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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Kel-tec Cnc Industries Inc., Cocoa, FL (US);
Ryan Williams, Cocoa, FL (US);
KEL-TEC CNC INDUSTRIES INC., Cocoa, FL (US);
Abstract
Folding firearms have a frame having a trigger assembly and a bolt passage, a barrel assembly pivotally connected to the frame for movement between an extended operable condition and a folded inoperable condition, the barrel assembly defining a barrel axis, a latch assembly operably connected to the frame and to the barrel assembly, the latch assembly including a latch operable between a first latched condition and a second unlatched condition, when the barrel assembly is in the operable condition and the latch is in the latched condition, the barrel assembly is secured in the operable condition, when the latch is in the unlatched condition, the barrel assembly is free to move away from the operable condition toward the folded condition, and the firearm being free of restraints on movement of the barrel assembly from the operable condition besides the latch, such that single-control release of the barrel assembly is provided.