(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2010/0077643 A1 KERBRAT Et Al
US 20100077643A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2010/0077643 A1 KERBRAT et al. (43) Pub. Date: Apr. 1, 2010 (54) FIREARM WITH ENHANCED RECOIL AND (30) Foreign Application Priority Data CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS Jun. 7, 2002 (CH) ....................................... O975/02 (76) Inventors: Renaud KERBRAT, Gland (CH): Jul. 31, 2002 (CH) ....................................... 1343/O2 Timothy Lindsay, Woodstock, MD Apr. 15, 2003 (CH) ....................................... O679/03 (US) Publication Classification Correspondence Address: (51) Int. Cl WILEY REN LLP F4A 25/00 (2006.01) WSRISE. Soons (us F4A 3/50 (2006.01) 9 (US) F4I435/00 (2006.01) (21) Appl. No.: 12/501,247 (52) U.S. Cl. ......................................................... 42/1.06 (22) Filed: Jul. 10, 2009 (57) ABSTRACT O O The invention comprises improved designs in a recoil control Related U.S. Application Data device comprising a bolt and slider for use in a variety of (63) Continuation of application No. PCT/US08/00336, firearms. In one embodiment, the bolt and slider are articu filed on Jan. 10, 2008, Continuation-in-part of appli- lated so that the displacement of the bolt results in a force cation No. 11/783,380, filed on Apr. 9, 2007, which is component accompanying the slideras it moves along a slider a continuation of application No. 10/454,780, filed on path that traverses a line formed by a linear firing axis of the Jun. 5, 2003, now Pat. No. 7,201,094. barrel of the firearm. The slider can have additional structural and functional features, including stabilizing features, vibra (60) Provisional application No. 60/879,530, filed on Jan.
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