US 11,774,203 B2
Link feed assembly with links
Andrew Bennink, Louisburg, KS (US)
Filed by Andrew Bennink, Louisburg, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,193.
Application 17/473,193 is a continuation of application No. 17/463,437, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Application 17/463,437 is a continuation of application No. 16/797,349, filed on Feb. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,137,226.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,483, filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107151 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F41A 9/32 (2006.01); F42B 39/08 (2006.01); F41A 21/10 (2006.01); F41A 11/00 (2006.01); F41A 3/66 (2006.01); F41A 21/48 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 21/10 (2013.01) [F41A 3/66 (2013.01); F41A 9/32 (2013.01); F41A 11/00 (2013.01); F42B 39/08 (2013.01); F41A 21/485 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A link feed assembly for supplying cartridges and/or shot shells and/or shotgun shells to a weapon system, comprising:
a. a bolt carrier near a chamber of a weapon system;
b. an infeed ramp, coupled to a first side of a weapon frame near the chamber;
c. an outfeed ramp, coupled to a second side of the weapon frame near the chamber and opposite the infeed ramp, positioned to form a space between the infeed ramp and the outfeed ramp through which cartridges may fall into position to be chambered into firing position in the chamber, wherein the infeed ramp and the outfeed ramp are discrete structures fixedly coupled to opposite sides of the weapon frame; and
d. a feed arm assembly coupled to the weapon frame and extending over the space between the infeed ramp and the outfeed ramp, the feed arm assembly functionally coupled to the bolt carrier such that cycling of the bolt carrier forward and backwards causes cycling of the feed arm assembly in a circuitous motion, the feed arm assembly including a grabbing protrusion that is shaped to grab a top portion of a link during cycling of the feed arm assembly and drag the link across the space between the infeed ramp and the outfeed ramp and then rise upwards and travel back across the space.