Patent ID: 8713832
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A magazine release device for a firearm with a lower receiver, the release device being operable from either side of the firearm and comprising: a shaft designed to fit within the lower receiver and extend between one side of the lower receiver and an opposite side of the lower receiver, the shaft being movable longitudinally within the lower receiver between a magazine engaged orientation and a magazine disengaged orientation, and a spring engaged with the shaft and biasing the shaft into the magazine engaged orientation; an elongated plate affixed to one end of the shaft and designed to extend along an outer surface of the lower receiver, the plate comprising a single piece rigidly affixed to the shaft for lateral movement away from the outer surface of the lower receiver with longitudinal movement of the shaft to the disengaged orientation, the plate including an inwardly directed catch positioned on an inner surface of the plate and designed to be engaged with a magazine inserted into the lower receiver when the shaft is in the magazine engaged orientation and disengaged from the magazine when the shaft is moved to the disengaged orientation; a first actuation button affixed to an end of the shaft opposed to the one end, the first actuation button extending outwardly from the lower receiver opposite the plate and having a depressed position and a normal position, the first actuation button controlling the shaft into the disengaged orientation in the depressed position and maintaining the shaft in the engaged orientation in the normal position; and a second actuation button affixed to the single piece plate and having a depressed position and a normal position, the second actuation button controlling the shaft and plate into the disengaged orientation in the depressed position and maintaining the shaft and plate in the engaged orientation in the normal position, the second actuation button extending beyond the plate in a direction perpendicular to the plate and including a pivot portion that bears against the surface of the lower receiver to provide a lever action or outward pivotal movement when the second actuation button is depressed so as to pivot about the pivot point and move the plate outwardly from the surface of the lower receiver into the disengaged position.