Firearm handguard system
OwnerStephen P. Troyinventor
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Abstract
A firearm includes a receiver with a socket defined by a forwardly extending circumferential rim having an inner surface, a barrel extending from the socket of the receiver and terminating in a muzzle, and a cocking lever housing carried above the barrel. A partial tubular body is received over the barrel with a rearward end abutting the receiver at the forwardly extending circumferential rim. A clamp element is carried by the partial tubular body and is movable between a release position and an engaged position in which a clamp end of the clamp element frictionally engages the inner surface of the circumferential rim.
Claims11
A handguard system for use on a firearm having a receiver with a socket defined by a forwardly extending circumferential rim, a barrel received within the socket of the receiver, and a cocking lever housing carried above the barrel, the handguard system comprising:
- a partial tubular body having a rearward end, a forward end, an inner surface, and an open slot formed along a top thereof to accommodate the cocking lever housing, the partial tubular body receivable over the barrel of a firearm with the rearward end abutting the receiver at the forwardly extending circumferential rim;
- a circumferentially extending groove formed in the inner surface of and forward from the rearward end of the partial tubular body;
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- a clamp element having a body with a clamp end and a heel extending substantially perpendicularly from an opposing end of the body, adjustably positioned within the partial tubular body with the heel extending radially outwardly and received in the circumferential groove, wherein the clamp element is movable between an engaged position and a release position.
A firearm comprising:
- a receiver with a socket defined by a forwardly extending circumferential rim having an inner surface;
- a barrel extending from the socket of the receiver and terminating in a muzzle;
- a cocking lever housing carried above the barrel;
- a partial tubular body having a rearward end, a forward end, an inner surface, and an open slot formed along a top thereof to accommodate the cocking lever housing, the tubular body received over the barrel with the rearward end abutting the receiver at the forwardly extending circumferential rim and the cocking lever housing extending through the open slot;
- a circumferentially extending groove formed in the inner surface of and forward from the rearward end of the partial tubular body;
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- a clamp element having a body with a clamp end and a heel extending substantially perpendicularly from an opposing end of the body, adjustably positioned within the partial tubular body with the heel extending radially outwardly and received in the circumferential groove;
- wherein the clamp element is movable between a release position and an engaged position in which the clamp end of the clamp element frictionally engages the inner surface of the circumferential rim.
A handguard system for use on a firearm having a receiver with a socket defined by a forwardly extending circumferential rim, and a barrel received within the socket of the receiver, the handguard system comprising:
- a partial tubular body having a rearward end, a forward end and an inner surface, the partial tubular body receivable over the barrel of a firearm with the rearward end abutting the receiver at the forwardly extending circumferential rim;
- a circumferentially extending groove formed in the inner surface of and forward from the rearward end of the partial tubular body;
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- a clamp element having a body with a clamp end and a heel extending substantially perpendicularly from an opposing end of the body, adjustably positioned within the partial tubular body with the heel extending radially outwardly and received in the circumferential groove, wherein the clamp element is movable between an engaged position and a release position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.