Patents Assigned to U.S. Armament Corporation
  • Patent number: 4231177
    Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rilfes and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, 0.223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Assignee: U.S. Armament Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Foote
  • Patent number: 4194314
    Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles, including a uniquely three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rifles and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, 0.223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: U.S. Armament Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Foote
  • Patent number: 4142314
    Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles, including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rifles and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, 0.223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: U.S. Armament Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Foote
  • Patent number: 4139958
    Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles, including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rifles and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, .223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: U.S. Armament Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Foote
  • Patent number: 4098016
    Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles, including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rifles and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, 0.223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: U.S. Armament Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Foote