US2293128A

US2293128A - Firearm stock construction

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Publication number: US2293128A
Application number: US276978A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fortin Joseph Thomas
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1939-06-02
Filing date: 1939-06-02
Publication date: 1942-08-18
Anticipated expiration: 1959-08-18

Description

Aug. 118; 1942. J. T. FORTIN FIREARM STOCK CONSTRUCTION Filed June 2, 1939 C v vs I Q om Patented Aug. 18, 1942 FIREARM STOCK CONSTRUCTION Joseph Thomas Fortin, St. Victor dc Beaucc, Quebec, Canada Application June 2, 1939, Serial No. 276,978

3 Claims.

This invention relates to firearms.

More particularly, the invention relates to a rifle having a folding stock, so that the rifle or the like may be shortened when not in use.

The objects of the invention are to provide a rifle having its stock hinged to the receiver member or action whereby the stock may be turned down or folded to lie below the receiver member when the rifle is not in use.

A specific object of the invention is to so form the stock that it provides a hinged shoulder engaging member or butt, so that the stock can be reduced in size when the rifle is not in use.

Another specific object of the invention is to so form the hinged stock, that when folded against the receiver member, the stock will house and therefore shield the trigger.

Still another specific object of the invention is to provide means for releasably locking the stock in its folded position under the receiver member, or in its extended or normal position, as well as to releasably lock the shoulder butt in operative or in folded position.

In the drawing, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation of the rifle;

Figure 2 is an enlarged section on line 22 in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the stock partly folded;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary, bottom plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary top plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 7 is a section on line 'l--'! in Figure 6, parts being omitted.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal section of the butt portion of the rifle.

Referring now by numerals to the drawing, the rifle A may be in part of a conventional design of which Illis a barrel secured to a steel base member called the receiving member or action I I, and in which is mounted a trigger I2. l5 indicates the usual lever for operating the usual shell ejecting mechanism (not shown). Instead of providing the usual one piece or solid stock, the invention contemplates the use of a hinged stock. Thus the receiver member or action I l extends a distance rearwardly of the trigger as at l3, and to this extension is pivoted a member [4 which provides a stock. The stock I 4 is pivotally contended or firing nected as by a pin it to the inner or rearward end of the extension IS. The stock is preferably formed substantially as shown in Figure 2, comprising a hollow or channel-shaped portion I! of a depth sufficient to receive and substantially house the operating lever i5 when the stock is folded or turned down to lie under the receiver member. The stock 14 extends rearwardly into a reduced portion l8, which is preferably composed of two spaced bars 19 providing a space or hollow 2t therebetween.

Hinged between the two bars l9, as by pin 29A, is a shoulder member or butt 2|. Preferably, a cross bar 22 is provided between and integral with the two spaced bars l9 slightly forwardly of the pin 26A, the bar 22 forming a stop determining the operative or raisediposition of the butt 2|, The forward face of the butt is preferably formed with a longitudinal recess 23 terminating in an aperture or slot M, which is partly closed by a lug or finger 25 extending in the axis Of the recess 23.

In order to releasably lock the butt in its raised or operative position, there is provided a substantially U-shaped spring member 26, anchored at its forward end in the stock. This spring member is so arranged that its free or hook end 39 will penetrate into the slot 24 and engage with or hook onto the lug 25, when the butt is in operative position and bearing against the stop 22. The spring member 26 is preferably formed with a coil or turn 3| in each of its two legs 32 so that the effective length of the member may be slightly increased when it is hooked to the lug 25. The spring is also so arranged that when hooked to the lug it will be under tension and will press firmly on the butt toward the pin 29A. The butt will thus be held securely in operative position. When the butt is not in use and folded back, it lies between the bars I9 which constitute the reduced portion iii of the stock.

In order to releasably lock the stock in its operative position, a catch or lever 33 pivoted at one end as at 34 to one leg of the channel-shaped portion of the stock, and sliding at the other end in a slot 35 formed in the other or opposite leg of the reduced portion of the stock, is adapted to engage in a slot or recess 36 formed into the extension IS, the extension preferably being formed with a slanted or bevelled face 31 in the length of which is included the slot 35. The locking lever or catch 33 will thus be guided gradually to the slot when the stock is turned rearwarolly from its folded position to its exposition. A coiled spring 39 is tensioned between a lug 38 on the catch and a pin or eye 40 anchored in the stock. The spring will thus urge the lever or catch to a position such that it will engage in the slot 35, and releasably hold the same therein. To turn the catch against the action of the spring 39, and move the catch out of the slot 36, the catch may be formed with an extension 43 sliding through the slot 35 and provided with a finger piece or lug 45.

I claim:

1. A firearm including a receiver member, a stock pivotally mounted to said member to assume a firing position behind said member or a folded position under said member, means for releasably locking said stock in firing position, a shoulder-engaging member pivotally mounted to said stock to assume a raised position, or a folded position adjacent said stock, and means for releasably locking said shoulder engaging member in raised position.

2. A firearm including a stock, a shoulder-engaging member pivotally mounted to said stock to assume a raised position, or a folded position adjacent said stock, said stock having a hollow space partly defined by a stop, said shoulder engaging member engaging said stop when in raised position and being received and housed in the hollow space when said shoulder engaging memher is in folded position, and means on said stock and said shoulder engaging member, including a resilient hook, adapted to releasably lock said shoulder engaging member in raised position.

3. A firearm including a receiver member, a stock pivotally mounted to said member to assume a firing position behind said member, or a folded position under said member, means for releasably locking said stock in firing position, said stock having a hollow space partly defined by a stop, a shoulder-engaging member pivotally mounted to said stock to assume a raised position and engage said stop, or a folded position within the hollow space, and means on said stock and said shoulder-engaging member, including a resilient hook, adapted to releasably lock said shoulder-engaging member in raised position. JOSEPH THOMAS FORTIN.