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		<title>Wooden AR-15 stock patented!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month a Californian resident was granted a patent application for a wooden hunting style stock for the &#8220;M-16/AR-15&#8243;.

Photo from the patent

Of course as you can see in the photo the rifle is not a AR-15/M16 as the patent claims. It has a forward recoil system and only the Para USA Tactical Target Rifle (previously [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last month a Californian resident was <a href="http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;d=PG01&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;s1=%2220090126249%22.PGNR.&amp;OS=DN/20090126249&amp;RS=DN/20090126249">granted a patent</a><span style="text-decoration:line-through;"> </span>application for a wooden hunting style stock for the &#8220;M-16/AR-15&#8243;.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/picture-1-16.png" onclick="window.open('http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/picture-1-16.png','popup','width=587+20,height=321+20,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false" class="tfb_thumbnail"><img rel="thumbnail" src="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/picture-1-16-tm.jpg" height="218" width="400" align="" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Picture 1-16" title="" longdesc="" /></a><br />
<em>Photo from the patent<br />
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<p>Of course as you can see in the photo the rifle is not a AR-15/M16 as the patent claims. It has a forward recoil system and only the <a href="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/02/04/para-ordinance-tactical-target-rifle-internals/">Para USA Tactical Target Rifle</a> (previously know as the ZM LR300) has such a system.</p>
<p>I cannot see how this is an original invention. All he has patented is a standard rifle stock replaces the the pistol grip. The patent system is severely messed up.</p>
<p>Still, I must say I like his laminated stock and handguard in the above photo. I think it looks pretty nifty.</p>
<p>Thanks to the ever vigilant <a href="http://thegunzone.com">Daniel Watters</a> for sending me the patent info.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: It is a patent application, not a patent, and I have been told it was not allowed.</p>
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