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US 9,291,430 B2Granted
Accessory device for attachment to a firearm
AssigneeSpecialized Tactical Systems
InventorRobert Campbell Clark
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Abstract
An accessory device for attachment to a firearm may include a device body having a light source and a biasing member extending from the device body through an aperture of a rail clip. The biasing member has a distal end shaped for insertion into a firearm slot, and the device body has an anti-rotation feature that prevents the body from rotating about the biasing member with respect to the rail clip when the distal end is inserted in the firearm slot.
Claims17
An accessory device, comprising:
- a rail clip to slidably couple with a rail, the rail clip comprising a number of recesses defined therein;
- a device body coupled to the rail clip, the device body comprising:
- a number of protrusions, the protrusions dimensioned to engage with the number of recesses defined within the rail clip;
- and
- a biasing member comprising:
- a pin extending from the device body through an aperture of the rail clip;
- and
- a biasing spring to engage with a slot of the rail;
- wherein the device body is freely rotatable at least 360 degrees about the biasing member perpendicular to a length of the rail when a biasing force of the biasing spring is overcome enough to disengage the protrusions from the recesses,
- wherein the pin engages with the slot, of the rail when the biasing spring simultaneously biases the device body towards the rail clip,
- wherein pulling the device body against the biasing force provided by the biasing spring simultaneously causes the protrusions to disengage from the recesses, the pin to disengage from the rail slot, and the rail clip to slide along a length of the firearm rail, and
- wherein the biasing member snaps into a feature defined within the rail slot.
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A device for attachment to a rail, comprising:
- a spring loaded member extending from a device body through an aperture of a rail clip, the spring loaded member comprising:
- a pin extending from the device body through the aperture of the rail clip;
- a biasing spring surrounding the pin, the biasing spring biased to engage the pin with a slot of the rail;
- wherein the pin comprises a distal end shaped for insertion into a rail slot of the rail;
- and
- a rail clip coupled to the device body via the spring loaded member to couple the device to the rail, the rail clip comprising a number of recesses defined therein;
- and
- a number of protrusions formed in the device body, the protrusions dimensioned to engage with the number of recesses defined within the rail clip,
- wherein said protrusions prevent said device body from rotating about said spring loaded member when said protrusions are engaged with said recesses;
- wherein the rail clip is slidably coupled to a rail,
- wherein the pin engages with a rail slot when the compression spring simultaneously biases the device body towards the rail clip,
- wherein pulling the device body against a biasing force provided by the spring loaded member simultaneously causes the protrusions to disengage from the recesses, the spring loaded member to disengage with the rail slot, and the rail clip to be slidable along a length of the rail and, at the same time, the device body to be freely rotatable through more than 360 degrees about an axis that passes through the spring loaded member and is perpendicular to the length of the rail, and
- wherein the spring loaded member snaps into a feature defined within the rail slot.
10 more elements
A firearm accessory system comprising:
- a device body comprising:
- a pin extending from the device body;
- a compression spring surrounding the pin;
- and
- a number of protrusions extending from the device body;
- and
- a rail clip to couple with a rail, the rail clip comprising a number of recesses defined therein,
- wherein the protrusions are dimensioned to engage with the recesses,
- wherein the device body is coupled to the rail clip via the pin, the pin extending through an aperture defined in the rail clip,
- wherein the compression spring simultaneously biases the device body towards the rail clip such that the pin is biased to extend past the rail clip and biases the protrusions to engage with the recesses,
- wherein the pin engages with a rail slot when the compression spring simultaneously biases the device body towards the rail clip,
- wherein the rail clip is slidably coupled to a firearm rail, wherein pulling the device body against a biasing force provided by the compression spring simultaneously causes the protrusions to disengage from the recesses, the pin to disengage from the rail slot, and the rail clip to slide along a length of the firearm rail, and
- wherein the pin snaps into a feature defined within the rail slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.