Composite handguard for a firearm and mounting/attachment apparatus therefor
AssigneeTroy Industries, Inc.
InventorsAndreas M. Gottzmann, Alexander M. Gottzmann
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Abstract
An apparatus to couple a handguard to a firearm having a barrel nut, wherein the barrel nut includes a cylindrical portion and an outwardly protruding flange with a plurality of scalloped regions, the apparatus comprising at least one handguard mounting member, the handguard mounting member providing a collar configured to at least partially circumscribe the cylindrical portion of the barrel nut, and the least one handguard mounting member configured to fit in at least one of the scalloped regions of the plurality of scalloped regions of the barrel nut to inhibit rotation of the at least one handguard mounting member relative to the barrel nut.
Claims18
An apparatus to couple a handguard to a firearm having a receiver and a barrel nut rotatably couplable to the receiver, wherein the barrel nut includes a cylindrical portion and an outwardly protruding flange with a plurality of scalloped regions, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one handguard mounting member, wherein the at least one handguard mounting member comprises a first handguard mounting member couplable to the barrel nut and a second handguard mounting member couplable to the barrel nut, the first and the second handguard mounting members providing a collar configured to at least partially circumscribe the cylindrical portion of the barrel nut, wherein the first and the second handguard mounting members are separate components from each other and from the handguard whereby the handguard is installable by movement of the handguard relative to the first and the second handguard mounting members;
- wherein the at least one handguard mounting member comprises at least one tab configured to fit in at least one scalloped region of the plurality of scalloped regions of the protruding flange of the barrel nut to inhibit rotation of at least one of the handguard mounting members relative to the barrel nut;
- wherein the at least one tab configured to fit in at least one scalloped region of the plurality of scalloped regions further comprises at least two tabs, each tab configured to fit in a respective one of the plurality of scalloped regions;
- wherein a first tab of the at least two tabs is provided by the first handguard mounting member, wherein the first tab is a cantilevered first tab;
- wherein a second tab of the at least two tabs is provided by the second handguard mounting member, wherein the second tab is a cantilevered second tab;
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- wherein, when the first handguard mounting member and the second handguard mounting member are coupled to the barrel nut and the barrel nut is rotatably coupled to the receiver, the first handguard mounting member and the second handguard mounting member are rotatable with the barrel nut relative to the receiver.
A firearm comprising:
- a receiver;
- a handguard;
- a barrel nut rotatably couplable to the receiver, wherein the barrel nut includes a cylindrical portion and an outwardly protruding flange with a plurality of scalloped regions;
- an apparatus to couple the handguard to the barrel nut, the apparatus including
- at least one handguard mounting member, wherein the at least one handguard mounting member comprises a first handguard mounting member couplable to the barrel nut and a second handguard mounting member couplable to the barrel nut, the first and the second handguard mounting members providing a collar configured to at least partially circumscribe the cylindrical portion of the barrel nut, wherein the first and the second handguard mounting members are separate components from each other and from the handguard whereby the handguard is installable by movement of the handguard relative to the first and the second handguard mounting members;
- wherein the at least one handguard mounting member comprises at least one tab configured to fit in at least one scalloped region of the plurality of scalloped regions of the protruding flange of the barrel nut to inhibit rotation of at least one of the handguard mounting members relative to the barrel nut;
- wherein the at least one tab configured to fit in at least one scalloped region of the plurality of scalloped regions further comprises at least two tabs, each tab configured to fit in a respective one of the plurality of scalloped regions;
- wherein a first tab of the at least two tabs is provided by the first handguard mounting member, wherein the first tab is a cantilevered first tab;
- wherein a second tab of the at least two tabs is provided by the second handguard mounting member, wherein the second tab is a cantilevered second tab;
- and
- wherein, when the first handguard mounting member and the second handguard mounting member are coupled to the barrel nut and the barrel nut is rotatably coupled to the receiver, the first handguard mounting member and the second handguard mounting member are rotatable with the barrel nut relative to the receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.