Charging Handle
Patents tagged Charging Handle
Dec 16, 2025
The charging handle includes a latch assembly and a plunger that locks the latch assembly, preventing a lever of the latch assembly from rotating and thereby transitioning the latch from the relaxed position, in which the latch can engage the receiver of the firearm, to the released position. This configuration prevents the charging handle from inadvertently pulling the bolt carrier group of the firearm out of battery when snagged, which might otherwise render the firearm inoperable due to unintended operation of the charging handle.
Nov 18, 2025
A device and method for charging an automatic or semi-automatic firearm, via a unique forward charging handle configuration. The present invention is illustrated and for use on the AR-15 rifle platform, but is equally applicable to various other caliber and configured firearms, with or without gas tubes. The forward charging handle slidably reciprocates about and along the frontal support or hand guard area (also referenced as the fore stock) in a pump action, allowing ejecting of spent, jammed or dud ammo from the chamber area, or initial chambering or charging the firearm while maintaining shooting position. The present invention is particularly suitable for use in competitive shooting, military applications, hunting, etc, allowing the user to charge, chamber, and/or unjam the firearm while maintaining firing posture, without the need for the user's hand leaving the front support.
