Removable flashlight body or storage container for a firearm
OwnerIra M. Kayinventor
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Abstract
A removable storage container that can be readily mounted on a firearm and in turn be readily removable from the firearm while returning to its original pre-defined shape, to be functional as a separate entity. A storage container comprises a housing 11 that has a pair of lateral members which can both be moved between a retracted position and an extended position. When the lateral members are in the retracted position, the storage housing has the aforementioned pre-defined shape. When the lateral members are in the extended position, they are locked in the extended position, and are adapted to engage the pre-defined firearm mounting rail configuration, and are prevented from movement in the long axis of the mounting rail.
Claims11
A storage container for removable attachment to a mounting rail, said storage container comprising:
- a) a storage container body having lateral first and second slots having dovetail sidewalls;
- b) first and second lateral members movable along respective said first and second slots between a retracted position and an extended position, said first and second lateral members having opposed dovetail edge portions that mate with respective said dovetail sidewalls;
- c) said first and second lateral members when in said extended position include portions that extend beyond said body for attachment to a mounting rail;
- d) a first lock to lock said first and second lateral members in said extended position;
- e) a second lock to prevent longitudinal movement of said body on the mounting rail;
- f) said first lock comprises third and fourth lateral members having respective bottom portions;
- g) said bottom portions engage respective top edge portions of said first and second lateral members when in said extended position;
- h) said third and fourth lateral members are depressible into said body when said first and second lateral members are in said retracted position;
- i) said body includes third and fourth slots for receiving said third and fourth lateral members, respectively;
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- j) first and second springs disposed within respective said third and fourth slots to outwardly bias respective said third and fourth lateral members.
A storage container for removable attachment to a mounting rail, said storage container comprising:
- a) a storage container body having lateral first and second slots having dovetail sidewalls;
- b) first and second lateral members movable along respective said first and second slots between a retracted position and an extended position, said first and second lateral members having opposed dovetail edge portions that mate with respective said dovetail sidewalls;
- c) said first and second lateral members when in said extended position include portions that extend beyond said body for attachment to a mounting rail;
- d) a first lock to lock said first and second lateral members in said extended position;
- e) a second lock to prevent longitudinal movement of said body on the mounting rail;
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- f) a removable cap disposed at one end of said body.
A storage container for removable attachment to a mounting rail, said storage container comprising:
- a) a storage container body having lateral first and second slots having dovetail sidewalls;
- b) first and second lateral members movable along respective said first and second slots between a retracted position and an extended position, said first and second lateral members having opposed dovetail edge portions that mate with respective said dovetail sidewalls;
- c) said first and second lateral members when in said extended position include portions that extend beyond said body for attachment to a mounting rail;
- d) a first lock to lock said first and second lateral members in said extended position;
- e) a second lock to prevent longitudinal movement of said body on the mounting rail;
- f) said first and second lateral members include respective seventh and eighth slots oriented toward said body, each of said seventh and eighth slots having a length corresponding to a distance traversed by said first and second lateral members between said retracted and extended positions;
- g) said body includes third and fourth projections received within respective said seventh and eighth slots;
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- h) said third and fourth projections each includes a screw attached to said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.