Adjustable Weight Assembly for Firearm Balance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The addition of various accessories to firearms can alter the weight, center of gravity, and balance point, making it difficult to maintain comfort and accuracy.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable weight assembly for a firearm, which includes a handguard, weights that can be attached to the handguard, and accessories that can be adjustably secured about the weights, allowing for adjustment of the weight distribution and balance point.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If accessories are added to the firearm, then functionality and versatility are improved, but weight distribution and balance are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements adjustable weights that can be moved along the handguard to different positions, allowing dynamic adjustment of the firearm's center of gravity and balance point. This dynamic reconfiguration enables users to optimize weight distribution based on specific shooting conditions and accessory configurations, resolving the contradiction between enhanced functionality and degraded balance.
2Adaptability or versatility
If accessories are added to the firearm, then versatility is improved, but balance point is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable weight system allows users to dynamically reposition weights along the handguard to compensate for balance changes caused by accessories. This dynamic adjustment capability maintains ease of operation and shooting accuracy despite the addition of various accessories, resolving the contradiction between versatility and balance point stability.
3Ease of operation
If weights are added to adjust balance, then balance point is improved, but device complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The weight adjustment system is segmented into modular components: multiple discrete weights, adjustment mechanisms at different locations along the handguard, and interchangeable accessory mounts. This segmentation allows flexible configuration to achieve desired balance points without requiring a complex integrated system, resolving the contradiction between balance adjustment capability and structural simplicity.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for adjusting a weight, center of gravity, and balance point of a firearm are disclosed. The systems and methods include a handguard, a weight configured to be attached to the handguard, and a firearm accessory configured to be adjustably secured about the weight.