INTEGRATED PRESSURE SWITCH POCKET FOR A VERTICAL FORE GRIP

• US 20080052978A1
• Filed: 05/21/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tango Down Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tango Down Incorporated
• Inventors: Cahill, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 7,464,495 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/90
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/12 Auxiliary stocks for stabilising, or for transforming pistols, e.g. revolvers, into shoulder-fired guns
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/16 Forestocks; Handgrips; Hand guards pump-action guns F41C7/02
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/22 Stocks having space for the storage of objects

Abstract

A vertical fore grip for a firearm with an integrated pressure switch pocket. The vertical fore grip includes a body with internal storage cavity, a mount adapted to secure a firearm, a pocket for a pressure switch on the perimeter of the body, and a cap to secure a pressure switch and waterproof the internal storage cavity. The mount has a groove for a firearm rail, at least one locking bar, and a spring for engaging the locking bar to a firearm rail.

Claims

1. A fore grip for attachment to a firearm, the fore grip comprising:

a body having an external surface, a first end, and a second end;

a mount located at the first end of the body and adapted to secure the body to such firearm;

a recessed pocket exposed through the external surface of the body, having an end at the second end of the body, wherein the recessed pocket is shaped to receive a part slid through the end of the recessed pocket;

a removable cap on the second end of the body and extending in front of the end of the recessed pocket.

2. The fore grip of claim 1, further comprising a removable part slidable into the recessed pocket through the end of the recessed pocket.

3. The fore grip of claim 2, wherein the cap retains the removable part in the recessed pocket.

4. The fore grip of claim 2, wherein the removable part is shaped to match the external surface of the body.

5. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the cap comprises a rim in front of the end of the recessed pocket, the rim retaining such part in the recessed pocket.

6. The fore grip of claim 2, wherein the part comprises a pressure switch.

7. The fore grip of claim 6, wherein the cap retains the pressure switch in the recessed pocket.

8. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises an internal cavity, and wherein the second end of the body comprises an opening communicating with the internal cavity, and wherein the cap closes the opening.

9. The fore grip of claim 8, wherein the cap further comprises an O-ring frictionally engaging a wall that defines the opening.

10. The fore grip of claim 8, further comprising one or more tools stored inside the internal cavity.

11. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the recessed pocket comprises a dove tail.

12. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the cap is tethered to the body.

13. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the recessed pocket comprises a slot extending from another end of the recessed pocket opposite from the end of the recessed pocket to receive a pressure switch wire harness.

14. The fore grip of claim 1, wherein the mount comprises a rail groove, a locking bar, a spring engaging the locking bar and the body, and a slot formed substantially perpendicular to the rail groove, the slot accepting the locking bar in an upper portion of the slot to engage the fore grip to such firearm and accepting the locking bar in a lower portion of the slot to release the fore grip from such firearm.

15. A fore grip for a firearm comprising:

a cylindrical housing having an external surface, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end;

a mount located at the first end of the housing and comprising a groove dimensioned to engage such firearm;

a recessed pocket exposed in the external surface of the housing, axially extending to the second end of the housing, wherein the recessed pocket is shaped to slidably receive a removable part; and

a removable cap on the second end of the housing.

16. The fore grip of claim 15, comprising a filler panel, as the removable part, slidably insertable into the recessed pocket, and wherein the cap retains the filler panel in the recessed pocket.

17. The fore grip of claim 15, comprising a pressure switch, as the removable part, slidably insertable into the recessed pocket, and wherein the cap retains the pressure switch in the recessed pocket.

18. The fore grip of claim 15, wherein the recessed pocket comprises a dove tail.

19. The fore grip of claim 18, wherein the dove tail extends in a direction from the second end toward the first end.

20. The fore grip of claim 15, wherein the cap comprises a rim in front of an end of the recessed pocket to retain such removable part in the recessed pocket.

21. A fore grip for attachment to a firearm, the fore grip comprising:

a body having an external surface, an internal cavity, a first end, and a second end, the second end having an opening communicating with the internal cavity;

a mount located at the first end of the body, the mount comprising a groove dimensioned to engage such firearm;

a pocket recessed in the external surface of the body and having an end at the second end of the body, wherein the pocket comprises a dove tail facing the end of the pocket to slidably receive a part; and

a removable cap shaped to cover the opening and extend in front of the end of the pocket to retain such part in the pocket,

wherein the cap and the second end comprise mating threads for threaded engagement of the cap to the body.