Firearm accessory mount

• US 10,359,258 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2018
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
• Original Assignee: WHG Properties, LLC
• Inventors: Geissele, William H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eldred, J. Woodrow
• Application Number:
  US16/123,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20190011227A1
• Time in Patent Office: 320 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/003 Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a mount for attaching an accessory to a firearm including: a body having at least one firearm rail mounting feature; at least one mounting cap removably securable to the body, the at least one mounting cap capable of forming a generally cylindrical passage with a portion of the body; and an auxiliary accessory mount removably securable to the body over the at least one mounting cap, wherein the auxiliary accessory mount includes: an accessory mounting surface configured to receive a firearm accessory; and a mounting feature extending generally perpendicular to the accessory mounting surface, the mounting feature being removably securable to the body.

Claims

1. A firearm accessory mount, comprising:

a body having at least one firearm rail mounting feature;

at least one mounting cap removably securable to the body and capable of forming a generally cylindrical passage with a portion of the body; and

an auxiliary accessory mount removably securable to the body over the at least one mounting cap, the auxiliary accessory mount comprising;

an accessory mounting surface configured to receive a firearm accessory;

a body mounting feature removably securable to the body; and

at least one buttress extending from the accessory mounting surface to the body mounting feature.

2. The firearm accessory mount of claim 1, wherein the at least one buttress is configured to support a length of the accessory mounting surface.

3. The firearm accessory mount of claim 2, wherein the length is an entire length of the accessory mounting surface.

4. The firearm accessory mount of claim 1, wherein the accessory mounting surface comprises Picatinny rail.

5. The firearm accessory mount of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary accessory mount further comprises a second body mounting feature removably securable to the body and generally perpendicular to the body mounting feature.

6. The firearm accessory mount of claim 1, wherein the body comprises at least one post configured to form a portion of the generally cylindrical passage with the at least one mounting cap.

7. The firearm accessory mount of claim 1, further comprising a second mounting cap removably secured to the body.

8. The firearm accessory mount of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises an auxiliary mount mounting feature configured to receive and secure the auxiliary accessory mount to the body.

9. A firearm comprising the firearm accessory mount of claim 1.

10. The firearm of claim 9, further comprising an optic positioned within the generally cylindrical passage.