Sling attachment device
AssigneeBlue Force Gear, Inc.
InventorAshley A. Burnsed, Jr.
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Abstract
A sling attachment device has a body having a strap facility adapted for attachment of a sling strap, a flexible elongated tether having a first end attached to the body, the tether having a free end opposite the first end, and the body defining a receptacle operable to receive the free end of the tether, such that the tether may be threaded through an aperture on a rifle and received by the receptacle to secure the strap to the rifle. The tether may have a selected first width along at least a portion of its length, and the free end may have a second width greater than the first width. A ball may be attached to the free end. The body may define a channel having a width larger than the first width and smaller than the second width. There may be an aperture adjacent to the channel.
Claims20
A rifle sling facility comprising:
- a body having a strap facility adapted for attachment of a sling strap;
- a flexible elongated tether having opposed first and second ends attached to the body;
- the tether having a first portion adjacent to the first end, a second portion adjacent to the second end, and an intermediate portion connected between the first and second portions;
- the body having a hook adapted to selectably engage the intermediate portion of the tether;
- wherein the first and second portions extend away from the body in a direction away from the hook, such that each of the first portion and the second portion of the tether are looped back toward the hook for the intermediate portion to engage the hook;
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- wherein the first and second ends of the tether are connected to the body at spaced-apart locations.
A rifle sling facility comprising:
- a body having a strap facility adapted for attachment of a sling strap;
- a flexible elongated tether having opposed first and second ends attached to the body;
- the tether having a first portion adjacent to the first end, a second portion adjacent to the second end, and an intermediate portion connected between the first and second portions;
- the body having a hook adapted to selectably engage the intermediate portion of the tether;
- wherein the first and second portions extend away from the body in a direction away from the hook, such that each of the first portion and the second portion of the tether are looped back toward the hook for the intermediate portion to engage the hook;
- wherein the body defines a passage adapted to receive the intermediate portion and to constrain the tether against unintentional displacement from engagement with the hook;
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- wherein the passage is between the end portions of the tether and the hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.