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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Smith & Wesson Corp., Springfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
David S. Findlay, Athol, MA (US);
David Jonathan Findlay, Athol, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Wesson Corp., Springfield, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 3/66 (2006.01); F41A 3/04 (2006.01); F41A 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 3/04 (2013.01); F41A 3/66 (2013.01); F41A 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catch is used to secure upper and lower receiver portions of a modern sporting rifle to one another. The catch may be mounted in either receiver portion and includes a shaft on which a body is mounted. The body has a hook and a cam follower positioned on opposite sides of the shaft. The cam follower engages a cam surface, which rotates the hook into engagement with a contact surface to secure the receiver portions to one another when they are pivoted into a closed configuration.