Light rail and accessory rail mount for verticle foregrip

• US 20090288323A1
• Filed: 07/24/2009
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grip Pod Systems International, LLC
• Original Assignee: Grip Pod Systems LLC (Grip Pod Systems International, LLC)
• Inventors: Gaddini, Joseph D., Moody, Joseph R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,900,390 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/72
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 23/08 Bipods
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/16 Forestocks; Handgrips; Hand guards pump-action guns F41C7/02
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 27/00 Accessories; Details or attachments not otherwise provided for

Abstract

Devices, and methods of attaching accessory mounts to vertical fore grip handles on firearms, such as rifles. The accessory mounts can be molded to extend off of the handles. The accessory mounts can attach to the handles by interlocking plugs and slots. The accessory mount can have rails so that an accessory can attach to the rails on the accessory mount. The accessory can include lights, lasers, bayonets, sights, scopes, and the like. The vertical fore grip can be an elongated handle fixed to the firearm. The vertical fore grip can be an elongated handle that is detachable from beneath rails on the firearm. The vertical fore grip can include expandable bipod legs.

Claims

1. A combined firearm fore grip with accessory mount holder for use with firearms, comprising:

an elongated handle having a top end and a bottom end and generally cylindrical outer sidewalls between the top end and the bottom end, the top end having head member with an upper facing end having a mount for clamping to picatinny rails underneath of a firearm, the head member having a front side face below the upper facing end, the side face having a slot; and

fixed one piece light rail accessory mount having a front end and a rear end and a left side and a right side, the rear end being fixed to the front side face of the head member, one of the right side and the left side having a single elongated side set of picatinny rails, the single elongated set of picatinny rails being oriented perpendicular to and below the lower facing picatinny rails on the firearm, the single elongated side set of picatinny rails extending forward from the front side face of the elongated handle, wherein the side set of picatinny rails for allowing an accessory to be removably attached to the picatinny rails on the accessory mount.

2. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the accessory mount is molded to a side portion of the outer sidewalls of the handle.

9. The fore grip of claim 1, further comprising:

a light selected from at least one of a flashlight and a laser light, for attaching to the rails on the accessory mount.

15. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the elongated handle includes:

switch activated spring deployable bipod legs.

22. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the accessory mount includes:

a triangular configuration.

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16. A method of mounting accessories from accessory mounts that are fixably attached to fore grips of firearms, comprising the steps of:

providing a firearm having a set of horizontal picatinny rails beneath the firearm;

providing an elongated generally cylindrical vertical fore grip handle having a head member with an upper facing clamp mount, the head member having a forward facing side with a slot;

providing an accessory mount that is fixably attached to the head member of the handle, the accessory mount having a front end a rear end, a left side and a right side, one of the left side and the right side having an elongated single set of picatinny rails extending forward from the rear end of the accessory mount;

attaching the upper facing clamp mount about the picatinny rails underneath the firearm;

fixably attaching the accessory mount to the handle; and

attaching an accessory to the elongated single set of picatinny rails of the accessory mount.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the fixably attaching step includes the step of:

molding the accessory mount to the portion of the sidewalls of the handle.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the accessory includes:

a light selected from at least one of a flashlight and a laser light, for attaching to the elongated single set of picatinny rails on the accessory mount.

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23. A removable firearm fore grip with a built on accessory mount holder for use with firearms, comprising:

an elongated handle having a top end and a bottom end and generally cylindrical outer sidewalls between the top end and the bottom end, the top end having head member with an upper facing end having a mount for clamping to picatinny rails underneath of a firearm, the head member having a front side face below the upper facing end, the side face having a slot; and

a built on one piece light rail accessory mount having a triangular configuration with a front end and a rear end and a left side and a right side, the rear end being a base for being fixably attached to the front side face of the head member, one of the right side and the left side having a single elongated side set of picatinny rails, the single elongated set of picatinny rails being oriented perpendicular to and below the lower facing picatinny rails on the firearm, the single elongated side set of picatinny rails extending forward from the front side face of the elongated handle, the accessory mount having a rearwardly facing tab for being fixably attached to a side wall of the head member of the handle, wherein the side set of picatinny rails for allowing an accessory to be removably attached to the picatinny rails on the accessory mount.