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Free floating rail for a firearm

  • US 9,389,043 B1
  • Filed: 06/05/2015
  • Issued: 07/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A rail mountable to a barrel nut of a firearm, the rail comprising:

  • an elongate tube sized and configured to fit over a barrel of the firearm, the elongate tube defining a proximal portion, the proximal portion having a through first aperture for providing access to an exterior surface of the barrel nut;

    a first wedge sized and configured to be received into the through first aperture, the first wedge traversable between an engaged position wherein the first wedge directly contacts and applies pressure to the exterior surface of the barrel nut to frictionally hold the elongate tube onto the barrel nut of the firearm, and a disengaged position wherein the first wedge does not apply sufficient pressure to hold the elongate tube on the barrel nut and allows the rail to be removed from the barrel nut; and

    a fastener for drawing the first wedge to the engaged position,wherein the first wedge defines a first contact surface having a curvature, the curvature having a radius equal to a radius of the exterior surface of the barrel nut.

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