Handguard systems for firearms
AssigneeApex Machining Company, Inc.
InventorsJames E. Kimmel, Joseph A. Ivory
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Abstract
A hand guard assembly for attachment to a firearm includes an anchor member and a sleeve. The anchor member is coupled to the firearm and defines an inner bore through which a barrel of the firearm extends when the anchor member is coupled to the firearm. The sleeve surrounds a portion of the barrel of the firearm in an overlying relationship. The sleeve is coupled to the anchor member at a first end so that when the assembly is attached to the firearm, the sleeve is cantilevered from the anchor member with an inner surface of the sleeve and an outer surface of the barrel being radially spaced apart from one another.
Claims11
A hand guard assembly for attachment to a firearm, the assembly comprising;
- an anchor member configured to be coupled to the firearm, the anchor member defining an inner bore through which a barrel of the firearm can extend when the anchor member is coupled to the firearm, the anchor member configured to extend completely around the barrel of the firearm;
- and
- a sleeve configured to surround a portion of the barrel of the firearm in an overlying relationship,
- wherein the sleeve is configured to be coupled to the anchor member at a first end portion of the sleeve, the first end portion being configured to extend over and completely around a mating surface of the anchor member in an overlying relationship, and the sleeve and the anchor member being configured such that, when the assembly is attached to the firearm, the sleeve is cantilevered from the anchor member with an inner surface of the sleeve and an outer surface of the barrel being radially spaced apart from one another;
- wherein the sleeve comprises a unitary component that extends completely around the barrel.
A method of attaching a hand guard assembly to a firearm, the method comprising:
- positioning a sleeve so that it surrounds a portion of a barrel of the firearm in an overlying relationship;
- securing an anchor member to the firearm so that a barrel of the firearm extends through an inner bore of the anchor member;
- and
- securing a first end of the sleeve to the anchor member so that the sleeve is cantilevered from the anchor member with an inner surface of the sleeve and an outer surface of the barrel being radially spaced apart from one another;
- wherein the anchor member comprises a first coupler and a second coupler, and the act of securing the anchor member to the firearm comprises clamping the first and second couplers to the firearm in opposing alignment;
- wherein the first and second couplers each comprises a longitudinally extending sleeve-receiving portion and the act of securing the first end of the sleeve to the anchor member comprises positioning the longitudinally extending sleeve-receiving portions inside the first end of the sleeve and fastening the longitudinally extending sleeve-receiving portions to the first end of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.