APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE RAPID RELOADING OF A SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM

• US 20190212089A1
• Filed: 03/11/2019
• Published: 07/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daniel Claude Watt, Dean Francis Quinn
• Original Assignee: Daniel Claude Watt, Dean Francis Quinn
• Inventors: Quinn, Dean Francis, Watt, Daniel Claude
• Granted Patent: US 10,641,571 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/38 Magazine mountings, e.g. for locking the magazine in the gun

Abstract

A firearm apparatus is described comprising a firearm upper assembly and a firearm lower assembly, the firearm lower assembly comprising a fixed firearm magazine, wherein swapping of or refilling of a firearm magazine resident within the magazine container necessitates at least partial disassembly of the firearm upper assembly from the firearm lower assembly. Disassembly of a firearm magazine retaining device such as a retaining screw or pin that secures the firearm magazine lock is also required. The retaining device is inaccessible without the at least partial disassembly of the firearm upper assembly from the firearm lower assembly. A new firearm lower assembly and manufacturing methods are described that have a fixed firearm magazine as well as a conversion kit and a method of using a conversion kit to convert a semi-automatic firearm with a readily detachable firearm magazine into a firearm having a non-readily detachable firearm magazine.

Claims

1. A method of converting a semi-automatic firearm with a readily detachable firearm magazine into a firearm having a fixed firearm magazine, comprising:

(a) providing a semi-automatic firearm having a firearm upper assembly and a firearm lower assembly, the firearm lower assembly having a top surface and a firearm magazine container for holding a firearm magazine;

(b) creating a hole in the top surface of the firearm lower assembly to accommodate a retaining device that perpendicularly or near perpendicularly engages with and secures a magazine lock;

(c) inserting the firearm magazine into the firearm magazine container;

(d) inserting the firearm magazine lock; and

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(e) fixing the firearm magazine in place by inserting the retaining device into the hole until it engages with and secures the magazine lock, wherein the fixed magazine cannot be removed without disassembly of the semi-automatic firearm by at least partial separation of the firearm upper assembly from the firearm lower assembly and without disengaging the retaining device from the magazine lock.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an optional drill guide template is used to facilitate creating or drilling the hole in the firearm lower assembly.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed firearm magazine has a maximum capacity of between 1 to 100 rounds of ammunition.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed firearm magazine has a maximum capacity of between 1 to 10 rounds of ammunition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the firearm apparatus is a semi-automatic rifle.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the firearm apparatus is an AR-15 or AR-16 semi-automatic rifle.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the retaining device further comprises, a retaining screw or a retaining pin.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the retaining device is glued in place.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the firearm lower assembly is made from metal or from an otherwise resilient material or is made from a mixture of metal and an otherwise resilient material.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the magazine lock has a partially flattened spindle that engages with the retaining device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the magazine lock has a magazine lock hole or dimple that engages with the retaining device.

12. The method of claim 13, wherein the retaining device has a pointed lower end to engage with the magazine lock hole.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein a magazine position button resident in the firearm lower assembly is replaced with a dummy or non-active magazine position button.

14. A kit for the conversion of a firearm with a readily detachable firearm magazine into a firearm with a fixed firearm magazine, comprising:

(a) a retaining device; and

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(b) a magazine lock.

15. The kit of claim 14, wherein the kit contains a modified magazine position button, the modified magazine button having a magazine button hole configured to allow the retaining device to pass through.

16. The kit of claim 15, wherein the kit comprises a retaining device.

17. The kit of claim 14, wherein the kit contains a modified magazine lock, wherein the shaft or spindle of the magazine lock has at least one of, a flattened-out portion to engage with the retaining device, a magazine lock hole or dimple to facilitate engagement with the retaining device.

18. A method of making a semi-automatic firearm having a fixed firearm magazine, comprising:

(a) providing a firearm having a firearm upper assembly and a firearm lower assembly, the firearm lower assembly having a top face, a firearm magazine container for holding a fixed firearm magazine, and a magazine lock;

(b) creating a hole in the top face of the firearm lower assembly wherein the hole is perpendicular or near perpendicular to the magazine lock; and

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(c) inserting a retaining device that perpendicularly or near perpendicularly engages with and secures the magazine lock;

wherein the fixed magazine cannot be removed without disassembly of the semi-automatic firearm by at least partial separation of the firearm upper assembly from the firearm lower assembly and without disengaging the retaining device from the magazine lock.

19. The method of claim 19, wherein the maximum capacity of the fixed firearm magazine is between 1 to 10 rounds of ammunition.