receiving belt-fed ammunition through an upper surface thereof and for receiving magazine-fed ammunition through a lower surface thereof;
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- a lower receiver assembly attached to the upper receiver body with an upper receiver interface surface thereof positioned adjacent the lower surface of the upper receiver body, wherein the lower receiver assembly includes a receiver body having an accessory mounting structure, a trigger group mounting structure, one of an integrally-formed, non-detachable butt-stock mounting structure and an integrally-formed, non-detachable butt-stock, and one of a hand grip mounting structure and an integrally-formed, non-detachable hand grip;
- and wherein the accessory mounting structure is configured for being engaged with a mating mounting structure of an ammunition container and is configured in a manner that inhibits ammunition cartridges from being fed through the lower receiver body into the upper receiver body.
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A receiver system, comprising:
- an upper receiver body configured for receiving belt-fed ammunition through an upper surface thereof and for receiving magazine-fed ammunition through a lower surface thereof;
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- a lower receiver body including an accessory mounting structure, a trigger group mounting structure, one of a butt-stock mounting structure and an integrally-formed, non-detachable butt-stock and one of a hand grip mounting structure and an integrally-formed, non-detachable hand grip, wherein the accessory mounting structure is configured for being engaged with a mating mounting structure of an ammunition container and is configured in a manner that inhibits ammunition cartridges from being fed through the lower receiver body into the upper receiver body and wherein the upper receiver body and the lower receiver body are jointly configured for being interconnected with an upper receiver interface surface of the lower receiver body positioned adjacent the lower surface of the upper receiver body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.