Apparatus for reconfiguring automatic rifle to include grenade launching function
AssigneeR/M Equipment, Inc.
InventorJoseph C. Kurak
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for reconfiguring an automatic rifle (10) for quick attachment and detachment of a grenade launcher (32). The apparatus invention comprises an upper rack (42) securable to the barrel (16) of the rifle (10), and a lower rack (34) to which the grenade launcher (32) can be secured. The upper and lower racks (42, 34) carry quick connect/disconnect fittings (66, 68, 78, 80) for mating and unmating of the launcher (32) with regard to the rifle (10).
Claims7
Apparatus for configuring and deconfiguring an automatic rifle with a grenade launching device to be mounted to the barrel of the rifle, comprising:
- (a) a unitary upper rack including a base portion and at least two quick connect/disconnect fittings depending from said base portion and being spaced from each other at fixed, defined distances along said base portion;
- (b) means for securing said upper rack to the barrel of the rifle at a desired location therealong;
- (c) a lower rack having means for suspending the grenade launching device therefrom;
- (d) quick connect/disconnect fittings carried by said lower rack for selectively mating and unmating said upper and lower racks with respect to one another, said fittings carried by said lower rack being fixedly spaced from each other at a distance the same as that at which said fittings carried by said upper rack are spaced;
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- (e) a hand guard attachable to the rifle to enclose said upper rack and a portion of the barrel of the rifle to which said upper rack is secured, said guard having apertures formed therein to permit said quick connect/disconnect fittings carried by said lower rack to pass through said apertures to mate precisely with said quick connect/disconnect fittings carried by said upper rack.
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