Patents Assigned to KRL Holding Company, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20230375299
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a firearm is disclosed wherein the firearm includes a receiver, a safety selector and a hammer. The trigger assembly includes a trigger having a pivot axis, a front hook which is constructed and arranged to move with trigger rotation, a rear hook which is cooperatively arranged with the front hook and a spring which is positioned between the front hook and the rear hook. The front hook and the trigger are constructed and arranged relative to the safety selector and relative to the hammer in order to allow the hammer to be recocked from an upright position with the safety selector in a “SAFE” position. This particular construction provides a trigger assembly which is constructed and arranged as a two-stage, drop-in trigger assembly which is compliant with the European Standard for an M4/M16 (AR) platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Dean Olson, Joe Beitelspacher
  • Publication number: 20210254918
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a firearm is disclosed wherein the firearm includes a receiver, a safety selector and a hammer. The trigger assembly includes a trigger having a pivot axis, a front hook which is constructed and arranged to move with trigger rotation, a rear hook which is cooperatively arranged with the front hook and a spring which is positioned between the front hook and the rear hook. The front hook and the trigger are constructed and arranged relative to the safety selector and relative to the hammer in order to allow the hammer to be recocked from an upright position with the safety selector in a “SAFE” position. This particular construction provides a trigger assembly which is constructed and arranged as a two-stage, drop-in trigger assembly which is compliant with the European Standard for an M4/M16 (AR) platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Dean Olson, Joe Beitelspacher
  • Patent number: 10837728
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a firearm is disclosed wherein the firearm includes a receiver, a safety selector and a hammer. The trigger assembly includes a trigger having a pivot axis, a front hook which is constructed and arranged to move with trigger rotation, a rear hook which is cooperatively arranged with the front hook and a spring which is positioned between the front hook and the rear hook. The front hook and the trigger are constructed and arranged relative to the safety selector and relative to the hammer in order to allow the hammer to be recocked from an upright position with the safety selector in a “SAFE” position. This particular construction provides a trigger assembly which is constructed and arranged as a two-stage, drop-in trigger assembly which is compliant with the European Standard for an M4/M16 (AR) platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Dean Olson, Joe Beitelspacher
  • Publication number: 20200096278
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a firearm is disclosed wherein the firearm includes a receiver, a safety selector and a hammer. The trigger assembly includes a trigger having a pivot axis, a front hook which is constructed and arranged to move with trigger rotation, a rear hook which is cooperatively arranged with the front hook and a spring which is positioned between the front hook and the rear hook. The front hook and the trigger are constructed and arranged relative to the safety selector and relative to the hammer in order to allow the hammer to be recocked from an upright position with the safety selector in a “SAFE” position. This particular construction provides a trigger assembly which is constructed and arranged as a two-stage, drop-in trigger assembly which is compliant with the European Standard for an M4/M16 (AR) platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Dean Olson, Joe Beitelspacher
  • Patent number: 10488134
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a firearm is disclosed wherein the firearm includes a receiver, a safety selector and a hammer. The trigger assembly includes a trigger having a pivot axis, a front hook which is constructed and arranged to move with trigger rotation, a rear hook which is cooperatively arranged with the front hook and a spring which is positioned between the front hook and the rear hook. The front hook and the trigger are constructed and arranged relative to the safety selector and relative to the hammer in order to allow the hammer to be recocked from an upright position with the safety selector in a “SAFE” position. This particular construction provides a trigger assembly which is constructed and arranged as a two-stage, drop-in trigger assembly which is compliant with the European Standard for an M4/M16 (AR) platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Dean Olson, Joe Beitelspacher
  • Publication number: 20190257606
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a firearm is disclosed wherein the firearm includes a receiver, a safety selector and a hammer. The trigger assembly includes a trigger having a pivot axis, a front hook which is constructed and arranged to move with trigger rotation, a rear hook which is cooperatively arranged with the front hook and a spring which is positioned between the front hook and the rear hook. The front hook and the trigger are constructed and arranged relative to the safety selector and relative to the hammer in order to allow the hammer to be recocked from an upright position with the safety selector in a “SAFE” position. This particular construction provides a trigger assembly which is constructed and arranged as a two-stage, drop-in trigger assembly which is compliant with the European Standard for an M4/M16 (AR) platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Dean Olson, Joe Beitelspacher
  • Patent number: 10197353
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lower receiver that defines an aperture extending between a bolt stop well and an actuator well, the lower receiver including a bolts stop and a first actuator lever on one side of the lower receiver and a bolt stop actuator that includes a tooth that extends through the aperture, a second bolt release lever on the other side of the lower receiver and a rod connecting the tooth and the second bolt release lever, wherein the tooth engages the bolt stop so that actuation of the second bolt release lever moves the bolt stop and where the first and second release levers move in unison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl R. Lewis, Douglas Olson, Michael Neff, Michael Nawrocki, John J. Smith
  • Patent number: 9885529
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains generally to cam pins for rotating bolt firearms. In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides cam pins having a curved profile along a portion of the cam pin that contacts sides of a cam slot in a bolt carrier. Kits, bolt carrier group assemblies, and firearms are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Karl R. Lewis
  • Patent number: 9217615
    Abstract: Disclosed is a firearm assembly that includes a monolithic rail platform that includes an upper receiver, a barrel assembly received in the upper receiver, and a top rail integral with the monolithic rail platform that extends over a portion of the barrel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl R. Lewis, James Arend Seabold Bargren, Jacob A. Schafer, Neal David Hohl
  • Patent number: 9151556
    Abstract: Disclosed is a firearm bolt that may optionally incorporate one or more ejectors that are positioned outside of a central portion of a cartridge that experience high compression forces when the cartridge is fired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Karl R. Lewis
  • Patent number: D733247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KRL Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl R. Lewis, Neal David Hohl, Charles Olmsted, James Arend Seabold Bargren, Jason Rice