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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bryant L Lishness, Bristol, CT (US);
Paul A Scirica, East Hampton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Colt's Manufacturing Company Inc., West Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
42-7 ;
Abstract
A reversible magazine catch assembly has a housing, a movable mounting pin and a coiled spring. The housing has a spring channel generally perpendicular to and intersecting a pin hole, and a magazine locking rib. The spring channel is formed by drilling three parallel holes into the housing at different directions to provide lateral support for the coiled spring. The spring biases the housing relative to the pin and forms a slidable friction hold of the pin. The pin has ledges that interact with the spring and housing to prevent it from being pushed out of the housing.