Nov 25, 2025
The present disclosure describes a foldable firearm that collapses into a folded state under spring pressure. The foldable firearm may include a foldable grip assembly. The foldable grip assembly may include a foldable pistol grip, a foldable trigger assembly, a folding bar, and a foldable hand stop. The foldable grip assembly may fold into the housing of the foldable firearm. The foldable grip assembly may include a two-part folding trigger a part of which folds forward when the platform folds, to compress the vertical profile of the platform and also to present an inherent safety in the stowed configuration. The foldable firearm can also include a manual safety accessible from outside a housing of the platform that renders a trigger bar incapable of movement and release of the striking mechanism when the safety is engaged.
Aug 26, 2025
Folding firearms have a frame having a trigger assembly and a bolt passage, a barrel assembly pivotally connected to the frame for movement between an extended operable condition and a folded inoperable condition, the barrel assembly defining a barrel axis, a latch assembly operably connected to the frame and to the barrel assembly, the latch assembly including a latch operable between a first latched condition and a second unlatched condition, when the barrel assembly is in the operable condition and the latch is in the latched condition, the barrel assembly is secured in the operable condition, when the latch is in the unlatched condition, the barrel assembly is free to move away from the operable condition toward the folded condition, and the firearm being free of restraints on movement of the barrel assembly from the operable condition besides the latch, such that single-control release of the barrel assembly is provided.
