Hybrid ambidextrous receiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11927415-B2
Application number	US-202217880124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2022
Priority date	Nov 17, 2019
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

A firearm receiver assembly includes a receiver body, a threaded mount at a rear portion of the receiver body, a magazine release assembly including a magazine release portion on at least one side of the receiver body, a bolt release assembly including a bolt release central portion and a bolt release portion on at least one side of the receiver body, and a safety selector assembly including a safety portion on at least one side of the receiver body. The bolt release central portion translates vertically within a cavity of the receiver body.

First claim

That which is claimed is:

1. A firearm receiver assembly comprising:
a receiver body;
a threaded mount at a rear portion of the receiver body;
a magazine release assembly comprising a magazine release portion on at least one side of the receiver body;
a bolt release assembly comprising a bolt release portion on at least one side of the receiver body; and
a safety selector assembly comprising a safety portion on at least one side of the receiver body,
wherein the bolt release assembly comprises a central portion that translates in a single direction without rotating within a cavity of the receiver body such that the cavity is disposed within an integrally formed wall extending between a left side and a right side of the receiver body.

2. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein the receiver body comprises a polymer material.

3. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein:
the threaded mount is a separate component from the receiver body;
the receiver body comprises a polymer material; and
the threaded mount comprises a metallic material.

4. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein:
the magazine release portion comprises a first magazine release portion on the left side of the receiver body and a second magazine release portion on the right side of the receiver body;
an operator interface portion of the first magazine release portion and an operator interface portion of the second magazine release portion are symmetric relative to one another;
the first magazine release portion comprises a pivoting lever; and
the second magazine release portion comprises a pivoting lever.

5. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 4 , wherein at least one selected from the group of the first magazine release portion and the second magazine release portion comprises a pin defining a rotational axis.

6. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 5 , wherein the pin comprises a set screw with threads.

7. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein the central portion is a separate component from other parts of the bolt release assembly.

8. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein the threaded mount comprises a plurality of retaining features that engage a material of the receiver body.

9. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bolt release assembly comprises:
a first bolt release portion comprising a pivoting lever and at least one operator interface portion;
a second bolt release portion comprising a pivoting lever and at least one operator interface portion; and
the at least one operator interface portion of the first bolt release portion and the at least one operator interface portion of the second bolt release portion are symmetric relative to one another.

10. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 1 , wherein:
the magazine release portion comprises a first magazine release portion on the left side of the receiver body and a second magazine release portion on the right side of the receiver body;
the bolt release portion comprises a first bolt release portion on the left side of the receiver body and a second bolt release portion on the right side of the receiver body; and
the safety portion comprises a first safety portion on the left side of the receiver body and a second safety portion on the right side of the receiver body.

11. A firearm receiver assembly comprising:
a receiver body comprising a left side and a right side;
a threaded mount at a rear portion of the receiver body;
a magazine release assembly comprising a first magazine release portion on the left side of the receiver body and a second magazine release portion on the right side of the receiver body; and
a bolt release assembly comprising a first bolt release portion on the left side of the receiver body, and a second bolt release portion on the right side of the receiver body, wherein:
the first magazine release portion comprises a pivoting lever;
the second magazine release portion comprises a pivoting lever that operates in a symmetric manner with the first magazine release portion;
the first bolt release portion comprises a pivoting lever; and
the second bolt release portion comprises a pivoting lever that operates in a symmetric manner with the first bolt release portion.

12. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 11 , wherein the receiver body comprises a polymer material.

13. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 11 , wherein:
the threaded mount is a separate component from the receiver body;
the receiver body comprises a polymer material; and
the threaded mount comprises a metallic material.

14. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 11 , wherein at least one selected from the group of the first magazine release portion and the second magazine release portion comprises a pin defining a rotational axis.

15. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 14 , wherein the pin comprises a set screw with threads.

16. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 11 , wherein the bolt release assembly comprises a bolt release central portion.

17. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 16 , wherein the bolt release central portion is a separate component from other parts of the bolt release assembly.

18. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 16 , wherein the first bolt release portion interfaces with a forward side of the bolt release central portion and the second bolt release portion interfaces with a rear side of the bolt release central portion.

19. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 11 , wherein the threaded mount comprises a plurality of retaining features that engage a material of the receiver body.

20. The firearm receiver assembly of claim 11 , wherein at least one selected from the group of the first magazine release portion, the second magazine release portion, the first bolt release portion, or the second bolt release portion comprise a removable external interfacing component that is separate from the internal mechanism for operation.

21. A firearm receiver assembly comprising:
a receiver body comprising a polymer material;
a threaded mount at a rear portion of the receiver body;
a magazine release assembly comprising a magazine release portion on at least one side of the receiver body;
a bolt release assembly comprising a bolt release portion on at least one side of the receiver body; and
a safety selector assembly comprising a safety portion on at least one side of the receiver body,
wherein the bolt release assembly comprises a central portion that translates in a single direction without rotating within a cavity of the receiver body.

Assignees

• Underwood James Matthew
• Underwood Larry Cullen

Inventors

• Underwood James Matthew
• Underwood Larry Cullen

Classifications

• F41A3/66 Primary

  Breech housings or frames; Receivers · CPC title

• F41A35/06

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

• F41A17/38

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

• F41A17/46

  Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• F41A17/36

  locking the gun {automatically} in a safety condition when the magazine is empty or removed {(F41A17/44 takes precedence)} · CPC title