US 12,332,014 B2
Foldable break barrel airgun
Tamir Porat, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL); John Ronald Rice, Staffordshire (GB); and Martin Stelling, Holte (DK)
Assigned to Kore Outdoor (US) Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Filed by Kore Outdoor (US) Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/463,602.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/404,765, filed on Sep. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0085145 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. F41B 11/648 (2013.01)
CPC F41B 11/648 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable break barrel air gun that is movable from a stowed configuration to a use configuration, the foldable break barrel air gun comprising:
a stock including a butt stock pivotally connected to a forestock in which a firing engine is located;
a barrel having a muzzle end and a breech end, the barrel being pivotally connected to the forestock proximate the breech end;
a cocking linkage having a first portion that is pivotally connected to the barrel and a second portion that is held in at least one of connected or engaged position with the firing engine by a releasable linkage connection;
wherein, with the releasable linkage connection in a released position and the second portion of the cocking linkage is disengaged from the firing engine, the butt stock is foldable relative to the forestock, and the barrel is foldable relative to the forestock such that the butt stock is attachable to the barrel proximate to the muzzle end in the stowed configuration.