US 2008/0164392 A1 · DEVICE MOUNT SYSTEM FOR A WEAPON

Abstract

An attaching system for mounting a device to a weapon is provided. The attaching system includes an attaching ring, a mounting rail and a threaded attaching member. The attaching ring includes a weapon attaching portion, a retaining portion and an extending portion. The weapon attaching portion is configured to attach to a weapon. The retaining portion is configured to receive and hold a mounting rail. The retaining portion includes a retaining aperture. The extended portion is coupled between the weapon attaching portion and the retaining portion. The extending portion has a select length to space the weapon attaching portion from the retaining portion a select distance. The mounting rail is configured to be received in the retaining portion. The mounting rail has a threaded recess. The threaded attaching member is configured to pass through the retaining aperture and to threadably engage the threaded recess of the mounting rail.

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Dependent claims

An attaching ring comprising:

a weapon attaching portion configured to attach to a weapon;
a retaining portion configured to receive and hold a mounting rail;
and
an extended portion coupled between the weapon attaching portion and the retaining portion, the extending portion having a select length to space the weapon attaching portion from the retaining portion a select distance.

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An attaching ring comprising:

a main attaching portion, the main attaching portion having a first half circle near a first end and a receiving rail recess near a second end, the main attaching portion further having a first opening to the first half circle and a second opening to the receiving rail recess, the first opening being in an opposite direction than the second opening, the second opening to the receiving rail recess defined by first and second retaining ridges that are configured to retain a mounting rail resting within the receiving rail recess, the main attaching portion further having an extended portion that separates the first half circle from the second half circle by a select distance;
and
a second attaching portion, the second attaching portion having a second half circle, the second half circle configured to form a full circle with the first half circle of the main attaching portion when the second main attaching portion is coupled to the main attaching portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Device mount system for a weapon

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Device mount system for a weapon

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