Firearm with a magazine holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11320221-B2
Application number	US-202017061898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 2, 2020
Priority date	Oct 4, 2019
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

Firearms including magazine holders operable from either side of the firearm. The magazine holder includes two interconnected actuating elements, pivotable with respect to one another and separable from one another by longitudinal shifting, and a spring. The magazine holder is configured so that when pressure is applied to a right actuating element, a moment of force is applied to a first actuating element, which it cannot follow, and so both actuating elements, without changing their relative position to one another, are shifted against the force of the spring normal to the weapon median plane, removing a locking extension from the magazine housing. Upon actuation of the left actuating element, a stop on the right actuating element prevents its shift transverse to the weapon median plane, and so the first actuating element pivots against the force of the spring, and the locking extension is again moved from the locking element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A firearm, comprising:
a firearm housing defining a magazine well; and
a magazine holder comprising a first actuating element, a second actuating element, and a spring;
the first actuating element having a first actuating extension at a first end of the first actuating element where the first actuating extension protrudes outward relative to a median plane of the firearm; and a locking extension at a second end of the first actuating element that protrudes inward relative to the firearm median plane; such that the locking extension is configured to engage a recess defined in a housing of a magazine when the magazine is inserted in the magazine well so as to reversibly secure the magazine within the magazine well;
the first actuating element defining a longitudinal guide extending from the first end of the first actuating element, the longitudinal guide having a shape of an undercut groove;
the second actuating element having a second actuating extension at a first end of the second actuating element; and a second end of the second actuating element is configured so that when the second actuating element is disposed in an insertion position the second end of the second actuating element can be slidingly inserted into the longitudinal guide of the first actuating element, wherein the second actuating element is rotatable around a rotational axis at the second end of the second actuating element has at least one aligned guide extension that is integrally connected to the second end of the second actuating element, and the aligned guide extension is designed as a rotational axis such that the second actuating element can be pivoted around the rotational axis from the insertion position to an installation position;
wherein when the second actuating element is in the installation position, the first actuating element and the second actuating element are thus operatively and movably coupled, and the first actuating element is pretensioned by the spring against the firearm housing so as to urge the first actuating element toward the firearm median plane, the first actuating extension and the second actuating extension are therefore symmetrically disposed on the firearm housing with respect to the firearm median plane; and
an inward release movement of the first actuating extension will pivot the first actuating element around the rotational axis and thereby disengage the locking extension from the recess in the magazine housing; and
an inward release movement of the second actuating extension will translate the first actuating element away from the firearm median plane and thereby disengage the locking extension from the recess in the magazine housing;
such that an inward urging of either the first or second actuating extension releases the magazine reversibly secured within the magazine well.

2. The firearm according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one guide extension has a height that is greater than its radius.

3. The firearm according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one guide extension has a height that essentially corresponds to a height of the longitudinal guide.

4. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the second actuating element has two aligned guide extensions.

5. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide extension has a circle segment-shaped cross-section surface.

6. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal guide of the first actuating element has a widened bearing recess configured so that when the second actuating element is in the installation position the widened bearing recess forms a common pivot point for the first actuating element and the second actuating element.

7. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the first actuating element defines a spring recess configured to receive a first end section of the spring.

8. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the second actuating element further includes a support extension in an area of the second actuating extension, wherein the support extension protrudes circumferentially over the second actuating extension, and is configured to bear against an interior of the magazine well formed in the firearm housing when the first actuating extension is urged inwardly.

9. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the spring has a first end section that is configured to be received in a spring recess defined by the first actuating element, and a second end that is configured to be received in the firearm housing.

10. The firearm according to claim 9 , wherein the first end section of the spring has a securing extension that protrudes normally from a main longitudinal extension of the first end section, and wherein the securing extension is designed to be inserted in an undercut or a shape-complementary recess of the spring recess.

11. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal guide has a substantially T-shaped cross-section.

12. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the second actuating element has a tip that serves as a stop that delimits a rotation of the first and second actuating elements relative to one another, such that in the installation position a working angle of between 85° and 95° is assumed between a first main longitudinal axis of the first actuating element and a second main longitudinal axis of the second actuating element.

13. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the second actuating element has a tip that serves as a stop that delimits a rotation of the first and second actuating elements relative to one another, such that in the installation position a working angle of 90° is assumed between a first main longitudinal axis of the first actuating element and a second main longitudinal axis of the second actuating element.

14. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the spring is made of a bent wire or spring sheet.

15. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the second actuating element includes a connecting section that, relative to the second end of the second actuating element, has an opening angle between 120° and 140°.

16. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the second actuating element includes a connecting section that, relative to the second end of the second actuating element, has an opening angle between 125° and 135°.

17. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein the second actuating element includes a connecting section that, relative to the second end of the second actuating element, has an opening angle between 127.5° and 132.5°.

18. The firearm according to claim 1 , wherein an actuating axis defined by a center of the first actuating extension on the first actuating element and a center of the second actuating extension on the second actuating element extends substantially normal to the firearm median plane, and a lever length corresponding to a distance between the spring recess and a bearing axis is substantially equal to a distance between the actuating axis and the bearing axis.

Assignees

• Glock Tech Gmbh

Inventors

• Kastrun Mario

Classifications

• F41A17/38 Primary

  {Magazine mountings, e.g. for} locking the magazine in the gun · CPC title

• F41A3/72 Primary

  Operating handles or levers; Mounting thereof in breech-blocks or bolts {(F41C7/02, F41C7/06 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F41A35/06

  Adaptation of guns to both right and left hand use · CPC title

• F41A9/24

  using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element · CPC title