Collapsible buttstock for firearm

• US 7,162,822 B1
• Filed: 09/19/2005
• Issued: 01/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: U.S. Government
• Original Assignee: The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army
• Inventors: Jones, Kenneth R., Heayn, Michael, Beckman, Richard, Mohamed, Dean M., Shaffer, Christopher M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Carone; Michael J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAYES, BRET C
• Application Number:
  US11/160,368
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 42 7101- 73
• US Class Current: 42/73
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/04 Folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts articulated or collapsible guns F41A11/04
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/06 Stocks or firearm frames specially adapted for recoil reduction
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/14 Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop

Abstract

A buttstock for a firearm having a buffer recoil mechanism is collapsible and adjustable. The buttstock includes a lower receiver extension having a bore therein that fits over the buffer recoil mechanism, the lower receiver extension being fixed to the buffer recoil mechanism; a buttstock body having a bore therein for receiving the lower receiver extension; a locking lever disposed along the bottom edge of the buttstock body; a locking pin disposed in the buttstock body and in the locking lever; and a compression spring disposed around the locking pin for biasing the locking pin towards the lower receiver extension.

Claims

1. A buttstock for a firearm having a buffer recoil mechanism, the buttstock comprising:

a lower receiver extension having a bore therein that fits over the buffer recoil mechanism, the lower receiver extension being fixed to the buffer recoil mechanism;

a buttstock body including a bore therein for receiving the lower receiver extension, a cheek rest located above the bore in the buttstock body, a generally planar rear surface and a bottom edge, the buttstock body and lower receiver extension being axially movable with respect to each other by movement of the lower receiver extension in the buttstock body bore, the buttstock body including a generally vertical through-hole;

a locking lever disposed along the bottom edge of the buttstock body, the locking lever including a hole therein in alignment with the through-hole in the buttstock body;

a locking pin disposed in the through-hole in the buttstock body and in the hole in the locking lever;

a fastener attached to a bottom of the locking pin; and

a compression spring disposed around the locking pin for biasing the locking pin towards the lower receiver extension.

2. The buttstock of claim 1 wherein a bottom portion of the lower receiver extension includes a plurality of detents and the locking pin has a head sized to fit in the plurality of detents in the lower receiver extension.

3. The buttstock of claim 2 wherein a number of the plurality of detents is five.

4. The buttstock of claim 1 wherein the fastener comprises a locking nut and a roll pin.

5. The buttstock of claim 1 further comprising a buttplate attached to the generally planar rear surface of the buttstock body.

6. The buttstock of claim 5 wherein the buttplate comprises a rigid material.

7. The buttstock of claim 5 wherein the buttplate comprises an elastic material.

8. The buttstock of claim 5 further comprising a shoulder rest attached to the buttplate.

9. The buttstock of claim 1 wherein the buffer recoil mechanism comprises a cylindrical portion, the buttstock further comprising a locking collar that engages the cylindrical portion and the lower receiver extension to thereby prevent rotation of the lower receiver extension relative to the buffer recoil mechanism.

10. The buttstock of claim 9 wherein the locking collar includes a pair of flats formed on an interior surface thereof that mate with a pair of flats on an exterior surface of the cylindrical portion.

11. The buttstock of claim 10 wherein the locking collar includes a flat formed on an exterior surface thereof that mate with a flat on the lower receiver extension.

12. The buttstock of claim 1 further comprising a generally hollow insert disposed in the buttstock body.

13. The buttstock of claim 1 wherein the locking lever includes a rounded front surface.

14. A buttstock for a firearm, comprising:

a buffer recoil mechanism having a cylindrical portion;

a lower receiver extension having a bore therein that fits over the cylindrical portion of the buffer recoil mechanism, the lower receiver extension being fixed to the buffer recoil mechanism;

a buttstock body including a bore therein for receiving the lower receiver extension, a cheek rest located above the bore in the buttstock body, a generally planar rear surface and a bottom edge, the buttstock body and lower receiver extension being axially movable with respect to each other by movement of the lower receiver extension in the buttstock body bore, the buttstock body including a generally vertical through-hole;

a locking lever disposed along the bottom edge of the buttstock body, the locking lever including a hole therein in alignment with the through-hole in the buttstock body;

a locking pin disposed in the through-hole in the buttstock body and in the hole in the locking lever;

a fastener attached to a bottom of the locking pin; and

a compression spring disposed around the locking pin for biasing the locking pin towards the lower receiver extension.

15. The buttstock of claim 14 wherein a bottom portion of the lower receiver extension includes a plurality of detents and the locking pin has a head sized to fit in the plurality of detents in the lower receiver extension.

16. The buttstock of claim 14 further comprising a buttplate attached to the generally planar rear surface of the buttstock body.

17. The buttstock of claim 14 further comprising a locking collar that engages the cylindrical portion and the lower receiver extension to thereby prevent rotation of the lower receiver extension relative to the buffer recoil mechanism.

18. The buttstock of claim 17 wherein the locking collar includes a pair of flats formed on an interior surface thereof that mate with a pair of flats on an exterior surface of the cylindrical portion.

19. The buttstock of claim 18 wherein the locking collar includes a flat formed on an exterior surface thereof that mates with a flat on the lower receiver extension.

20. The buttstock of claim 14 further comprising a generally hollow insert disposed in the buttstock body.

21. The buttstock of claim 14 wherein the locking lever includes a rounded front surface.