Handguard mounting system
AssigneeAero Precision Inc.
InventorsJesus Gomez, Dustin Yearicks, Jason Miller
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Abstract
Embodiments are directed toward a handguard system for a rifle. In some embodiments, the system includes a handguard and a fastener. The upper portion of the handguard defines fastener apertures in opposite sides of the handguard. The fastener is configured to extend through the fastener apertures and to clamp the handguard to a barrel nut. In some embodiments, the system is devoid of separable components disposed between at least one end portion of the first fastener and an exterior surface of the handguard when the handguard is fully installed on the rifle. Accordingly, the system increases the ease of installing and servicing the handguard on the rifle.
Claims20
A handguard system for an AR pattern rifle, the system comprising:
- a handguard defining a first fastener aperture in a first side of an upper portion of the handguard and a second fastener aperture in a second side of the upper portion of the handguard;
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- a first fastener configured to extend through the first and second fastener apertures, the first fastener being configured to clamp the handguard to a barrel nut of the rifle,
- wherein the system is devoid of separable components disposed between at least one end portion of the first fastener and an exterior surface of the handguard when the handguard is installed on the rifle,
- whereby the system increases the ease of installing and servicing the handguard on the rifle.
A handguard system for an AR pattern rifle, the handguard system comprising:
- a handguard defining a first fastener aperture in a first side of an upper portion of the handguard, a second fastener aperture in a second side of the upper portion of the handguard, a third fastener aperture in the first side of the upper portion, and a fourth fastener aperture in the second side of the upper portion, the first fastener aperture and the second fastener aperture each being positioned along a first fastener axis, and the third fastener aperture and the fourth fastener aperture each being positioned along a second fastener axis;
- a first fastener configured to extend along the first fastener axis and into the first and second fastener apertures;
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- a second fastener configured to extend along the second fastener axis and into the third and fourth fastener apertures,
- wherein the first fastener and second fastener are configured to extend into the handguard to be positioned within recessed space defined by a notched surface of a barrel nut,
- wherein the first and second fasteners do not contact each other,
- whereby the first fastener and the second fastener extending into the fastener apertures of the upper portion of the handguard facilitate improved interface strength as well as ease of installing the handguard.
A handguard system for an AR pattern rifle, the handguard system comprising:
- a handguard defining a first fastener aperture in a first side of an upper portion of the handguard and a second fastener aperture in a second side of the upper portion of the handguard, the first fastener aperture and the second fastener aperture each being positioned along a first fastener axis;
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- a first fastener configured to extend along the first fastener axis and into the first and second fastener apertures,
- wherein the first fastener is configured to extend into the handguard to be positioned within a notched surface defined by a barrel nut such that the first fastener is disposed between the barrel nut and a gas tube,
- wherein the first fastener has at least one cross section with multiple diameters that include a first diameter and a second diameter, the first diameter being larger than a distance between the notched surface of the barrel nut and the gas tube, the second diameter being at least as small as the distance between the notched surface of the barrel nut and the gas tube,
- whereby the first fastener extending into the fastener apertures of the upper portion of the handguard facilitates improved interface strength while the multiple diameters of the first fastener permit installing the handguard after installation of the gas tube in a manner that permits the first fastener to withstand larger torsional forces than if the first fastener had only the second diameter.
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