Integrated Gun Stock Merging Grip and Butt
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional rifle grips are often incompatible with the rifle they are used on, leading to improper grip engagement, loss of control, and increased risk of accidental discharge due to ergonomic and safety issues, which can result in reduced accuracy and potential legal classification as assault weapons.
Innovation Solution
A gun stock with a integrated pistol grip design featuring a continuous main part, forward grip, and rear grip, including a barrel extender and thumb opening, which allows for secure and comfortable attachment to a rifle, enhancing user control and alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional separate stock and grip components are used, then the rifle can be assembled with standard components, but the user experiences improper grip engagement, loss of control, and reduced accuracy due to incompatibility and ergonomic issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the stock and grip into a single integrated component with a continuous configuration. The stock includes an integrated pistol grip that is formed as one piece with the stock body, eliminating the separate grip component. This integration ensures proper ergonomic alignment and secure grip engagement, directly resolving the issue of improper grip engagement and loss of control associated with traditional separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated stock-grip design serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the rifle, ensures proper ergonomic grip placement, maintains sight alignment, and prevents recoil-induced slippage. The continuous configuration allows the same component to fulfill both stock and grip functions, improving user control and accuracy while eliminating the incompatibility issues of separate components.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional vertical grips are used, then the grip can be attached to the rifle, but the user incorrectly engages the grip due to proprioception limitations, sacrificing control over the rifle
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the grip into the stock as a continuous integrated component, the patent eliminates the separate grip attachment step. The integrated design includes properly positioned grip contours and geometry that guide the user's hand naturally into the correct position, overcoming proprioception limitations and ensuring proper engagement without requiring separate attachment operations.
3Ease of operation
If the user presses the stock against the shoulder and clasps the grip simultaneously, then the rifle can be secured, but the user is unable to securely press the stock against the shoulder while simultaneously clasping the grip, causing the rifle to slip away
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated stock-grip design allows the user to engage the rifle through a single continuous component rather than coordinating separate stock and grip engagement. The unified structure provides a consistent reference surface that enables the user to securely press the stock against the shoulder while the integrated grip contours guide the hand into the correct position, eliminating the coordination difficulty and preventing rifle slippage.
4Ease of operation
If rifles are designed with traditional pistol grips and detachable magazines, then the rifle can be operated, but the rifle is classified as an assault weapon under certain legal definitions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the pistol grip into the stock as a continuous configuration, eliminating the traditional separate pistol grip component. This integrated design maintains the functional capabilities of a pistol grip while altering the configuration to potentially comply with legal definitions that prohibit certain combinations of features, thereby enabling unrestricted use of the rifle.
Data Source
AI summary
A gun stock, for attaching to a rifle having a receiver with a grip mounting plate and a barrel extender, the stock having a main part, a forward grip, a rear grip having a rear grip front, and a butt extending behind both the rear grip and main part. The forward grip has a grip mount for attaching to the grip mounting plate and a thumb opening. The rear grip has a pair of indentures that extend from near the butt forwardly toward the rear grip front. The main part has a front surface, a barrel extender tube having a barrel extender opening on the front surface and extending rearwardly to the butt. The barrel extender is inserted into the barrel extender opening and to the butt where it is secured to the gun stock with a barrel extender bolt.