IPC Main Group
F41C 23/00 Butts; Butt plates; Stocks
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- WEAPONS
- Subclass:
- SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F41C 23/02 Attachment of slings
- F41C 23/04 Folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts
- F41C 23/06 Stocks specially adapted for recoil reduction
- F41C 23/1 Stocks or grips for pistols, e.g. revolvers
- F41C 23/12 Auxiliary stocks for stabilising, or for transforming pistols, e.g. revolvers, into shoulder-fired guns
- F41C 23/14 Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop
- F41C 23/16 Forestocks; Handgrips; Hand guards
- F41C 23/18 characterised by the material used
- F41C 23/2 Butts; Butt plates; Mountings therefor
- F41C 23/22 Stocks having space for the storage of objects
Top Applicants
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- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 509
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 461
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 409
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 388
- CHONGQING JIANSHE INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY 352
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 345
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 323
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 320
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 263
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 228