US 12,111,129 B2
Combination grip spacer and catch plate
Brett Curry, Monson, MA (US)
Assigned to SMITH & WESSON INC., Springfield, MA (US)
Filed by Smith & Wesson Inc., Springfield, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,426.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/312,908, filed on Feb. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266083 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 9/65 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/65 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A spacer and butt plate assembly for use with an ammunition magazine having a tube surrounding a central space, the tube having a pair of lips positioned opposite to one another at a first end, the assembly comprising:
a spacer comprising a first spacer end and a second spacer end, said spacer configured to surround the tube proximate to the first end;
a catch plate integrally formed with said spacer, said catch plate defining a cantilever beam and at least one catch feature positioned on said cantilever beam, said cantilever beam comprising a fixed first end and a free second end, said fixed end affixed to said first spacer end;
a butt plate configured to be received between the pair of lips of the first end of the tube and overlying a portion of said spacer, said spacer being captured between said butt plate and the tube;
wherein said catch feature engages a complementary catch feature on said butt plate and retains said butt plate to said spacer.