Knife Mount for Firearm Handguard
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional knife holders are inconvenient, limiting mobility, increasing the time to access a knife for self-defense, and posing risks due to their design, which often requires manual carrying, securing to the person, or mounting as a bayonet, leading to awkwardness, fatigue, and potential misplacement.
Innovation Solution
A knife mount that secures between a firearm's muzzle and pistol grip, featuring a slot for the knife and a locking mechanism, allowing the knife handle to serve as a foregrip for easier firearm manipulation and rapid knife removal, eliminating the need for manual carrying and reducing the risk of injury.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a knife is mounted as a bayonet to extend beyond the muzzle, then the knife is secured to the firearm, but the length of the firearm increases making it awkward to move in tight quarters
Solution Approach 1:
The knife is mounted on the side of the firearm's handguard rather than extending from the muzzle, changing the spatial dimension from longitudinal extension to lateral attachment. This maintains knife security while avoiding increased firearm length and improving maneuverability in tight quarters
2Ease of operation
If a knife holder is secured to a user's person such as to a belt or tactical vest, then the knife is accessible, but the user experiences awkwardness, discomfort, and fatigue
Solution Approach 1:
The knife holder is merged with the firearm as an integrated unit, attaching the knife to the firearm's handguard rather than requiring a separate carrier on the user's person. This eliminates the need for separate knife holder attachments to belts or vests, reducing user discomfort and fatigue while maintaining easy knife accessibility
3Reliability
If a knife holder is carried by hand, then the knife is protected, but the user's hand is occupied limiting ability to perform other tasks
Solution Approach 1:
The knife holder functionality is merged with the firearm structure, allowing the knife to be securely attached to the firearm without requiring separate manual carrying. The knife is protected through the integrated mounting system while freeing the user's hands for other tasks
4Reliability
If a knife is mounted as a bayonet, then the knife is secured to the firearm, but accessing the knife independent of the firearm is unacceptably slow
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism incorporates a spring-loaded actuator that dynamically responds to user input. When the trigger is pulled or the safety is disengaged, the spring mechanism automatically releases the knife, enabling rapid access independent of firearm operation and significantly reducing knife retrieval time
Data Source
AI summary
Knife mounts configured to selectively secure to a firearm, the knife mount including a body secured between a muzzle and a pistol grip of the firearm, a slot defined in the body and complimentarily configured with the knife to receive the knife, a locking mechanism moveably mounted to the body proximate the slot, the locking mechanism configured to selectively secure the knife within the slot by engaging the handle of the knife, wherein the knife mount rigidly secures the knife in an orientation where the handle of the knife defines a foregrip of the firearm for a user to grip and manipulate the firearm and allows the user to rapidly remove the knife from the body.