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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Yury Karfiol, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Yury Karfiol, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Kimber IP, LLC, Yonkers, NY (US);
Abstract
An ambidextrous magazine catch mechanism for a pistol includes a button in the pistol frame. The button has a W-shaped camming surface. A magazine has a catch aperture. A catch includes two upwardly disposed legs connected to one another. A first leg has a tooth to mate with the catch aperture. The first and second legs form a spring having an equilibrium position. When the first leg is pressed toward the second leg, an outward force on the first leg biases the catch toward the equilibrium position. The first leg has a W-shaped camming surface to mate with the camming surface of the button. The button has a neutral position, and a first and second depressed position. In the neutral position, the camming surface of the button mates with the camming surface of the first leg and the tooth is engaged in the aperture to secure the magazine. In the first depressed position, a first side of the button is depressed such that the camming surface of the button moves against the camming surface of the first leg such that the first leg is urged toward the second leg to disengage the tooth from the magazine.