Patents by Inventor Robert W. Landies, III

Robert W. Landies, III 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).

  • Quick-change barrel for a firearm
    Patent number: 11598600
    Abstract: A firearm includes a quick-change barrel including: (a) at least two barrel-mounting features, each configured to selectively interact with a barrel-receipt feature of the firearm during mounting of the quick-change barrel to a mounting structure of the firearm, or (b) at least one barrel-mounting feature configured to selectively interact with at least two barrel-receipt features of the firearm during mounting of the quick-change barrel to a mounting structure of the firearm. The barrel is selectively mountable to the firearm in at least two orientations depending, per (a), upon which of the at least two barrel-mounting features interact with the barrel-receipt feature or, per (b), upon which of the at least two barrel-receipt fixtures interact with the barrel-mounting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Robert W. Landies, III, Thomas M. Hardman, Brent Susnik, Samuel D. Reid
  • QUICK-CHANGE BARREL FOR A FIREARM
    Publication number: 20220236029
    Abstract: A firearm includes a quick-change barrel including: (a) at least two barrel-mounting features, each configured to selectively interact with a barrel-receipt feature of the firearm during mounting of the quick-change barrel to a mounting structure of the firearm, or (b) at least one barrel-mounting feature configured to selectively interact with at least two barrel-receipt features of the firearm during mounting of the quick-change barrel to a mounting structure of the firearm. The barrel is selectively mountable to the firearm in at least two orientations depending, per (a), upon which of the at least two barrel-mounting features interact with the barrel-receipt feature or, per (b), upon which of the at least two barrel-receipt fixtures interact with the barrel-mounting fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Robert W. Landies, III, Thomas M. Hardman, Brent Susnik, Samuel D. Reid
  • Firearm top cover with multiple degrees of freedom of motion
    Patent number: 11268774
    Abstract: A belt-fed firearm includes a top cover that can move in at least two degrees of freedom of motion (surge, sway, heave, roll, pitch, and yaw) that in combination allow movement of the top cover to both clear a peripheral accessory mounted to the firearm (such as optics) and open access to a feed surface to permit loading of cartridges to the feed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ohio Ordnance Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Landies, III, Thomas M. Hardman, Brent Susnik
  • Firearm with sear return delay mechanism
    Patent number: 10288373
    Abstract: A firearm includes a sear with a sear tip, the sear movable between a stop-fire position, wherein a discharge mechanism is held by the sear tip against movement that would result in firing of a round, and a fire position, wherein the discharge mechanism is released by the sear tip to permit movement of the discharge mechanism to fire a round. The firearm includes a sear return delay mechanism delaying the return of the sear tip to the stop-fire position from the fire position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: OHIO ORDNANCE WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Hardman, Robert W. Landies, III, Joshua G. Hershberger, Gary T. Hershberger
  • Handguard for a firearm
    Patent number: D1026157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: OHIO ORDNANCE WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Landies, III, Brent A. Susnik, Alex R. Cooper, Thomas M. Hardman