Means for mounting bolt-actuating device for firearms

Claim 1

IN A FIREARM HAVING A RECEIVER, A BARREL RIGIDLY MOUNTED AT ONE END OF SAID RECEIVER, A BOLT MEMBER SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID RECEIVER FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF CHAMBER CLOSING RELATION WITH SAID BARREL, AND A SLIDE MEMBER SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID RECEIVER FOR RECIPROCATING SAID BOLT MEMBER INTO AND OUT OF CHAMBER CLOSING POSITION, SAID SLIDE MEMBER BEING DISPOSED IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH SAID BOLT MEMBER AND IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT THEREWITH ALONG MUTUALLY ENGAGING SURFACES WHICH EXTEND LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID SLIDE AND BOLT MEMBERS BEING MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND HAVING MEANS FOR LIMITING SUCH RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT SUCH THAT SAID MEMBERS CAN MOVE IN UNISON, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A BOLT-ACTUATING LEVER MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID BOLT AND SLIDE PORTION PROJECTING LATERALLY THEREFROM FOR MOVING SAID MEMBERS LONGITUDINALLTERALLY THEREFROM FOR MOVING SAID MEMBERS LONGITUDINALLY, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A FIRST RECESS IN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MUTUALLY ENGAGING SURFACES TO RCEIVE AND CONFINE SAID BASE OF SAID BOLT-ACTUATING LEVER AGAINST SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT LATERALLY OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID SLIDE MEMBER HAVING A SECOND NARROWER RECESS IN ITS BOLT-ENGAGING SURFACE ADJACENT SAID FIRST RECEISS AND OPENING LATERALLY OF SAID SLIDE MEMEBER INTO WHICH SAID LATERALLY PROJECTING PORTION OF SAID BOLT-ACTUATING LEVER FITS FOR CONFINING THE SAME AGAINST SUBSTANTIAL LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT WIT RESPECT TO SAID SLIDE MEMBER, WHEREBY SAID BOLT-ACTUATING LEVER IS SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SLIDE MEMBER WHILE BEING MOVABLE THEREWITH LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BOLT MEMBER.