Accessory mount for a firearm
AssigneeElzetta Design, LLC
InventorsBryan T. Marcum, David L. Barnett
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Abstract
An accessory mount for a firearm that includes a barrel and a front sight located on the barrel comprises: a first section adapted to engage a first side of the firearm at the front sight and including a boss that extends into and is received in an aperture defined by and through the front sight; a second section adapted to engage a second side of the firearm at the front sight and including a boss that extends into and is received in the aperture defined by and through the front sight; and one or more fasteners that secure the first and second sections to one another; wherein the first and second sections collectively define a substantially cylindrical channel adapted to receive and secure an accessory below the barrel of the firearm.
Claims17
An accessory mount for a firearm that includes a barrel and a front sight located on the barrel, comprising:
- a first section adapted to engage a first side of the firearm at the front sight and including a boss that extends into and is received in an aperture defined by and through the front sight;
- a second section adapted to engage a second side of the firearm at the front sight and including a boss that extends into and is received in the aperture defined by and through the front sight;
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- one or more fasteners that secure the first and second sections to one another;
- wherein the first and second sections collectively define a substantially cylindrical and enclosed channel that is positioned below and substantially parallel to the barrel of the firearm, and wherein the substantially cylindrical and enclosed channel is adapted to receive and secure an accessory.
A combination, comprising:
- a firearm that includes a barrel and a front sight located on the barrel;
- an accessory for the firearm;
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- an accessory mount secured to the firearm at the front sight, the accessory mount including a first section adapted to engage a first side of the firearm at the front sight, a second section adapted to engage a second side of the firearm at the front sight, and one or more fasteners that secure the first and second sections to one another, and wherein the first and second sections collectively define a substantially and enclosed cylindrical channel that (a) is positioned below and substantially parallel to the barrel of the firearm and (b) receives and secures the accessory below the barrel of the firearm.
An accessory mount for a firearm that includes a barrel and a front sight located on the barrel, comprising:
- a first section adapted to engage a first side of the firearm at the front sight and including a boss that extends into and is received in an aperture defined by and through the front sight;
- a second section adapted to engage a second side of the firearm at the front sight and including a boss that extends into and is received in the aperture defined by and through the front sight;
- one or more fasteners that secure the first and second sections to one another, such that the first and second sections collectively define a substantially cylindrical channel adapted to receive and secure an accessory;
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- an insert that fits within the substantially cylindrical channel defined by the first and second sections, said insert defining an inner, substantially cylindrical channel with a diameter less than that of the substantially cylindrical channel defined by the first and second sections, and said insert including a first sizing adapter section and a second sizing adapter section;
- wherein each said sizing adapter section comprises multiple discrete ribs that are connected to one another along an edge of the respective sizing adapter section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.