Firearm accessory mounting assembly
AssigneeBravo Company Mfg, Inc.
InventorsEric Stephen Kincel, Jeffrey James O’Brien
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Abstract
A method for coupling an accessory mount to a firearm includes inserting a deflectable portion of the accessory mount and a fastener through a slot of the firearm, the fastener having a head and a rotational axis and extending through the accessory mount; tightening the fastener to deflect the deflectable portion with the head of the fastener transverse to the rotational axis; and after tightening the fastener, clamping with the head of the fastener the accessory mount against the firearm with a longitudinally-directed clamping force.
Claims18
A method for coupling an accessory mount to a firearm, the method comprising:
- inserting a deflectable portion of the accessory mount and a fastener through a slot of the firearm, the fastener having a head and a rotational axis and extending through the accessory mount;
- tightening the fastener to deflect the deflectable portion with the head of the fastener transverse to the rotational axis;
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- after tightening the fastener, clamping, with the head of the fastener, the accessory mount against the firearm with a longitudinally-directed clamping force.
A method for coupling an accessory mount to a firearm, the method comprising:
- positioning a rib extending from the accessory mount against the firearm to define a gap between a portion of the accessory mount and the firearm;
- moving a fastener toward the firearm in a clamping direction;
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- bearing against the portion of the accessory mount with the fastener to flex the portion of the accessory mount into the gap as the fastener moves in the clamping direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.