US 11,988,480 B2
Lever action firearm
Paul Alexander Tusting, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Jesse Daniel Carr, Fremont, NH (US)
Assigned to Bond Arms Inc., Granbury, TX (US)
Filed by Bond Arms Inc., Granbury, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,466.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/304,139, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304755 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F41C 7/06 (2006.01); F41A 3/72 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 3/72 (2013.01) [F41C 7/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A lever action firearm comprising:
an upper frame defining a bolt passage;
a bolt carrier assembly received in the upper frame and operable to reciprocate between an open position and a closed position;
a lower frame defining a magazine well configured to removably receive a box magazine;
the lower frame removably connected to the upper frame by way of a transverse takedown pin;
an action lever movable between a retracted position and an extended position and having a first pivot, and pivotally connected to the lower frame at the first pivot;
the upper frame including a rear lug received by a recess in the lower frame;
the rear lug and lower frame defining registered pin bores receiving the transverse takedown pin; and
wherein the action lever engages with the bolt carrier assembly forward of the rear lug.