Light weight firearm and method of manufacturing

Firearms – Stock or barrel connectors – Method of making

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C089S125000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07937877

ABSTRACT:
A firearm has a body formed of a unitary first shell and a unitary second shell. Each shell defines an open cavity and has a peripheral rim. The rims of the shells are connected together so that the cavities define a receiver chamber. A bolt reciprocates within the receiver chamber, and a barrel connected to the shells has a chamber positioned for operable engagement by the bolt. The shells may together define a gas tube, and may define a barrel receiving element, each shell having a barrel engagement element. Each shell may have a side panel with flat portions having a limited thickness, and elongated ribs of a greater thickness. The ribs may extend about the periphery of planar side panels, and may extend between the periphery and selected stress elements on the body including a buttstock mounting facility. A bolt handle slot may have opposed rows of spaced apart bolt handle guides in an alternating arrangement.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2088268 (1937-07-01), Lauf
patent: 2141537 (1938-12-01), Laloux
patent: 3198076 (1965-08-01), Stoner
patent: 3342171 (1967-09-01), Ryan et al.
patent: 3386336 (1968-06-01), Roy
patent: 3688641 (1972-09-01), Curtis et al.
patent: 3731588 (1973-05-01), Curtis et al.
patent: 3791256 (1974-02-01), Curtis et al.
patent: 3830003 (1974-08-01), Clerke
patent: 3999461 (1976-12-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 4066000 (1978-01-01), Rostocil
patent: 4463654 (1984-08-01), Barnes et al.
patent: 4553469 (1985-11-01), Atchisson
patent: 4596084 (1986-06-01), Martial
patent: 4601123 (1986-07-01), Swearengen et al.
patent: 4654993 (1987-04-01), Atchisson
patent: 4663876 (1987-05-01), Reaume
patent: 4693170 (1987-09-01), Atchisson
patent: 4872391 (1989-10-01), Stoner
patent: 4893547 (1990-01-01), Atchisson
patent: 5195226 (1993-03-01), Bornancini
patent: 5256100 (1993-10-01), Wang
patent: 5440099 (1995-08-01), Smith
patent: 2003/0181128 (2003-09-01), Blake
patent: 2003/0196366 (2003-10-01), Beretta
patent: 2007/0033850 (2007-02-01), Murello et al.
patent: 2008/0229642 (2008-09-01), Hu
“Chapter 3: M240B Machine Gun”, Apr. 27, 2005, Globalsecurity.org.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Light weight firearm and method of manufacturing does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Light weight firearm and method of manufacturing, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Light weight firearm and method of manufacturing will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2673683

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.