Forearm-Gripping Stabilizing Attachment for Handgun
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stabilizing attachments for handguns do not effectively address the challenge of maintaining a steady firing position, particularly for individuals with physical disabilities or handguns with weight imbalance, leading to strain and reduced accuracy.
Innovation Solution
A forearm-gripping stabilizing attachment that secures to the rearward end of a handgun, featuring resilient flap members and a strap to grip the user's forearm, providing a stable platform for improved handling and balance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a handgun is held in one-handed operation, then the user can operate the handgun with one hand, but the user cannot maintain a steady firing position and experience reduced accuracy
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizing attachment acts as an intermediary device between the handgun and the user's forearm. It includes a body that telescopically receives the handgun's support structure and flexible flaps that engage the forearm, creating a stable connection that enables one-handed operation while maintaining firing accuracy.
2Shape
If the handgun weight is concentrated forwardly of the pistol grip, then the handgun has a certain structural design, but the user must continuously apply upward force to maintain the correct firing position
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizing attachment provides a counterbalancing mechanism by engaging the user's forearm. The flexible flaps grip the forearm and the strap system distributes the weight, creating a counterbalancing effect that offsets the forward weight concentration and reduces the continuous upward force required by the user.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a person has a physical disability that prevents firm gripping, then the person can still hold the handgun, but the person cannot steady the handgun for accurate firing
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizing attachment enables persons with gripping disabilities to independently operate the handgun. The flexible flaps automatically conform to and grip the forearm when the strap is secured, providing self-adjusting stabilization that allows accurate firing without requiring strong hand gripping ability.
4Device complexity
If existing stabilizing attachments are used, then some stabilization is provided, but they do not effectively address the challenge of maintaining a steady firing position
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizing attachment uses flexible flaps made of elastomeric material that can conform to the contours of the user's forearm. This flexibility allows the flaps to maintain secure engagement while accommodating different forearm shapes and sizes, providing effective stabilization for accurate firing.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the user's ability to maintain a steady firing position, reducing strain and improving accuracy by evenly distributing the handgun's weight across the forearm, wrist, and hand, allowing for relaxed grip maintenance and improved aim.
Implementation Method 1
a pair of oppositely disposed and resilient flap members that apply a gripping force upon a user's forearm
Data Source
AI summary
A forearm-gripping stabilizing attachment for a handgun that has a support structure extending rearwardly from the rear end of the handgun is disclosed. The forearm-gripping stabilizing attachment includes a body having a longitudinally extending passage into which the support structure of the handgun is received to secure the attachment to the handgun. The body also includes at least one flexible flap and a strap connected to the body that secures a user's forearm to the at least one flexible flap.