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US 12,504,255 B2Granted
Firearm accessory coupling system
AssigneeTraditional Sporting Goods, Inc.
InventorsKarl K. Ricker, Thomas F. Hall
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Abstract
An interchangeable firearm accessory coupling system and method of using. The system comprises an elongated connecting member having a first portion with a recess cut therein, a sleeve in translational engagement with the connecting member, and a firearm bore accessory component removably receivable within the connecting member recess. The sleeve is translatable between an engaged position wherein the sleeve encloses the recess and a disengaged position wherein the sleeve moves to a second portion of the elongated connecting member to expose the recess, such that the firearm bore accessory component may be received or removed from the recess.
Claims17
A firearm accessory coupling system, comprising:
- an elongated connecting member having a rearward end and a forward end, including:
- a middle body component;
- and
- an accessory-end component, wherein said accessory-end component includes a recess cut therethrough;
- a sleeve in translational engagement with said elongated connecting member's accessory-end component;
- a resilient component within an interior portion of said elongated connecting member, capable of recovering its size and shape after deformation caused by compressive stress, said resilient component biasing said sleeve in a direction towards said elongated connecting member forward end;
- a loading element comprising a locking member at a rear end having a bulbous end and a shaft that extends the bulbous end from an intermediate flange, configured to be received by said recess within said accessory-end component recess at said elongated connecting member forward end, and said intermediate flange extending radially outwards;
- a receiving coupler attachable to said rearward end of said elongated connecting member;
- and
- a firearm bore accessory component removably attachable to said loading element;
- wherein said sleeve is translatable between an engaged position wherein said sleeve encloses said recess, to a disengaged position wherein said sleeve moves toward said middle body component of the elongated connecting member, thereby exposing said recess;
- and
- wherein said intermediate flange contacts and engages said accessory-end component at a forward end opening of said elongated connecting member forward end, ensuring coaxial alignment of said firearm bore accessory component with said elongated connecting member.
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A firearm accessory coupling system, comprising:
- an elongated connecting member having a rearward end and a forward end, including:
- a middle body component;
- and
- an accessory-end component, wherein said accessory-end component includes a recess cut therethrough;
- a sleeve in translational engagement with said elongated connecting member's accessory-end component;
- a resilient component within an interior portion of said elongated connecting member, capable of recovering its size and shape after deformation caused by compressive stress, said resilient component biasing said sleeve in a direction towards said elongated connecting member forward end;
- a loading element comprising a locking member at a rear end having a bulbous end and a shaft that extends the bulbous end from an intermediate flange, configured to be received by said recess within said accessory-end component recess at said elongated connecting member forward end, and said intermediate flange extending radially outwards;
- a receiving coupler attachable to said rearward end of said elongated connecting member;
- and
- a firearm bore accessory component removably attachable to said loading element;
- wherein said sleeve is translatable between an engaged position wherein said sleeve encloses said recess, to a disengaged position wherein said sleeve moves toward said middle body component of the elongated connecting member, thereby exposing said recess;
- wherein said firearm bore accessory component includes an internal cavity that is partially conical in shape, having converging internal sidewalls that feed into an axially straight section of sidewalls having at least an initial diameter matching the smallest diameter of said conical portion, said conical portion presenting a geometrical cavity for a conically shaped bullet or round projectile;
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- wherein said locking member includes a linking portion receivable within an opening end of said firearm bore accessory component in an interference engagement, said interference engagement formed by a radially inward extension tab on a rearward end of said firearm bore accessory component.
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A firearm accessory coupling system, comprising:
- an elongated connecting member having a rearward end and a forward end, including:
- a middle body component;
- and
- an accessory-end component, wherein said accessory-end component includes a recess cut therethrough;
- a sleeve in translational engagement with said elongated connecting member's accessory-end component, said sleeve being in mechanical communication with a resilient component via a pin;
- said resilient component within an interior portion of said elongated connecting member, capable of recovering its size and shape after deformation caused by compressive stress, said resilient component providing a biasing force against said sleeve in a direction towards said elongated connecting member forward end, said interior portion including an inner diameter proximate said forward end of said elongated connecting member, said interior portion inner diameter being smaller than an outer diameter of a bulbous end of a locking member, such that said bulbous end is secured within said interior portion, and prohibited from axial release through an opening in said forward end, and wherein as a result of said biasing force of said resilient component, said sleeve encloses said recess, securing said locking member within said accessory-end component recess;
- a loading element comprising said locking member at a rear end having said bulbous end and a shaft that extends the bulbous end from an intermediate flange, configured to be received by said recess within said accessory-end component recess at said elongated connecting member forward end, and said intermediate flange extending radially outwards;
- a receiving coupler attachable to said rearward end of said elongated connecting member;
- and
- a firearm bore accessory component removably attachable to said loading element;
- wherein said sleeve is translatable between an engaged position wherein said sleeve encloses said recess, to a disengaged position wherein said sleeve moves toward said middle body component of the elongated connecting member, thereby exposing said recess;
- and
- wherein said flange of said loading element contacts and engages said accessory-end component at a forward end opening of said elongated connecting member forward end, ensuring coaxial alignment of said firearm bore accessory component with said elongated connecting member.
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