Bayonet lug clamp and mount assembly

A bayonet lug clamp for use with a rifle having a T-shaped bayonet lug with slots formed in a central portion thereof, said bayonet lug clamp comprising:

• a housing configured to slidingly engage the T-shaped bayonet lug in a complementary fashion;
• a lever pivotally coupled on an end thereof to an end of said housing for movement towards and away therefrom;
• a jaw mounted in said housing for pivoting movement and sliding movement relative to said housing, said jaw having teeth protruding therefrom, said teeth alignable with the slots in the bayonet lug when said housing is slid thereon;
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• a piston/cylinder assembly having a cylinder pivotally coupled to said lever inboard of said end of said lever, said piston/cylinder assembly further having a piston slidingly supported partially within said cylinder and coupled to said jaw wherein, when said lever is pivoted towards said housing with said teeth aligned with the slots in the bayonet lug, said piston/cylinder assembly compresses to form an axially rigid assembly that causes said pivoting movement and said sliding movement and presses said jaw against the bayonet lug as said teeth engage the slots.

An accessory mount assembly for use with a rifle having a T-shaped bayonet lug with slots formed in a central portion thereof, said assembly comprising:

• a housing open on an end thereof to slidingly engage the T-shaped bayonet lug in a complementary fashion;
• an elongated mounting rail pivotally coupled on an end thereof to said end of said housing for movement towards and away therefrom;
• a jaw mounted in said housing for pivoting movement and sliding movement relative to said housing, said jaw having teeth protruding therefrom, said teeth alignable with the slots in the bayonet lug when said housing is slid thereon;
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• a spring-loaded piston/cylinder assembly having a cylinder pivotally coupled to said lever inboard of said end of said mounting rail, said piston/cylinder assembly further having a piston slidingly supported partially within said cylinder and coupled to said jaw wherein, when said lever is pivoted towards said housing with said teeth aligned with the slots in the bayonet lug, said piston/cylinder assembly compresses to form an axially rigid assembly that causes said pivoting movement and said sliding movement and presses said jaw against the bayonet lug as said teeth engage the slots.