Fixture for quickly clipping accessory on pistol

• US 6,438,888 B1
• Filed: 02/07/2001
• Issued: 08/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Quatron Incorporated (Quatron)
• Original Assignee: Quatron Incorporated (Quatron)
• Inventors: Lin, Paul, Yang, Yu-Hsi
• Primary Examiner(s): Jordan, Charles T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zerr, John W.
• Application Number:
  US09/778,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20020104249A1
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 421/15, 421/24, 421/14, 421/27, 421/46, 421/48, 362/110
• US Class Current: 42/114
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/34 combined with light source, e.g. spot light
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/001 Means for mounting tubular or beam shaped sighting or aiming devices on firearms
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/004 Mountings with clamping means on the device embracing at least a part of the firearm, e.g. the receiver or a dustcover F41G11/003 takes precedence

Abstract

A fixing rack for use in quickly clipping an accessory on to a pistol has an elastic clipping seat made of an elastic sheet having two opposing sides that are bent upwardly and inwardly to a preset angle. Each side of the elastic sheet has an inwardly-extending flange, and the two flanges defining an opening therebetween that varies in width when the sides are flexed. The fixing rack also includes two releasing plates, each releasing plate attached to one of the two sides of the elastic sheet to flex the two sides. The fixing rack also includes a fixing sheath attached below the clipping seat, the fixing sheath having a chamber for receiving a pistol accessory. The fixing rack can be quickly and conveniently attached to a pistol by flexing the releasing plates to widen the opening between the flanges, thereby allowing the flanges to be slid into corresponding wedging grooves in a pistol.

Claims

1. A fixing rack for use in quickly clipping an accessory on to a pistol, comprising:

an elastic clipping seat made of an elastic sheet having two opposing sides that are bent upwardly and inwardly to a preset angle, each side having an inwardly-extending flange, the two flanges defining an opening therebetween that varies in width when the sides are flexed, the clipping seat further including two releasing plates, each releasing plate formed in one piece with one of the two sides of the elastic sheet to flex the two sides; and

a fixing sheath attached below the clipping seat, the fixing sheath having a chamber for receiving a pistol accessory.

2. The fixing rack of claim 1, wherein the elastic sheet has a bottom side that is attached to the fixing sheath.

3. The fixing rack of claim 2, wherein the fixing sheath has a top surface, and a longitudinal groove provided in the top surface, with the elastic sheet having a longitudinal extension that is received in the longitudinal groove when the clipping seat is secured to the fixing sheath.

4. The fixing rack of claim 1, wherein a clamping ring is provided at a front end of the fixing sheath, the clamping ring having two flank sides that define a slot therebetween, with a threaded hole provided in each flank side, and a bolt that is inserted through the threaded holes in each flank side to cause the two flank sides to be drawn towards each other.

5. A fixing rack for use in quickly clipping an accessory on to a pistol, comprising:

an elastic clipping seat made of an elastic sheet having two opposing sides that are bent upwardly and inwardly to a preset angle, each side having an inwardly-extending flange, the two flanges defining an opening therebetween that varies in width when the sides are flexed;

two releasing plates, each releasing plate being separate from the elastic sheet, and each releasing plate attached to one of the two sides of the elastic sheet to flex the two sides; and

a fixing sheath attached below the clipping seat, the fixing sheath having a chamber for receiving a pistol accessory.

6. The fixing rack of claim 5, wherein each side of the elastic sheet has a press plate that extends outwardly, and each releasing plate is secured between a corresponding side and press plate of the elastic sheet.

7. The fixing rack of claim 6, wherein each side of the elastic sheet has a groove, and each releasing plate has a strip that is filted into the groove of the corresponding side of the elastic sheet.

8. The fixing rack of claim 5, wherein the elastic sheet has a bottom side that is attached to the fixing sheath.

9. The fixing rack of claim 8, wherein the fixing sheath has a top surface, and a longitudinal groove provided in the top surface, with the elastic sheet having a longitudinal extension that is received in the longitudinal groove when the clipping seat is secured to the fixing sheath.

10. The fixing rack of claim 5, wherein a clamping ring is provided at a front end of the fixing sheath, the clamping ring having two flank sides that define a slot therebetween, with a threaded hole provided in each flank side, and a bolt that is inserted through the threaded holes in each flank side to cause the two flank sides to be drawn towards each other.

11. A fixing rack for use in quickly clipping an accessory on to a pistol, comprising:

an elastic clipping seat made of an elastic sheet having two opposing sides that are bent upwardly and inwardly to a preset angle;

two releasing plates, each releasing plate having an inwardly-extending flange, the two flanges defining an opening therebetween that varies in width when the releasing plates are flexed, each releasing plate attached to one of the two sides of the elastic sheet to flex the two sides; and

a fixing sheath attached below the clipping seat, the fixing sheath having a chamber for receiving a pistol accessory.

12. The fixing rack of claim 11, wherein each releasing plate is a separate piece that is attached to a corresponding side of the elastic sheet.

13. The fixing rack of claim 11, wherein the elastic sheet has a bottom side that is attached to the fixing sheath.

14. The fixing rack of claim 13, wherein the fixing sheath has a top surface, and a longitudinal groove provided in the top surface, with the elastic sheet having a longitudinal extension that is received in the longitudinal groove when the clipping seat is secured to the fixing sheath.

15. The fixing rack of claim 11, wherein a clamping ring is provided at a front end of the fixing sheath, the clamping ring having two flank sides that define a slot therebetween, with a threaded hole provided in each flank side, and a bolt that is inserted through the threaded holes in each flank side to cause the two flank sides to be drawn towards each other.

16. The fixing rack of claim 11, wherein each side of the elastic sheet has an upper edge, and wherein each flange extends above the upper edge of the corresponding side of the elastic sheet.