Patents Assigned to WHG Properties, LLC
  • Patent number: 11421956
    Abstract: Trigger guard assemblies that support and position a magazine within a firearm, firearms that include such assemblies, and associated components, assemblies, and methods are provided. An assembly may include at least a receiver and a trigger guard. The receiver may define a magazine well configured to support a magazine during a firearm operational cycle. The trigger guard may be connected to the receiver. The trigger guard may include a magazine guide portion that may be configured to contact the magazine supported by the receiver during at least a portion of the firearm operational cycle to resist rotation of the magazine relative to the magazine well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Robinson, William H. Geissele
  • Patent number: 11365945
    Abstract: An assembly for directing propellant gas to an action of a firearm includes a barrel and a gas block. The barrel has a plurality of gas ports that communicate with the bore of the barrel. The barrel and the gas block define a passage that receives pressurized propellant gas from the bore by way of the barrel gas ports, and directs the propellant gas to a gas port of the gas block. The plurality of barrel gas ports and the passage act as a manifold in which the propellant gas is taken from multiple locations within the barrel, combined into a single flow, and directed into the gas block via the gas block gas port. The pressurized gas is then routed to an action of the firearm by way of a gas tube and a gas key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Geissele
  • Patent number: 11313635
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a bolt catch device that prevents the bolt of a bolt carrier assembly of a firearm from moving to its forward position so as to prevent the firearm from being discharged until the user manually moves the bolt catch. The bolt catch is mechanically coupled to the selector of the firearm via a linkage, so that the bolt catch can be moved by way of the selector. This feature can prevent a self-loading firearm that otherwise could function on a semi-automatic basis from operating in such a manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventor: Frank E. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11287214
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustable firearm sling that allows a user to rapidly adjust orientation of the firearm between resting and firing positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventor: Frank E. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20210404758
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a bolt catch device that prevents the bolt of a bolt carrier assembly of a firearm from moving to its forward position so as to prevent the firearm from being discharged until the user manually moves the bolt catch. The bolt catch is mechanically coupled to the selector of the firearm via a linkage, so that the bolt catch can be moved by way of the selector. This feature can prevent a self-loading firearm that otherwise could function on a semi-automatic basis from operating in such a manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventor: Frank E. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11193726
    Abstract: Trigger assemblies are provided for restraining a firing pin of a firearm on a selective basis. The triggers assemblies include a first and a second lever mounted for rotation within a housing. The first lever is configured to be rotated by the user, and rotation of the first lever imparts rotation to the second lever to initiate the discharge of the firearm. The trigger assemblies also include a safety mechanism having a safety lever that is movable between a first and a second angular position. The safety lever is configured to prevent movement of the first and second levers when the safety lever is in its first angular position, thereby preventing discharge of the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Geissele, David Duhaime
  • Patent number: 11047649
    Abstract: A firearm accessory mount is described herein. The firearm accessory mount is manufactured by securing a raw amount of material, shaping the raw amount of material to generate receiving structures positioned on a mounting base along a common axis, forming apertures through the receiving structures to form accessory rings along a single axis from one direction and at least substantially dividing each of the accessory rings into receivers and caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Geissele
  • Patent number: 11035633
    Abstract: An M240 machine gun barrel assembly with a barrel with a muzzle end at the distal end of the barrel and a breach end at the proximal end of the barrel; a handle connector connecting the barrel to a handle assembly; and the handle assembly having a free end and a connected end, the connected end operably connected to the handle connector; the handle assembly operable between a first position with the free end of the handle assembly pointing proximally and a second position with the free end of the handle assembly pointing distally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Ronnie Barrett, Christopher Gene Barrett
  • Patent number: 11029104
    Abstract: An adapter for an M240 machine gun to position the trigger housing assembly distally forward as well as an extended trigger housing assembly for an M240 machine gun and an M240 machine gun with the trigger housing assembly positioned distally forward from the proximal end of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Ronnie Barrett, Christopher Gene Barrett
  • Patent number: 11022393
    Abstract: Trigger guard assemblies for firearms include a trigger guard movable between a closed positon; and an open position providing greater access to a trigger bow of the firearm. The trigger guard assemblies also include a post that engages the trigger guard, and is movable in relation to the trigger guard between a retracted position and an extended position. When in the retracted position, the post does not interfere with movement of the trigger guard between the open and closed positions. When in the extended position, the post interferes with movement of the trigger guard between the open and closed positions, and exerts a lateral force on the firearm to further secure the trigger guard to the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventor: Frank E. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11015893
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a bolt catch device that prevents the bolt of a bolt carrier assembly of a firearm from moving to its forward position so as to prevent the firearm from being discharged until the user manually moves the bolt catch. The bolt catch is mechanically coupled to the selector of the firearm via a linkage, so that the bolt catch can be moved by way of the selector. This feature can prevent a self-loading firearm that otherwise could function on a semi-automatic basis from operating in such a manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventor: Frank E. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11002501
    Abstract: An ammunition retaining feed tray for a firearm including a feed tray with a distal and a proximal end, a cartridge stop for alignment of an ammunition belt, at least one pawl opening, and a pawl assembly engagement; a pawl assembly connected to the pawl assembly engagement of the feed tray with the pawl assembly including at least one pawl operable to move within the at least one pawl opening of the feed tray and for engaging an ammunition belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventor: Ronnie Barrett
  • Patent number: 10933548
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to mounts for knife sheaths. The mounts can be assembled in a first configuration in which the mounts can be strap-mounted; and a second configuration in which the mounts can be mounted on a waist belt. The mounts also permit the orientation of the sheath to be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventor: Neal McKillips
  • Patent number: 10895426
    Abstract: Gas tube assembles are provided for mounting on a gas block of a gas-actuated firearm having an internal passage configured to receive propellant gas from a barrel of the firearm. The gas tube assemblies have a gas tube that defines a passage extending between a forward and a rearward end of the gas tube. The gas tube assemblies also have a mating portion secured to the gas tube. The mating portion has a flange that can be secured to the gas block so that the flange prevents linear and rotational movement of the gas tube in relation to the gas block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Frank E. Robinson, William H. Geissele
  • Patent number: 10890391
    Abstract: An anti-rattling biasing device for firearms includes a spring configured to exert a biasing force against an upper receiver and a lower receiver of the firearm. The biasing force urges the upper and lower receivers firmly into contact with the pins that couple the upper and lower receivers, inhibiting small back and forth movement between the upper and lower receivers and thereby reducing or eliminating rattling of the upper and lower receivers when assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Geissele, Timothy Ambrose
  • Patent number: D936167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Geissele
  • Patent number: D943048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Geissele
  • Patent number: D946106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Geissele
  • Patent number: D950000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventor: Neal McKillips
  • Patent number: D950671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Frank E. Robinson, William H. Geissele