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US 8,572,885 B2Granted
Mounting clamps for coupling scopes to mounting rails of firearms
OwnerTheodore Karagiasinventor
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Abstract
A sighting assembly for a firearm includes a scope and a mounting clamp. The mounting clamp includes a ring cap and a ring base that cooperate to surround and hold the scope. The mounting clamp has a rail clamp that includes a plurality of crowned portions that are configured to physically contact and grip a mounting rail.
Claims16
A scope mounting clamp coupled to a mounting rail of a firearm, comprising:
- a clamp member including a first crowned portion;
- and
- a main body including a plurality of second crowned portions, the clamp member and the main body defining a mounting rail channel, the mounting rail of the firearm is positioned in the mounting rail channel, the first crowned portion and the second crowned portions surrounding the mounting rail channel such that curved surfaces of the first crowned portion and the second crowned portions are spaced apart from all longitudinally extending edges of the mounting rail located between flat surfaces of the mounting rail contacted by the first and second crowned portions.
A system, comprising:
- a mounting rail for a firearm;
- and
- a scope mounting clamp including a first convex curved portion and a second convex curved portion, the first convex curved portion contacting a first surface of the mounting rail, and the second convex curved portion contacting a second surface of the mounting rail such that a first contact interface between the first convex curved portion and the first surface and a second contact interface between the second convex curved portion and the second surface are both spaced apart from all longitudinal edges of the mounting rail adjacent to the first and second surfaces;
- wherein the scope mounting clamp further includes
- a third convex curved portion that contacts a third surface of the mounting rail;
- a third contact interface between the third convex curved portion and the third surface of the mounting rail;
- a fourth convex curved portion that contacts a fourth surface of the mounting rail;
- and
- a fourth contact interface between the fourth convex curved portion and the fourth surface of the mounting rail,
- wherein the third contact interface and the fourth contact interface are spaced apart from the longitudinal edges of the mounting rail adjacent to the third and fourth surfaces of the mounting rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.