FIREARM WITH A SIMPLIFIED DISASSEMBLY

• US 20110099874A1
• Filed: 10/03/2008
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fabbrica D'Armi Pietro Beretta SPA (Upifra SA)
• Original Assignee: Fabbrica D'Armi Pietro Beretta SPA (Upifra SA)
• Inventors: Zedrosser, Ulrich
• Granted Patent: US 7,941,958 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/73
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 11/02 Modular concepts, e.g. weapon-family concepts
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/15 Modular firing mechanism units
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 3/66 Breech housings or frames; Receivers

Abstract

A firearm, in particular an automatic or semi-automatic rifle, with a simplified disassembly, including a receiver, a barrel, a bolt assembly, a foldable stock and a removable lower receiver with a magazine and a release mechanism, is equipped with a lower receiver inserted with shape coupling in the lower open part of the receiver between a front seat and a rear seat of the receiver, wherein the front seat, coupled with at least one complementary surface of the lower receiver, forms a front articulation for the rotation of the lower receiver with respect to the receiver, also including a mechanism for blocking the lower receiver in at least two different positions.

Claims

1. A firearm with a simplified disassembly, comprising a receiver, a barrel, a bolt assembly, a foldable stock and a removable lower receiver comprising a magazine and a release mechanism, characterized wherein said lower receiver is inserted with shape coupling in the lower open part of said receiver between a front seat and a rear seat of the receiver, wherein said front seat, coupled with at least one complementary surface of said lower receiver, forms a front articulation for the rotation of said lower receiver with respect to the receiver, also comprising blocking means of the lower receiver in at least two different positions

said firearm further comprising a plate hinged close to the rear end of said lower receiver, said plate forming the rear closure of the receiver for the buffer stopping of the withdrawal of said bolt assembly, and

wherein said blocking means comprise an engagement element situated at the upper end of said plate for engagement with a first upper toothed element of the receiver, in a closed firearm position, or with a second lower toothed element of the receiver, in an open firearm position, respectively.

5. The firearm according to claim 1, wherein said front articulation comprises at least one concave front seat with a constant radius in the receiver and at least one complementary radial surface of the lower receiver.

6. The firearm according to claim 1, wherein said rear seat of said receiver forms a rear stop for the resting of a rear end of the lower receiver.

7. The firearm according to claim 1, wherein side walls of the receiver are superimposed with respect to side walls of the lower receiver when the lower receiver is inserted in the receiver.

2. (canceled)

3. A firearm, with a simplified disassembly, comprising a receiver, a barrel, a bolt assembly, a foldable stock and a removable lower receiver comprising a magazine and a release mechanism, wherein said lower receiver is inserted with shape coupling in the lower open part of said receiver between a front seat and a rear seat of the receiver, wherein said front seat, coupled with at least one complementary surface of said lower receiver, forms a front articulation for the rotation of said lower receiver with respect to the receiver, also comprising blocking means of the lower receiver in at least two different positions,

said firearm further comprising a plate hinged close to the rear end of said lower receiver, said plate forming the rear closure of the receiver for the buffer stopping of the withdrawal of said bolt assembly, and

wherein said plate is loaded in the closing by a spring at least in one open firearm position.

4. A firearm with a simplified disassembly, comprising a receiver, a barrel, a bolt assembly, a foldable stock and a removable lower receiver comprising a magazine and a release mechanism, wherein said lower receiver is inserted with shape coupling in the lower open part of said receiver between a front seat and a rear seat of the receiver, wherein said front seat, coupled with at least one complementary surface of said lower receiver, forms a front articulation for the rotation of said lower receiver with respect to the receiver, also comprising blocking means of the lower receiver in at least two different positions,

said firearm further comprising a plate hinged close to the rear end of said lower receiver, said plate forming the rear closure of the receiver for the buffer stopping of the withdrawal of said bolt assembly,

wherein said plate is loaded in the closing by a spring at least in one open firearm position, and

wherein said blocking means comprise an engagement element situated at the upper end of said plate for engagement with a first upper toothed element of the receiver, in a closed firearm position, or with a second lower toothed element of the receiver, in an open firearm position, respectively.