US 20120180354A1

(19) United States

(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2012/0180354 A1
Sullivan et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jul. 19, 2012

(54) QUICK BARREL CHANGE FIREARM Publication Classi?cation

Leroy James Sullivan, Prescott, (51) Int. Cl.

(75) Inventors:
F41A 3/12 (2006.01)
AZ (US); Robert Lloyd
Water?eld, Prescott, AZ (US); F41A 11/00 (2006.01)
Alan H. OstroWski, Prescott, AZ
(52) US. Cl. .......................................... .. 42/16; 42/75.02
(US); Paul N. Latulippe, JR.,
Chino Valley, AZ (US); Hyunjung
Samuel Eyssautier, Prescott, AZ (57) ABSTRACT
(Us)
A ?rearm can have a backbone, a barrel, a swinging Wedge,
(73) Assignee: ArmWest, LLC, Prescott, AZ (US) and a barrel latch, in accordance With one or more embodi
ments. The barrel latch can be in mechanical communication
(21) Appl. No.: 13/350,156 With the sWinging Wedge. The barrel latch can have a ?rst
position and a secondposition and the sWinging Wedge can be
(22) Filed: Jan. 13, 2012 con?gured to maintain attachment of the barrel to the back
bone When the barrel latch is in the ?rst position and is
Related US. Application Data
con?gured to release the barrel from the backbone When the
(60) Provisional application No. 61/433,115, ?led on Jan. barrel latch is in the second position. Thus, the ?rearm can
14, 2011, provisional application No. 61/524,138, provide quick barrel changes. Other features enhance the
?led on Aug. 16, 2011. reliability and utility of the ?rearm.
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