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US 7,395,627 B2Granted
Accessory mount for a firearm
AssigneeSureFire, LLC
InventorsTimothy F. La France, Michael D. Picciotta
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Abstract
An accessory mount or interface adapter having a rail for removably mounting an accessory (such as a light beam generator) to a firearm, the accessory mount being removably securable to a recurved trigger guard of a firearm without necessarily utilizing other structural features of the firearm for effecting the securement.
Claims30
An accessory mount for mounting an accessory device to a firearm, the firearm including a longitudinal barrel and a trigger guard with a recurved front section, the accessory mount comprising:
- a longitudinal rail adapted for removably securing the accessory device thereto;
- an appendage downwardly projecting from said rail in the vicinity of the rear end of said rail, said appendage including a first side wall, a front wall and a rear wall, said front wall and said rear wall spaced apart by an opening in said appendage for receiving the trigger guard recurved front section when said rail is placed to the firearm longitudinally beneath the barrel, said front wall configured to form a cavity with the trigger guard recurved front section and said first side wall;
- a cover plate secured to said appendage, said cover plate positionable for covering said opening and alternatively for uncovering said opening;
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- a resilient member configured for being received by said cavity and adapted to be wedged against said front wall and the trigger guard recurved front section.
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Firearm and accessory mount apparatus, comprising in combination:
- a firearm including a longitudinal barrel and a trigger guard with a recurved front section;
- a rail adapted for removably securing the accessory device thereto, said rail longitudinally extending beneath said barrel;
- an appendage downwardly projecting from said rail in the vicinity of the rear end of said rail, said appendage including a first side wall, a front wall and a rear wall, said front wall and said rear wall spaced apart by an opening in said appendage with said the trigger guard recurved front section received in said appendage by said opening, said front wall configured to form a cavity with the trigger guard recurved front section and said first side wall;
- a cover plate secured to said appendage, said cover plate positionable for covering and alternatively for uncovering said opening;
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- a resilient member in said cavity and wedged against said front wall and said trigger guard recurved front section with said cover plate covering said opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.