SCOPE MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR FIREARM

• US 20120291331A1
• Filed: 05/11/2012
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Troy Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Troy Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Troy, Stephen P., Hewes, David A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,707,610 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

Scope mounting apparatus including a base designed to mate with a dovetail mounting rail on a firearm, and a mounting ring including arcuate elements pivotally joined together and movable between an open and a closed orientation. The ring is designed to receive a scope body in the open orientation and to enclose the scope body in the closed orientation. Mounting elements are fixed to the ring and positioned together in the closed orientation. A mounting block receives mounting elements therein. A mounting screw extends upwardly through the mounting block and into threaded engagement with a nut carried by the mounting elements. In the threadedly engaged orientation, the mounting screw and nut firmly hold the ring in the closed orientation.

Claims

1. Scope mounting apparatus comprising:

an elongated base with a longitudinally extending dovetail slot designed to mate with a dovetail mounting rail on a firearm, an upper surface of the base forming an elongated channel with transversely extending grooves;

at least one mounting ring including a plurality of arcuate elements pivotally joined together and movable between an open and a closed orientation, the at least one mounting ring designed to receive a scope body in the open orientation and to enclose the scope body in a coaxial relationship in the closed orientation, mounting elements fixed to the at least one mounting ring so as to be positioned together in the closed orientation and to define an enclosure therebetween designed to receive and hold a nut in a firmly non-rotating orientation;

a mounting block with a slot in the upper end designed to receive the positioned together mounting elements therein, the mounting block includes a lower surface designed to be engaged in the elongated channel in the upper surface of the base and to be engaged in at least one transverse groove of the elongated channel and an upper surface designed to receive in abutting engagement a portion of the outer circular surface of the at least one mounting ring with the mounting elements received in the slot in the upper end; and

a mounting screw designed to extend upwardly through the elongated base from a lower surface, through the mounting block and into threaded engagement with the nut held between the mounting elements, in the threadedly engaged orientation the mounting screw and nut firmly holding the at least one mounting ring in the closed orientation enclosing the scope body, the mounting elements fixedly engaged in the mounting block and the mounting block fixedly engaged in at least one groove in the upper surface of the base.

2. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the longitudinally extending dovetail slot is defined in a lower surface of the elongated base.

3. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least one mounting ring includes a pair of semi-circular elements pivotally attached together at one end and having mating mounting elements attached to opposed ends.

4. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein the mating mounting elements include a generally rectangularly shaped mounting element attached to the opposed end of each semi-circular element of the pair of semi-circular elements.

5. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein the mating generally rectangularly shaped mounting element cooperate to define an enclosure formed to hold a nut in the firmly non-rotating orientation and to receive the mounting screw through an opening in a lower end.

6. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein the mating generally rectangularly shaped mounting elements are integrally formed, one each, with each semi-circular element.

7. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein the slot in the upper end of the mounting block includes a generally rectangularly shaped depression formed to receive the generally rectangularly shaped mounting elements therein and further includes an opening in a lower surface designed to receive the mounting screw therethrough.

8. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 including two mounting rings each with attached mounting elements and two mounting blocks.

9. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the upper surface of the mounting block is designed to receive a portion of the outer circular surface of the at least one mounting ring coaxially engaged therewith.

10. Scope mounting apparatus comprising:

an elongated base with a longitudinally extending dovetail slot defined in a lower surface of the base and designed to mate with a dovetail mounting rail on a firearm, an upper surface of the base forming an elongated channel with transversely extending grooves;

at least one mounting ring including a pair of semi-circular arcuate elements pivotally joined together adjacent one end and having mating mounting elements attached to opposed ends, the at least one mounting ring being movable between an open and a closed orientation and designed to receive a scope body in the open orientation and to enclose the scope body in a coaxial relationship in the closed orientation, the mating mounting elements fixed to the pair of semi-circular arcuate elements so as to be positioned together in the closed orientation and to define an enclosure therebetween designed to receive and hold a nut in a firmly non-rotating orientation;

a mounting block with a rectangularly shaped slot in the upper end designed to receive the positioned together mounting elements therein, the mounting block includes a lower surface designed to be engaged in the elongated channel in the upper surface of the base and to be engaged in at least one transverse groove of the elongated channel and an upper surface designed to receive in abutting engagement a portion of the outer circular surface of the at least one mounting ring coaxially engaged therein with the mounting elements received in the slot in the upper end; and

a mounting screw designed to extend upwardly through the elongated base from a lower surface, through the mounting block and into threaded engagement with the nut held between the mounting elements, in the threadedly engaged orientation the mounting screw and nut firmly holding the at least one mounting ring in the closed orientation enclosing the scope body and the mounting elements fixedly engaged in the mounting block and the mounting block fixedly engaged in at least one groove in the upper surface of the elongated base.

11. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein the mating generally rectangularly shaped mounting elements are integrally formed, one each, with each semi-circular element.

12. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 10 including two mounting rings each with attached mounting elements and two mounting blocks.

13. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein the upper surface of the mounting block is designed to receive a portion of the outer circular surface of the at least one mounting ring coaxially engaged therewith.

14. Scope mounting apparatus comprising:

a firearm having a dovetail mounting rail;

a scope having an elongated cylindrical body, an eye piece at one end of the body, and a light gathering end at an opposite end of the body;

mounting apparatus including;

an elongated base with a longitudinally extending dovetail slot defined in a lower surface of the base and designed to mate with the dovetail mounting rail on the firearm, an upper surface of the base forming an elongated channel with transversely extending grooves;

at least one mounting ring including a pair of semi-circular arcuate elements pivotally joined together adjacent one end and having mating mounting elements attached to opposed ends, the at least one mounting ring being movable between an open and a closed orientation and designed to receive the scope body in the open orientation and to enclose the scope body in a coaxial relationship in the closed orientation, the mating mounting elements fixed to the pair of semi-circular arcuate elements so as to be positioned together in the closed orientation and to define an enclosure therebetween designed to receive and hold a nut in a firmly non-rotating orientation;

a mounting block with a rectangularly shaped slot in the upper end designed to receive the positioned together mounting elements therein, the mounting block includes a lower surface designed to be engaged in the elongated channel in the upper surface of the base and to be engaged in at least one transverse groove of the elongated channel and an upper surface designed to receive a portion of the outer circular surface of the at least one mounting ring coaxially engaged therein with the mounting elements received in the slot in the upper end; and

a mounting screw designed to extend upwardly through the elongated base from a lower surface, through the mounting block and into threaded engagement with the nut held between the mounting elements, in the threadedly engaged orientation the mounting screw and nut firmly holding the at least one mounting ring in the closed orientation enclosing the scope body and the mounting elements fixedly engaged in the mounting block and the mounting block fixedly engaged in at least one groove in the upper surface of the elongated base.

15. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein the mating generally rectangularly shaped mounting elements are integrally formed, one each, with each semi-circular element.

16. Scope mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein the mounting apparatus includes two mounting rings each with attached mounting elements and two mounting blocks.