Mount for attaching an accessory to a weapon
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1. An accessory attachment device for mounting an accessory to a weapon, comprising:
- an accessory mount having a first attachment body and a mount member, the first attachment body for receiving the accessory and the mount member including a mount sleeve;
a base having a second attachment body and a base member, the second attachment body for attaching the device to the weapon and the base member including a base sleeve;
an arbor receiving the mount sleeve and the base sleeve, the mount sleeve pivotable relative to the base sleeve between a plurality of detent positions; and
a detent mechanism retaining the mount sleeve in each of the plurality of detent positions, disengagement of the detent mechanism to pivot the mount sleeve to another of the plurality of detent positions operable by an application of a pivoting force between the mount sleeve and the base sleeve; and
wherein;
the mount member is coupled to the base member;
the mount member defines a first component of an interlocking mesh;
the first attachment body defines a plurality of second components of an interlocking mesh, at least one of the plurality of second components adjoining another one of the plurality of second components; and
the mount member configured to be coupled to the first attachment body of the accessory mount in any one of a plurality of positions for which the first component of the interlocking mesh engage with one of the plurality of second components of the interlocking mesh.
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Abstract
An accessory mounting device to mount an accessory to a weapon such as a firearm provides a base coupled to a mount member, and an attachment body coupled to the mount member. The mount member and attachment body define an interlocking mesh such that the mount member couples to the attachment body in any one of a plurality of positions for which a first component of the interlocking mesh engages with one of a plurality of second components of the interlocking mesh.
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1. An accessory attachment device for mounting an accessory to a weapon, comprising:
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an accessory mount having a first attachment body and a mount member, the first attachment body for receiving the accessory and the mount member including a mount sleeve; a base having a second attachment body and a base member, the second attachment body for attaching the device to the weapon and the base member including a base sleeve; an arbor receiving the mount sleeve and the base sleeve, the mount sleeve pivotable relative to the base sleeve between a plurality of detent positions; and a detent mechanism retaining the mount sleeve in each of the plurality of detent positions, disengagement of the detent mechanism to pivot the mount sleeve to another of the plurality of detent positions operable by an application of a pivoting force between the mount sleeve and the base sleeve; and wherein; the mount member is coupled to the base member; the mount member defines a first component of an interlocking mesh; the first attachment body defines a plurality of second components of an interlocking mesh, at least one of the plurality of second components adjoining another one of the plurality of second components; and the mount member configured to be coupled to the first attachment body of the accessory mount in any one of a plurality of positions for which the first component of the interlocking mesh engage with one of the plurality of second components of the interlocking mesh. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An accessory attachment device for pivotably mounting an accessory to a weapon, comprising:
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an accessory mount having a first attachment body and a mount sleeve, the first attachment body for receiving the accessory; a base having a second attachment body and a base sleeve, the second attachment body for attaching the device to the weapon; an arbor receiving the mount sleeve and the base sleeve, the mount sleeve pivotable relative to the base sleeve between a plurality of detent positions; and a detent mechanism retaining the mount sleeve in each of the plurality of detent positions, disengagement of the detent mechanism to pivot the mount sleeve to another of the plurality of detent positions operable by an application of a pivoting force between the mount sleeve and the base sleeve; and wherein; the mount sleeve defines a face having a plurality of posts extending therefrom, the relative locations of the plurality of posts extending from the face forming a pattern; the first attachment body defines a face defining a plurality of recesses, the plurality of recesses including a plurality of subsets of the plurality of recesses, each of the plurality of subsets matching the pattern of the plurality of posts; and the face of the mount sleeve thereby configured to be coupled to the face of the first attachment body of the accessory mount in any one of a plurality of positions for which the plurality of posts mesh with one of the plurality of subsets such that each of the plurality of posts is engaged with one of the plurality of recesses of one of the plurality of subsets. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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