Firearm Tactical Rail Mounting Bracket with Dynamic C-Member
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing firearm tactical rail mounting systems inadequately facilitate quick attachment and detachment of auxiliary components, lacking secure and efficient mounting solutions.
Innovation Solution
A mounting bracket with a 'C' member design featuring lateral hooks, extending and retracting means, and latching mechanisms, allowing for secure engagement and disengagement with tactical rails, utilizing slide bars and pawls for quick attach and quick disconnect functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional mounting systems are used on tactical rails, then basic attachment functionality is provided, but quick attachment and quick detachment functions are inadequately facilitated
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket employs a dynamic mechanism where the C-member halves can move between open and closed positions. The extending and retracting means allow the bracket to transition from a closed secure state during mounting to an open accessible state for quick detachment, resolving the contradiction between secure mounting and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The C-member is divided into lateral and oppositely lateral halves that can move independently. This segmentation allows one half to remain engaged with the tactical rail while the other half opens for quick attachment or detachment of auxiliary components, maintaining security while enabling rapid operation.
2Reliability
If the C-member halves are kept closed for secure mounting, then reliable attachment is maintained, but quick detachment becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The extending and retracting means provide dynamic control over the C-member halves, allowing them to be retracted quickly for detachment while automatically returning to the closed secure position when engaged. This dynamic mechanism reduces detachment time while maintaining secure attachment during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The latching means automatically engages the C-member halves in the closed position to maintain secure attachment without continuous intervention. For detachment, the system requires only a simple triggering action that initiates the self-powered opening sequence, minimizing the time and effort required for detachment.
3Ease of manufacture
If the mounting bracket uses a simple design for ease of manufacture, then production cost is reduced, but secure engagement with tactical rails cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The C-member is segmented into two halves that can be manufactured separately using standard machining processes, then assembled together. This segmentation simplifies manufacturing of each individual component while the combined structure provides secure engagement through the lateral hooks engaging with tactical rail T-segments.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket design uses universal features that interface with standard tactical rail T-segments, allowing the same basic design to be manufactured and used across different firearm platforms. The lateral hooks and engagement geometry are standardized to work with existing tactical rail specifications, reducing manufacturing complexity while ensuring reliable engagement.
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AI summary
A mounting bracket for attachment to a firearm's tactical rail, the mounting bracket including a “C” member having a web and lateral and oppositely lateral hooks, the web further having a seam dividing the “C” member into lateral and oppositely lateral halves; extending and retracting slide bars and slide channel combinations connected to the “C” member's halves for movements of the halves between first and second positions, the halves in their first positions displacing from each other for rail receipts and releases, and the halves, upon opposite movements, capturing the rail between the “C” member's lateral and oppositely lateral hooks; and latching pawls connected to the “C” member's lateral and oppositely lateral halves for, upon movements of the halves to the second positions, alternatively resisting and permitting movements of the halves to their first positions.