Multi-disk accessory attachment platform

• US 8,783,532 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC (Vista Outdoor Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Alliant Techsystems Incorporated (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
• Inventors: Gregory, Thomas M., Kincaid, Robert A., Cook, Clifton L., Yeates, Eric M.
• Primary Examiner(s): LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW
• Application Number:
  US13/519,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20120292356A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• Field of Search: 224197-200
• US Class Current: 224/198
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/045 for connection in more than one rotational position around an axle, e.g. by using a rotatable connection

Abstract

An accessory attachment platform, including a platform body having an accessory portion, wherein the accessory portion includes an accessory disk opening; an attachment plate portion coupled to an accessory plate portion, through the accessory disk opening, such that the attachment plate portion and the accessory plate portion are rotatable relative to the platform body; and a release lever pivotably attached to the platform body, wherein the release lever is pivotable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and wherein the release lever is capable of releasably interacting with a primary notch of the attachment plate portion such that when the release lever is in the locking position relative to the primary notch of the attachment plate portion, the attachment plate portion is unable to rotate relative to the platform body.

Claims

1. An accessory attachment platform, comprising:

a platform body, wherein the platform body comprises a first side and a second side, wherein the platform body extends, along a longitudinal axis, from an upper, attachment portion to a lower, accessory portion;

wherein the attachment portion includes an attachment disk aperture formed therethrough, wherein the attachment disk aperture is counter-bored from a first side of the platform body, resulting in at least one internal projection that extends into a portion of the attachment disk aperture and defines a first shoulder, facing towards the first side of the platform body;

wherein the accessory portion includes an accessory disk aperture formed therethrough, wherein the accessory disk aperture is counter-bored from a first side of the platform body, resulting in at least one internal projection that extends into a portion of the accessory disk aperture and defines a second shoulder, facing towards the second side of the platform body;

at least a portion of an attachment plate portion extending through the attachment disk aperture and at least a portion of an accessory plate portion extending through the accessory disk aperture, such that the attachment plate portion and the accessory plate portion are each independently rotatable relative to the platform body, wherein an outer rim portion of the attachment plate portion is rotatably slidable along a surface of the first shoulder and wherein an outer rim portion of the accessory plate portion is rotatably slidable along a surface of the second shoulder; and

a release lever pivotably positioned within a release lever receiving slot of the platform body, wherein the release lever is pivotable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and wherein the release lever is capable of simultaneously releasably interacting with a primary notch of the attachment plate portion and a primary notch of the accessory plate portion such that when the release lever is in the locking position, the attachment plate portion and the accessory plate portion are unable to rotate relative to the platform body.

2. An accessory attachment platform, comprising:

a platform body, wherein the platform body comprises a first side and a second side, wherein the platform body extends, along a longitudinal axis, from an upper, attachment portion to a lower, accessory portion, wherein an attachment disk aperture is formed through the attachment portion of the platform body, and wherein an accessory disk aperture is formed through the accessory portion of the platform body;

an attachment plate, wherein at least a portion of the attachment plate is positioned within the attachment disk aperture;

an accessory plate, wherein at least a portion of the accessory plate is positioned within the accessory disk aperture; and

a release lever, wherein the release lever is pivotably positioned within a release lever receiving slot of the platform body, wherein the release lever comprises an extended thumb/finger engagement portion, an attachment plate engagement portion, and an accessory plate engagement portion, and wherein the release lever is capable of being pivoted from a closed position wherein the attachment plate engaging portion engages the attachment disk and wherein the accessory plate engaging portion engages the accessory disk.

3. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the attachment disk aperture includes one or more internal projections that extend into a portion of the attachment disk aperture.

4. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein a plane of the attachment portion of the platform body is offset from a plane of the accessory portion of the platform body.

5. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein a plane of the attachment portion of the platform body is substantially parallel to a plane of the accessory portion of the platform body.

6. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the attachment disk aperture is counter-bored from the first side of the platform body.

7. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the attachment disk aperture is defined by a first, outer diameter, in areas without the internal projections and a second, inner diameter, in areas that include the internal projection.

8. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the internal projections define a shoulder, facing towards the first side of the platform body.

9. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the internal projections extended into the attachment disk aperture to define notch segments in the attachment disk aperture.

10. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the accessory disk aperture includes one or more internal projections that extend into a portion of the accessory disk aperture.

11. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the accessory disk aperture is counter-bored from the second side of the platform body.

12. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the accessory disk aperture is defined by a first, outer diameter, in areas without the internal projections and a second, inner diameter, in areas that include the internal projections.

13. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the internal projections define a shoulder, facing towards the first side of the platform body.

14. The accessory attachment platform of claim 2, wherein the internal projections extended into the accessory disk aperture to define notch segments in the accessory disk aperture.

15. An accessory attachment platform, comprising:

having an accessory portion and an attachment portion, wherein the accessory portion includes an accessory disk aperture formed therethrough and the attachment portion includes an attachment disk aperture formed therethrough

an attachment plate portion and an accessory plate portion, wherein the attachment plate portion and the accessory plate portion are rotatable relative to the platform body; and

a release lever pivotably attached to the platform body, wherein the release lever is pivotable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and wherein the release lever is capable of releasably interacting with a primary notch of the attachment plate portion such that when the release lever is in the locking position relative to the primary notch of the attachment plate portion, the attachment plate portion is unable to rotate relative to the platform body.