Clamping Apparatus for Firearm Rail Mount
a technology of clamping apparatus and rail mount, which is applied in the direction of mechanical apparatus, machine supports, other domestic objects, etc., can solve the problems of inability to adjust the clamping angle, deviation from factory specifications, and user encountering vexing problems in the field of use of such firearms, so as to facilitate the use of the clamping angle, easy to engage, and easy to engag
Inactive Publication Date: 2012-07-19
GONZALEZ MARCO
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"The present invention provides an easily employable gripping firearm rail mount that allows for easy engagement of a scope or other component to a firearm mounting rail. The mount can accommodate out of specification rails and will still be easy to engage and disengage from such rails without damaging the firearm rail. The technical effects of this invention include improved ease of use, versatility, and durability of firearm rail mounts."
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A primary shortcoming in most conventional rail-gripping devices is a lack of adjustability to engage over deviations in the structure of the rail.
Such deviations from factory specifications can be caused by ongoing use, heat, cold, bumping and damaging the rail, and previously employed clamping devices gripping and damaging the rail.
As a consequence, a user of such a firearm in the field can encounter vexing problems in the engagement of a clamping style mount to such rails.
Severely damaged or out of specification mounting rails can actually prevent engagement of conventional clamp bodies there over and, as a consequence, prevent mounting of the optical aiming device to the firearm.
A user in the field of battle is thus severely limited in the employment of the firearm without the ability to use the intended scope in operative engagement.
Damaged rails can also cause a loss of registration of the mounted scope with the weapon resulting in a loss of accuracy when the mounted scope is employed.
In some cases such a poor mount will result in a scope engaged to the firearm being unemployable for sighting a target.
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[0033]Referring now to FIGS. 1-10, wherein similar parts of the device 10 are identified by like reference numerals, there is seen in FIGS. 1-4 a first preferred mode of the device 10 which achieves a compressive frictional engagement upon a Picatinny or similar style firearm mounting rail 12 having notched projections 15 overhanging a narrow base to provide the interface to engage a sighting device such as a scope 13 to the firearm.
[0034]As depicted in the figures, the device 10 features a body 14 which employs a plurality of cam-engaged handles 16 on a first side of the body 14 to achieve the compressive engagement to the rail 12 at a narrower base portion and under the over riding projections 15. The handles 16 each engage to a first end of a respective cross member 18 which is positioned traverse to the axis of the elongated Picatinny or similar rail 12.
[0035]A second end 17 of the cross member 18 is operatively engaged to a translating member 20 having a rail clip 22 on a lower...
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A mounting component for engagement of a scope or other component to a firearm mounting rail. A base of the mounting component features first and second translating halves which can be drawn toward each other by rotation of a lever operating a cam to translate a cross member communicating between the two halves of the base. An adjustment is provided to change the length of the cross member extension between the base halves to allow adjustment of the compressive force caused by lever rotation.
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FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application 61 / 151,721 filed Feb. 11, 2009, and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. The present invention relates generally to quick-release mounting devices for use in combination with mounting rails on firearms. More particularly, the disclosed device relates to an adjustable engagement system which interfaces between sighting optical components for a firearm and the mount operatively engaged to the firearm for engagement of the sighting mechanism. Even more particularly, the disclosed device relates to such an optic interface which is simple and efficiently removed and replaced by a user dealing with field conditions.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The Picatinny rail or MIL-STD-1913 rail and the similar functioning NATO rail are elongated brackets which are engaged to firearms in order to provide a standardized mounting platform for optical aiming devices and other firearm engaged compo...
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IPC IPC(8): F41C27/00
CPCF41G11/003
Inventor GONZALEZ, MARCO
Owner GONZALEZ MARCO