Patent ID: 8925229
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A magazine catch assembly for a detachable firearm magazine, said assembly comprising: a user input pad adapted for attachment to a firearm receiver and configured to receive an input signal from a user, a latch supported for movement between engaged and disengaged conditions, said latch configured to hold a detachable magazine in the receiver when in said engaged condition and to permit removal of the detachable magazine from the receiver when in said disengaged condition, an actuator mechanism operatively coupled to said latch and responsive to the input signal at said user input pad to displace said latch between at least one of said engaged and disengaged conditions, and an electronic delay circuit operatively coupled to said input pad establishing a predetermined dwell period between the input signal received at said input pad and the displacement of said latch to at least one of said engaged and disengaged positions.