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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Smith & Wesson Corp., Springfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Sean O'Clair, Feeding Hills, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Wesson Corp., Springfield, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 17/36 (2006.01); F41A 9/59 (2006.01); F41A 35/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 9/59 (2013.01); F41A 35/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ambidextrous magazine catch for a firearm has a body movable on the frame of the firearm. A dog is rotatably mounted on the body. The dog has a jaw which is movable toward and away from the magazine well upon either motion of the body or rotation of the dog. The jaw engages a magazine in the magazine well. A plunger engaged with the body effects rotation of the dog through a cam surface on the plunger and a cam follower on the dog.