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US 8,505,229 B2Granted
Rail extension device
OwnerDale J. Savoy, Aidan N. Zimmerman +1inventors
InventorsDale J. Savoy, Aidan N. Zimmerman, Alan E. Tobey
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Abstract
A rail extension device for a belt fed machine gun includes a first and a second section of rail for mounting auxiliary devices, the second section being rotatable relative to the first section to prevent a collision between an auxiliary device mounted on the second section of rail and the weapon when a feed tray cover is opened to reload.
Claims3
A retrofit kit for a belt fed machine gun, comprising
- a first rail member configured to be coupled to a feed tray cover of the machine gun;
- and
- a second rail member coupled to the first rail member, the second rail member rotatable about the first rail member from a first position to a second position about an axis, the feed tray cover movable from a closed position to an open position, movement of the feed tray cover from the closed position to the open position causing a release trigger to be actuated thereby causing the second rail member to rotate from the first position to the second position, the axis being parallel with a barrel of the machine gun when the feed tray cover is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.