Ambidextrous push-button magazine release for side-locking ammunition magazines
First Claim
1. An ambidextrous magazine release for a firearm, the firearm having a magazine well configured to operatively receive a magazine, the magazine having a side locking recess within the magazine well when operatively received therein, the ambidextrous magazine release comprising:
- a linkage movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position having a lock pin configured to be received in a side-locking recess of a magazine operatively received in the magazine well with the linkage in the engaged position and to clear the side-locking recess with the linkage in the disengaged position;
a one piece actuator on the firearm, the actuator comprising a bar having opposing push surfaces extending between a right and a left side of the firearm; and
an interface between the linkage and the actuator, the interface being configured so that as the either of the opposing push surfaces of the bar is pushed by a user, the linkage is moved between the engaged and the disengaged position;
wherein the linkage interface comprises a recess in the bar defining a pair of converging cam surfaces and a cam rider extending from the linkage into contact with the cam surfaces, the linkage being in the engaged position with the cam rider at the convergence of the cam surfaces.
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Abstract
An ambidextrous magazine release for a firearm is provided for a firearm having a magazine well configured to operatively receive a magazine having a side-locking recess received within the well. The ambidextrous magazine release comprises a linkage moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position having a lock pin configured to be received in a side-locking recess of a magazine operatively received in the magazine well with the linkage in the engaged position and to clear the side-locking recess with the linkage in the disengaged position. An actuator is provided on the firearm comprising a bar having a opposing push surfaces extending between a right and left side of the firearm. An interface is provided between the linkage and actuator with the interface being configured so that as either of the opposing push surfaces of the bar is pushed by a user, the linkage is moved between the engaged and the disengaged position.
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18 Claims
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1. An ambidextrous magazine release for a firearm, the firearm having a magazine well configured to operatively receive a magazine, the magazine having a side locking recess within the magazine well when operatively received therein, the ambidextrous magazine release comprising:
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a linkage movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position having a lock pin configured to be received in a side-locking recess of a magazine operatively received in the magazine well with the linkage in the engaged position and to clear the side-locking recess with the linkage in the disengaged position; a one piece actuator on the firearm, the actuator comprising a bar having opposing push surfaces extending between a right and a left side of the firearm; and an interface between the linkage and the actuator, the interface being configured so that as the either of the opposing push surfaces of the bar is pushed by a user, the linkage is moved between the engaged and the disengaged position; wherein the linkage interface comprises a recess in the bar defining a pair of converging cam surfaces and a cam rider extending from the linkage into contact with the cam surfaces, the linkage being in the engaged position with the cam rider at the convergence of the cam surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A firearm for use with a magazine having a side-locking recess, the firearm comprising:
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a body having a magazine well configured to operatively receive a magazine, having a side-locking recess with the side-locking recess within the magazine well with the magazine operatively received therein; and an ambidextrous magazine release comprising;
a linkage movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position having a lock pin configured to be received in a side-locking recess of a magazine operatively received in the magazine well with the linkage in the engaged position and to clear the side-locking recess with the linkage in the disengaged position;a one-piece actuator on the firearm, the actuator comprising a bar having opposing push surfaces extending between a right and a left side of the firearm; and an interface between the linkage and the actuator, the interface being configured so that as the either of the opposing push surfaces of the bar is pushed by a user, the linkage is moved between the engaged and the disengaged position; wherein the linkage interface comprises a recess in the bar defining a pair of converging cam surfaces and a cam rider extending from the linkage into contact with the cam surfaces, the linkage being in the engaged position with the cam rider at the convergence of the cam surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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