US Patent Issued to Ares Defense Systems on Oct. 6 for "Lever-action firearm and kit for constructing the same" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,983, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Ares Defense Systems Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Lever-action firearm and kit for constructing the same" was invented by Geoffrey A Herring (Melbourne, Fla.) and Nathaniel T. Fitch (Titusville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiver system comprises upper and lower receiver bodies, a lower receiver body, a bolt carrier, and an action-control lever. The upper receiver body is a semi-automatic firearm upper receiver body. The lower receiver body includes a stock mounting flange having a stock receptacle that is matingly engageable with a receiver engaging portion of a stock. The bolt carrier i...