Reversible weapon telescope mount

• US 20070169393A1
• Filed: 01/26/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Frost
• Original Assignee: Michael Frost
• Inventors: Frost, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,305,789 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/124
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/003 Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"

Abstract

A low profile, reversible weapon telescope mount is provided. The mount has a longitudinal planar top support having a series of ridges and recesses disposed thereupon in an alternating and parallel orientation to that of a central axis of the support. Attached to opposed peripheral side edges of the support are four downwardly depending legs. The support and legs form a channel of the scope mount that surrounds a top end of a weapon receiver, such as a rifle, such that a bottom surface of the top planar support rests upon a top surface of the receiver. Each leg has a movable guide finger supported in a vertical channel formed in each leg. Each guide finger has an inwardly extending ledge member for grabbing outwardly extending flanges of the rifle receiver. The finger is guided up and down by an pin inserted through the leg and finger when a screw, acting upon the finger is tightened or loosened. The mount can be reversed so that its front end is closer to the head of the user of the weapon while still permitting a telescope to be mounted thereupon.

Claims

1. A reversible weapon telescope mount for attaching to a weapon and supporting a telescopic device, the weapon having a receiver and a top surface thereof and a plurality of flanges protruding from opposing side surfaces of the receiver, the reversible weapon telescope mount comprising:

a) a longitudinal top planar support having a top and bottom surface, a front and back end and opposing longitudinal peripheral edges;

b) a plurality of downwardly depending legs attached to the opposing longitudinal peripheral edges of the top planar support, each leg having an outwardly extending top portion and a downwardly depending extension positioned at a 90°

angle to one another, each leg also having a vertically positioned bore formed through the outwardly extending top portion;

c) a guide channel formed in each of the downwardly depending extensions of the plurality of downwardly depending legs, each guide channel having an open bottom end and a closed top end;

d) a guide finger vertically positioned within each guide channel, each guide finger having an oblong-shaped cavity formed therethrough and open on opposing side walls along a vertical axis of the guide finger, a vertical bore formed through a top wall of the guide finger and extending thereinto along the vertical axis, each guide finger also having an inwardly extending ledge along a bottom end thereof, the vertical bore of the guide finger in axial alignment with the vertically positioned bore of the leg when the guide finger is inserted into the guide channel;

e) a horizontally disposed bore formed through opposing side walls of the downwardly depending extension of each leg;

f) a pin inserted in the horizontally disposed bore and the guide finger cavity for permitting the guide finger to move up and down to an upper and lower limit; and

g) a screw inserted into the vertically-positioned bore of each leg for engaging the vertical bore of the guide finger and causing the guide finger to move up and down within the guide channel, the inwardly extending ledge of each guide finger engaging a bottom lip of the weapon receiver flange and the bottom surface of the top planar support resting against the receiver top surface when the screws are tightened.

2. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ridges and recess disposed upon the top planar support top surface, orthogonally oriented in relation to the opposing longitudinal peripheral edges.

3. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 2, wherein the plurality of ridges and recess alternate along the top planar support top surface.

4. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 1, wherein four legs are employed.

5. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 4, wherein the weapon employs four flanges.

6. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 4, wherein the four legs comprise a pair of back legs disposed at the top planar support back end and a pair of front legs disposed forward of a middle portion of the top planar support.

7. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 1, wherein the top planar support back end is proximal and the top planar support front end is distal to a back end of the weapon when the mount is attached to the weapon.

8. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 1, wherein the top planar support back end is distal and the top planar support front end is proximal to a back end of the weapon when the mount is attached to the weapon.

9. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 1, wherein the weapon is chosen from the group consisting of a rifle, submachine gun and machine gun.

10. The reversible weapon telescope mount of claim 9, wherein the weapon is chosen from the group consisting of Heckler and Koch™

models HK31, HK33, HK51, HK53, HK91, HK93, HK94, MP5 and G3.

11. A rifle telescope mounting device for attaching to a receiver of a rifle and supporting a telescopic viewing device, the rifle having at least four flanges protruding from opposing side surfaces of the receiver, and the rifle receiver having a top surface for supporting the rifle telescope mounting device directly thereupon, the rifle telescope mounting device comprising:

a) a longitudinal top planar support and four downwardly depending legs, the top planar support and four legs forming a channel underneath the top planar support and between the four legs, the rifle receiver positioned within the channel such that a bottom surface of the top planar support rests directly upon the top surface of the receiver and inner surfaces of the four downwardly depending legs are positioned juxtaposed the four flanges of the rifle receiver opposing side surfaces;

b) each of the four legs having a guide channel formed along an outer surface of each leg;

c) four guide fingers, one each inserted within each guide channel and each held in place by a pin inserted through a horizontally formed bore through each leg and each guide finger;

d) a vertically formed bore in a top portion of each leg for receiving a screw for engaging a reciprocal axial bore form in each guide finger, the screw adjusting an upper and lower limit position of each guide finger; and

e) an inwardly extending ledge positioned at a bottom portion of each guide finger, each ledge contacting a lower lip of the receiver flanges when the screws are tightened and the guide fingers reach the upper limit.

12. The rifle telescope mounting device of claim 11, further comprising opposing longitudinal peripheral edges of the top planar support.

13. The rifle telescope mounting device of claim 12, wherein the four downwardly depending legs are attached to the longitudinal peripheral edges of the top planar support.

14. The rifle telescope mounting device of claim 12, further comprising a plurality of ridges and recesses disposed upon the top planar support top surface, orthogonally oriented in relation to the opposing longitudinal peripheral edges.

15. The rifle telescope mounting device of claim 11, wherein a first pair of the legs are disposed at a back end of the top planar support and a second pair of the legs are disposed proximal to a middle portion of the top planar support, such that the second pair of legs are more proximal to a front end of the top planar support than the back end thereof.

16. The rifle telescope mounting device of claim 11, wherein the device is reversible upon the weapon receiver.

17. The rifle telescope mounting device of claim 11, wherein the rifle is chosen from the group consisting of Heckler and Koch models HK31, HK33, HK51, HK53, HK91, HK93, HK95, MP5 and G3.