Firearm accessory
AssigneeSwitch Grip LLC
InventorsMichael Christopher Rice, Torrance L. Adcock
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Abstract
A device is convertible between a knife and a fore grip of a firearm. The device has a grip body operatively connected to a blade, and an attachment member connecting the grip body to a longitudinally extending rail of a firearm. The blade converts between an extended position when the device is disconnected from the firearm to a stored position when the device is connected the rail. The blade remains oriented along the longitudinal axis of the grip body when it is in both the stored position and the extended position. The grip body remains operatively connected to the blade when the device is disconnected from the firearm and the blade is in the extended position.
Claims20
A firearm accessory convertible between a foregrip when attached to a firearm and an elongated sharpened device when detached from the firearm, the accessory comprising:
- a grip body having a first end spaced from a second end and defining a chamber therein, the grip body adapted to repeatably detach from and attach to a firearm forwardly from a trigger;
- an attachment mechanism including a coupler and a securing mechanism, wherein the securing mechanism is on the coupler and the coupler is adapted to releasably connect the first end to the firearm;
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- a sharpened edge moveable between a collapsed position stored within the chamber and an extended position extending outwardly from the grip body, and wherein the attachment mechanism precludes the sharpened edge from moving to the extended position when the grip body is attached to the firearm.
A single action installation method for a firearm accessory comprising the steps of:
- grasping a grip body having a blade in an extended position, the grip body detached from a firearm;
- moving a tip on the blade upwardly towards an attachment mechanism releasably attached to a rail on the firearm forward from a trigger;
- contacting the tip with the attachment mechanism in and continuing to apply upward force against the tip, wherein the upward force applied against the tip contacting the attachment mechanism causes the blade to retract into a chamber defined by the grip body;
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- actuating a securing mechanism to attach the grip body to the firearm forward of a trigger and retain the blade in a stored position inside the chamber.
A single action deployment method for a firearm accessory comprising the steps of:
- grasping a grip body having a blade in a collapsed position and attached to a firearm forwardly from a trigger;
- actuating a securing mechanism to release the grip body from an engagement with a coupler, wherein the securing mechanism is carried by the coupler;
- drawing the grip body away from the firearm and as the blade simultaneously moves from the collapsed position to an extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.