Auxiliary device for a weapon and attachment thereof
AssigneeInsight Technology, Inc.
InventorsKenneth S. Solinsky, Albert Lapage, Wallace Woodman
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Abstract
An attachment system is provided for attaching an auxiliary apparatus to a weapon having a frame, and in particular to a weapon frame in the area forward of the trigger guard. An attachment mechanism on the auxiliary apparatus is adapted to be engageable with a rail on the weapon to selectively attach the auxiliary apparatus. The weapon may include a transverse slot which can be engaged by a portion of the auxiliary apparatus to prevent the auxiliary apparatus from sliding relative to the weapon due to recoil forces associated with firing the weapon.
Claims15
A weapon system with a mechanism for mounting an auxiliary device to a weapon, said system comprising:
- the weapon, wherein the weapon comprises a frame, a barrel, and a trigger guard;
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- the auxiliary device, wherein the auxiliary device comprises a housing;
- said weapon system further comprising:
- i) elongated rails, unitarily formed in the frame of the weapon at a location adjacent to an underside of the barrel, wherein the elongated rails extend from a location near the trigger guard to a location near an end of the barrel, and complementary grooves formed in the housing of the auxiliary device, the elongated rails and the complementary grooves enabling the auxiliary device to be mounted to the weapon at a predetermined position by relative sliding movement therebetween, wherein the predetermined position is located such that an end of the auxiliary device abuts the trigger guard;
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- ii) a positioning mechanism for fixing the location of the auxiliary device at the predetermined position, wherein the positioning mechanism comprises a position fixer, a position fixer receptacle and a biasing mechanism that biases the position fixer into the position fixer receptacle, and wherein the biasing mechanism biases the position fixer in a direction that is substantially normal to the underside of the barrel.
A weapon system with a mechanism for mounting an auxiliary device to a weapon, said system comprising:
- the weapon, wherein the weapon comprises a frame, a barrel, and a trigger guard;
- the auxiliary device, wherein the auxiliary device comprises a housing;
- the weapon system further comprising:
- i) elongate grooves unitarily formed in the frame at a location adjacent to an underside of the barrel, wherein the elongate grooves extend from a location near the trigger guard to a location near an end of the barrel, for enabling the auxiliary device to be mounted to the weapon at a predetermined position using one hand and no tools;
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- ii) positioning means for fixing the location of the auxiliary device at the predetermined position, wherein the positioning means comprise a position fixer, a position fixer receptacle and a biasing mechanism that biases the position fixer into the position fixer receptacle, and wherein the biasing mechanism biases the position fixer in a direction that is substantially normal to the underside of the barrel.
A weapon for use in a weapon system wherein said weapon system comprises a mechanism for mounting an auxiliary device to the weapon, said weapon comprising:
- a frame;
- a barrel;
- a trigger guard;
- elongate grooves unitarily formed in the frame, at a location adjacent to an underside of the barrel, wherein the elongated grooves extend from a location near the trigger guard to a location near an end of the barrel, for enabling the auxiliary device to be mounted to the weapon at a predetermined position using one hand and no tools;
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- a position fixer on the frame for fixing the location of the auxiliary device at the predetermined position.
A system for mounting an auxiliary device to a weapon, the system comprising:
- the weapon, wherein the weapon comprises a barrel and a frame, the frame having rails formed substantially parallel to the barrel;
- a transverse slot, formed in the weapon at a location adjacent to an underside of the barrel, wherein the transverse slot is substantially perpendicular to the rails;
- the auxiliary device, wherein the auxiliary device comprises:
- a housing having projections formed thereon which mate with the rails;
- a transverse bar, which mates with the transverse slot, to assist in fixing the position of the auxiliary device on the weapon;
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- a biasing member that biases the transverse bar into engagement with the transverse slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.