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US 2016/0238346 A1Published application
Optical weapon mounting apparatus and related methods
AssigneeRobert J. McCreight
InventorJoseph A. DiCarlo
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AssigneeRobert J. McCreight
InventorJoseph A. DiCarlo
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A mounting apparatus used to connect an optical device to a mounting structure is provided. The mounting apparatus has a base portion which is connectable to the mounting structure and a receiving portion which is movably connected to the base portion, such as with a pivot joint. The mounting apparatus may include an adjustable ‘force to overcome’ pivot joint between the base and receiving portions and a novel clamping system to clamp the base portion to the mounting structure. The mounting apparatus may also include a locking hole and locking structure engagement with a plunger and a movement restraint structure which controls pivotal movement of the receiving structure relative to the base structure. Other novel features and related methods of the mounting apparatus are also disclosed herein.
A mounting apparatus comprising:
An optical device mounting system comprising:
A method of mounting an optical device to a rail mounting structure, the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.