Patents by Inventor Kevin T. Bauer

Kevin T. Bauer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8186090
    Abstract: An adjustable buttstock assembly for a hand carried weapons, wherein an inner stock extends from and slidably moves into an outer stock to provide the length adjustment and where a set of opposed spring loaded engagement pins, located in the end of the inner stock, extend through a set of discrete, opposed openings in the outer stock to securely hold the stocks in position one relative to the other. One of the engagement pins, engages into one of a series of discrete holes located in the lower side of the outer stock, while the other engages into one of a series of partial oval opening, opposed thereto, the series of partial oval openings located on the upper side of the outer stock separated by flat teeth, to form a rack, with each partial oval opening into an open channel running the length of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Joseph P. Chiarolanza, Kevin T. Bauer, Marcos A. Collado
  • Patent number: H88
    Abstract: A firearm bolt comprises a base having a plurality of outwardly radially ending lugs. Transition surfaces between adjacent lugs are each concavely curved toward the base so that each lug has a broad base area connecting the lug to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Giulio V. Savioli, Kevin T. Bauer
  • Patent number: H107
    Abstract: A trigger mechanism for an automatic weapon which has a bolt carrier recicatably mounted in a receiver and biased to slide from a recoiled position to a firing position. The mechanism has a hammer positioned alongside the bolt carrier and pivotally mounted on the receiver for reciprocating between a retracted and a striking position. Also included are a bias spring, a trigger and a catch. The trigger is rotatably mounted on the receiver while the bias spring is attached to the hammer for urging it into a striking position. The catch is connected between the trigger and the hammer for releasably holding the hammer. The catch can retract the hammer in response to rotation of the trigger. The bolt carrier has a stop for engaging the hammer and holding the bolt carrier at its recoiled position. The catch is operable to release the bolt carrier from the stop by retracting the hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Kevin T. Bauer
  • Patent number: D760858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Thomas J. Formanes, Dennis M. Sheehan, Lucien G. Ingrassia, Thomas C. Grego, Patrick W. Sherwood, Kevin T. Bauer, Joe O'Neil, Steve Kotefski