IP Library Granted Patent US 12,372,315
Granted Patent B2
US 12,372,315 · App. 18/219,514 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Firearm frame with a relief

Inventors: Joseph Smathers (Dayton, NV); Todd Powers (Dayton, NV)
Assignee: OA DEFENSE LLC
F41A3/64
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Patent No.
US 12,372,315
App. No.
18/219,514
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Firearm with a relief for debris. The relief can sit below where the barrel would typically sit once assembled with the frame. The relief can be shaped such that the debris that would typically be held in the barrel void would instead fall into the relief.

Claims (32)

1. A firearm comprising:

a slide assembly;

a barrel;

a frame configured mate with the slide assembly, wherein the frame and the slide assembly house the barrel, wherein the frame comprises an inner surface;

a relief in the inner surface of the frame wherein the relief is coaxially situated on the inner surface of the frame proximate a muzzle end of the barrel and is shaped to capture debris not to provide a void for a component to function; and

a barrel lug configured to removably attach the barrel to the frame, wherein the barrel lug further comprises a first flute and a second flute.

2. The firearm of claim 1 , wherein the relief is below a placement of the barrel within the frame when the barrel is assembled with the frame.

3. The firearm of claim 1 , wherein the barrel has a cylindrical body, and exterior, and an interior.

4. The firearm of claim 1 , wherein the relief is configured to capture debris in between the barrel and an interior of the frame.

5. The firearm of claim 1 , wherein first flute and the second flute are configured to direct debris away from the inner surface of the frame.

6. The firearm of claim 1 , wherein the first flute is parallel to the barrel.

7. The firearm of claim 1 , wherein the second flute is at an angle relative to the barrel.

8. The firearm of claim 1 , wherein the firearm comprises a plurality of reliefs in the inner surface of the frame.

9. The firearm of claim 1 , wherein the barrel lug comprises three or more flutes configured to direct debris away from the inner surface of the frame.

10. A firearm comprising:

a slide assembly;

a barrel;

a frame configured to mate with the slide assembly, wherein the frame and the slide assembly house the barrel, wherein the frame comprises an inner surface and a distal muzzle end; and

a relief in the inner surface of the frame wherein the relief is situated on the inner surface of the frame near the distal muzzle end of the frame and wherein the relief is shaped to capture debris and not to provide a void for a component to function.

11. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the relief is below a placement of the barrel within the frame when the barrel is assembled with the frame.

12. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the barrel has a cylindrical body, and exterior, and an interior.

13. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the relief is configured to capture debris in between the barrel and an interior of the frame.

14. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the firearm comprises a plurality of reliefs in the inner surface of the frame.

15. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the relief has chamfered edges.

16. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the relief has sharp edges.

17. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the relief has curved edges.

18. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the relief within the frame comprises sheer walls with a textured surface.

19. The firearm of claim 10 , wherein the relief within comprises a length that extends less than half of the entire inner surface.

20. A firearm frame comprising:

an inner surface of the firearm frame and a distal muzzle end of the firearm frame; and

a relief in the inner surface of the firearm frame, wherein the relief is coaxially situated on the inner surface of the firearm frame proximate the distal muzzle end of the firearm frame and wherein the relief is shaped to capture debris and not to provide a void for a component to function.

21. The firearm frame of claim 20 , wherein the relief comprises at least one channel that terminates before the distal muzzle end of the firearm frame.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2024
From: SMATHERS, JOSEPH; POWERS, TODD
To: ORACLE ARMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 066701/0894 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2024
From: ORACLE ARMS LLC
To: OA DEFENSE LLC
Reel/Frame 066778/0078 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63393891 · Jul 30, 2022
Related Publication 20240035762A1 · Feb 1, 2024
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