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US 9,068,793 B1Granted
Receiver for a firearm
OwnerChristopher Gene Barrettinventor
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Abstract
An upper receiver of a firearm including a body with an interior, an opening for a barrel extension, and one or more engagements for communicating with a lower receiver of a rifle; a high wear area located on the interior of the receiver; a relief cut at the high wear area; and a wear plate fit within the relief cut of the high wear area located on the interior of the aluminum body, the wear plate having an expose surface.
Claims5
A upper receiver of a firearm comprising:
- a body with a barrel extension opening, ejection port, a rear receiver opening, a top, a bottom, an interior and an exterior,
- the body having a cam pin track located on the interior top surface of the body of the receiver;
- the cam pin track having a track front located near the ejection port, a track rear located closer to the rear receiver opening, a relief cut at the track front and a track surface;
- a permanently affixed wear plate on the interior of the body fit within the relief cut of the cam pin track, the wear plate having a rear surface and an exposed surface, the exposed surface forming a continuous track surface flush with the cam pin track in the interior of the body of the receiver.
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An upper receiver of a firearm comprising:
- a body with a barrel extension opening, ejection port, a rear receiver opening, a top portion, a bottom portion, an interior and an exterior
- the body formed of aluminum with an anodized coating;
- a cam pin track located on the interior of the body, formed in the receiver at the top portion of the receiver, the cam pin track having a track surface;
- the cam pin track having a track front located near the ejection port, a track rear located closer to the rear receiver opening and a relief cut in the track surface;
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- a permanently affixed wear plate on the interior of the receiver fit within the relief cut of the track surface of the cam pin track, the wear plate having a rear surface and an exposed surface, the exposed surface forming a continuous surface flush with the track surface of the cam pin track, the wear plate having greater resistance to erosion than the body of the receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.