Device mount system for a weapon

• US 7,891,131 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2007
• Issued: 02/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Larry Holmberg
• Original Assignee: Larry Holmberg
• Inventors: Holmberg, Larry
• Primary Examiner(s): WUJCIAK, ALFRED J
• Application Number:
  US11/620,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20080164392A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: 248/214, 248/222.14, 248/229.22, 248/229.25, 248/229.14, 248/229.15, 248/230.5, 248/230.6, 248/315, 248/316.6, 421/24, 421/25, 421/42, 421/46, 332/66
• US Class Current: 42/124
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/003 Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"
• 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

An attaching system for mounting a device to a weapon is provided. The attaching system includes an attaching ring, a mounting rail and a threaded attaching member. The attaching ring includes a weapon attaching portion, a retaining portion and an extending portion. The weapon attaching portion is configured to attach to a weapon. The retaining portion is configured to receive and hold a mounting rail. The retaining portion includes a retaining aperture. The extended portion is coupled between the weapon attaching portion and the retaining portion. The extending portion has a select length to space the weapon attaching portion from the retaining portion a select distance. The mounting rail is configured to be received in the retaining portion. The mounting rail has a threaded recess. The threaded attaching member is configured to pass through the retaining aperture and to threadably engage the threaded recess of the mounting rail.

Claims

1. An attaching system comprising:

an attaching ring including,

a weapon attaching portion configured to attach to a weapon, the weapon attaching portion including a bottom semi-circle and a top semi-circle, the bottom and top semi-circles forming a full circle,

a retaining portion configured to receive and hold a mounting rail, the retaining portion having a rail receiving recess and a retaining aperture extending vertically through the rail receiving recess, and

an extended portion extending horizontally between the weapon attaching portion and the retaining portion, the extending portion having a select length to space the weapon attaching portion horizontally apart from the retaining portion a select distance;

the mounting rail configured to be received in the retaining portion, the mounting rail having a threaded surface;

a threaded attaching member configured to pass through the retaining aperture of the retaining portion and to threadably engage the threaded recess of the mounting rail; and

a device mount coupled to the mounting rail, wherein the device mount has a weight that is centered about the connection made by the attaching ring to the mounting rail.

2. The attaching system of claim 1, wherein the bottom semi-circle and the top semi-circle form a full circle that surrounds a scope attached to the weapon.

3. The attaching system of claim 1, wherein the device mount places a lens of a camera mounted thereon at a same level as a barrel of the weapon.

4. The attaching system of claim 1, wherein the retaining portion further includes:

a first retaining ridge; and

a second retaining ridge, wherein the first and the second retaining ridge are configured to hold the mounting rail in the receiving recess when the mounting rail is received in the receiving rail recess.

5. The attaching system of claim 1, wherein the mounting rail has at least one surface configured to lock into a surface in the receiving rail recess of the retaining portion when the threaded attaching member threadably engages the threaded recess of the mounting rail.

6. An attaching system comprising:

an attaching ring including,

a weapon attaching portion configured to attach to a weapon,

a retaining portion configured to receive and hold a mounting rail, the retaining portion having a retaining aperture, and

an extended portion coupled between the weapon attaching portion and the retaining portion, the extending portion having a select length to space the weapon attaching portion from the retaining portion a select distance;

the mounting rail configured to be received in the retaining portion, the mounting rail having a threaded recess;

a threaded attaching member configured to pass through the retaining aperture of the retaining portion and to threadably engage the threaded recess of the mounting rail; and

a device mount coupled the mounting rail, wherein the device mount places a lens of a camera mounted thereon at a same level as a barrel of the weapon.

7. An attaching system comprising:

an attaching ring including,

a weapon attaching portion configured to attach to a weapon, the weapon attaching portion including a bottom semi-circle and a top semi-circle, the bottom and top semi-circles forming a full circle,

a retaining portion configured to receive and hold a mounting rail, the retaining portion having a rail receiving recess and a retaining aperture extending vertically through the rail receiving recess, and

an extended portion extending horizontally between the weapon attaching portion and the retaining portion, the extending portion having a select length to space the weapon attaching portion horizontally apart from the retaining portion a select distance;

the mounting rail configured to be received in the retaining portion, the mounting rail having a threaded surface;

a threaded attaching member configured to pass through the retaining aperture of the retaining portion and to threadably engage the threaded recess of the mounting rail; and

a device mount coupled to the mounting rail, wherein the device mount places a lens of a camera mounted thereon at a same level as a barrel of the weapon.

8. The attaching system of claim 7, wherein the bottom semi-circle and the top semi-circle form a full circle that surrounds a scope attached to the weapon.

9. The attaching system of claim 7, wherein the device mount has a weight that is centered about the connection made by the attaching ring to the mounting rail.

10. The attaching system of claim 7, wherein the retaining portion further includes:

a first retaining ridge; and

a second retaining ridge, wherein the first and the second retaining ridge are configured to hold the mounting rail in the receiving recess when the mounting rail is received in the receiving rail recess.

11. The attaching system of claim 7, wherein the mounting rail has at least one surface configured to lock into a surface in the receiving rail recess of the retaining portion when the threaded attaching member threadably engages the threaded recess of the mounting rail.