Grip attachment for a firearm
OwnerJames Levoyd Skeltoninventor
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Abstract
A grip attachment for a firearm includes a hollow grip cover for receiving the firearm rear hand grip and having an expansion slit defined in a lateral side thereof and an arm extending to the rear of the grip cover. The arm includes an attachment ring for receiving the firearm butt stock extension tube in sliding engagement and a butt stock coupling disposed at a rearward end of the arm for coupling the rearward end of said grip attachment to the firearm butt stock. The butt stock coupling comprises a rearward extending wedge for preventing engagement of the firearm butt stock locking mechanism.
Claims18
A grip attachment for a firearm, the firearm having a receiver assembly, a trigger, a rear hand grip, and a stock assembly comprising an extension tube extending to the rear of the receiver assembly and a butt stock slidably engaged therewith, the butt stock having a locking mechanism tor selectively locking the longitudinal position of the butt stock with respect to the extension tube, said grip attachment comprising:
- a hollow grip cover for receiving the firearm rear hand grip and having an expansion slit defined in a lateral side thereof;
- a trigger guard extending forward from a top portion of said grip cover;
- an arm extending to the rear of said grip cover;
- an extension tube attachment ring for receiving the extension tube in sliding engagement, said attachment ring disposed on the top of said arm roughly midway along the length thereof;
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- a butt stock coupling disposed at a rearward end of said arm for coupling the rearward end of said grip attachment to the firearm butt stock, said butt stock coupling comprising a rearward extending wedge for preventing engagement of the firearm butt stock locking mechanism.
11, The grip attachment of claim 7, wherein said butt stock coupling is configured with a d-ring for coupling the rear end of said grip attachment with the firearm butt stock.
The grip attachment of claim 11, wherein said hollow grip cover is dimensioned such that when the firearm rear hand grip is inserted therein, a space is defined therein between an interior wall of said grip cover and the rear surface of the rear hand grip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.