US 12,398,967 B2
Folding firearm
Ryan Williams, Cocoa, FL (US)
Assigned to KEL-TEC CNC INDUSTRIES INC., Cocoa, FL (US)
Filed by Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc., Cocoa, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/957,554.
Application 17/957,554 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/146,235, filed on Jan. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,466,949.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,230, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2025/0116472 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. F41A 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 11/04 (2013.01) 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A firearm comprising:
a frame having a trigger assembly and defining a bolt passage;
a barrel assembly pivotally connected to the frame for movement between an extended operable condition and a folded inoperable condition;
the barrel assembly defining a barrel axis;
a latch assembly operably connected to the frame and to the barrel assembly;
the latch assembly including a latch operable between a first latched condition and a second unlatched condition;
when the barrel assembly is in the operable condition and the latch is in the latched condition, the barrel assembly is secured in the operable condition;
when the latch is in the unlatched condition, the barrel assembly is free to move away from the operable condition toward the folded condition;
the firearm being free of other restraints on movement of the barrel assembly from the operable condition besides the latch, such that single-control release of the barrel assembly is provided; and
wherein the latch is a trigger guard associated with the trigger assembly and configured to guard a trigger lever of the trigger assembly when the latch is in the latched condition.