Heatshield accessory for firearms
AssigneeAdvanced Technology International USA, LLC
InventorJohn R. Chvala
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Abstract
A heatshield assembly for a metal barrel of a firearm includes a heatshield body provided with a rear end extending to a front end, and configured to overlie the barrel of the firearm. An insulating mounting arrangement is frictionally attached to and located within the heatshield body. The mounting arrangement is separate from the heatshield body for mounting the heatshield body to the barrel of a firearm in a continuous spaced relationship therefrom without damaging the barrel. With the heatshield body constructed of a metal material, the mounting arrangement is particularly constructed to prevent metal-to-metal contact between the heatshield body and the barrel.
Claims22
A firearm heatshield assembly comprising:
- a heatshield body having a pair of opposed ends, the heatshield body being adapted to overlie a barrel of a firearm;
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- an insulating arrangement frictionally attached to and located within the heatshield, the mounting arrangement being adapted to mount the heatshield body to the barrel of the firearm in continuous spaced relationship therefrom.
A heatshield assembly for a metal barrel of a firearm comprising:
- a heatshield body provided with a rear end extending to a front end, and configured to overlie the barrel of the firearm;
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- an insulating mounting arrangement frictionally attached to and located within the heatshield body, the mounting arrangement being separate from the heatshield body for mounting the heatshield body to the barrel of the firearm in a continuous spaced relationship therefrom without damaging the barrel.
A method of mounting a heatshield assembly to a metal barrel of a firearm, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a heatshield body having a rear end, a front end, an arcuate upper wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls depending from the upper wall;
- b) providing a rear mounting arrangement which is snap fit within the rear end of the heatshield body;
- c) providing a front mounting arrangement which is snap fit within the front end of the heatshield body;
- d) snapping the rear mounting arrangement onto a rear portion of the barrel;
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- e) clamping the front mounting arrangement on a front portion of the barrel,
- wherein the front mounting arrangement and the rear mounting arrangement mount the heatshield body to the barrel in continuous spaced relationship therefrom without damaging the barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.