Apparatus for attaching a supplemental device to a minimally altered host firearm
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1. Apparatus for reversibly attaching a supplemental device to a host weapon comprising:
- (a) an elongated interbar having a front end and a rear end;
(b) a front mount carried by said front end of said interbar, said front mount including a forwardly extending barrel engaging block and a pendant coupling ring, said pendant coupling ring being reversibly anchorable to said barrel engaging block about the barrel of the host weapon such that the barrel of the host weapon is held captive by said pendant coupling ring relative to said barrel engaging block, said front end of said interbar thereby being reversibly attached to the barrel by such an arrangement; and
,(c) a rear mount carried by said rear end of said interbar for cooperative engagement with a breech bracing structure of the host weapon.
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Abstract
An interbar assembly (34) for reversibly attaching a supplemental device, e.g., grenade launcher (32), to a host weapon, e.g., rifle (10). A preferred interbar assembly (34) attaches at its forward end to the rifle barrel (16), and at its rearward end to a "brace" (37) located in the breech area of the rifle (10). In a preferred embodiment, such connection can be made without the need for special tools after simply removing the host weapon lower hand guard (26b), which is readily removable, but without any other alterations.
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1. Apparatus for reversibly attaching a supplemental device to a host weapon comprising:
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(a) an elongated interbar having a front end and a rear end; (b) a front mount carried by said front end of said interbar, said front mount including a forwardly extending barrel engaging block and a pendant coupling ring, said pendant coupling ring being reversibly anchorable to said barrel engaging block about the barrel of the host weapon such that the barrel of the host weapon is held captive by said pendant coupling ring relative to said barrel engaging block, said front end of said interbar thereby being reversibly attached to the barrel by such an arrangement; and
,(c) a rear mount carried by said rear end of said interbar for cooperative engagement with a breech bracing structure of the host weapon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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