Close combat handguard for rifles
First Claim
1. A bayonet assembly for a firearm including a knuckleguard, comprising:
- a rail connected to the firearm and the rail comprising a first position detent and a second position detent; and
a bayonet comprising a blade and a slide, the slide being dimensioned and configured to engage the rail and the slide comprising a slide catch being dimensioned and configured to be engageable with the first position detent and the second position detent;
wherein the bayonet may be slid by a hand that is located within the knuckleguard from a remote position where the slide catch engages the first position detent to an extended position where the slide catch engages the second position detent.
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Abstract
A bayonet assembly, for a firearm that has a knuckleguard, includes a rail connected to the firearm where the rail comprises a first position detent and a second position detent. The bayonet assembly may also include a bayonet that, in turn, includes a blade and a slide. The slide may be dimensioned and configured to engage the rail and the slide may include a slide catch that is dimensioned and configured to be engageable with the first position detent and the second position detent. In operation, the bayonet may be slid by a hand that is located within the knuckleguard from a remote position, where the slide catch engages the first position detent, to an extended position, where the slide catch engages the second position detent.
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1. A bayonet assembly for a firearm including a knuckleguard, comprising:
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a rail connected to the firearm and the rail comprising a first position detent and a second position detent; and a bayonet comprising a blade and a slide, the slide being dimensioned and configured to engage the rail and the slide comprising a slide catch being dimensioned and configured to be engageable with the first position detent and the second position detent; wherein the bayonet may be slid by a hand that is located within the knuckleguard from a remote position where the slide catch engages the first position detent to an extended position where the slide catch engages the second position detent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A bayonet assembly for a firearm including a knuckleguard, comprising:
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means for support connected to the firearm and comprising a first means for engaging and a second means for engaging; means for sliding being dimensioned and configured to engage and reciprocate along the support means between the first means for engaging and the second means for engaging, the slide means comprising a third engaging means being dimensioned and configured to be selectively engageable with the first engaging means and the second engaging means and the slide means comprising means for cutting extending from the slide means; wherein the cutting means may be reciprocated from a remote position to an extended position by hand while located within the knuckleguard. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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