FIREARM OPTIC ASSEMBLY
A firearm optic assembly has a body, the body having a first mounting facility configured to removably connect the body to the firearm, the body having a first receptacle configured to receive a first accessory, the body having a second mounting facility configured to removably receive a second mount portion associated with a second accessory offset from the medial plane, the second mounting facility including a pocket defined by one of the body and the second mount portion, the second mounting facility including a protrusion on the other of the body and the second mount portion, the protrusion being configured to be slidably or loosely received in the pocket, the protrusion having a free end and an opposed base end, the second mounting facility having an alignment facility including flared surfaces at the base end, and the flared surfaces being on opposing sides of the protrusion.
1 . A mount for attaching multiple accessories to a firearm defining a vertical medial plane, the mount comprising:
a body;
the body having a first mounting facility configured to removably connect the body to the firearm;
the body having a first receptacle configured to receive a first accessory;
the body having a second mounting facility configured to removably receive a second mount portion associated with a second accessory offset from the vertical medial plane;
the second mounting facility including a pocket defined by the body;
the second mounting facility including a protrusion on the second mount portion;
the protrusion being configured to be slidably received in and encompassed within the pocket; and
the protrusion having a free end and an opposed base end.
2 . The mount of claim 1 wherein the body has a third mounting facility configured to removably receive the second accessory.
3 . The mount of claim 2 wherein the third mounting facility is configured to removably receive a sight.
4 . The mount of claim 1 wherein the first receptacle is aligned with the vertical medial plane.
5 . The mount of claim 1 including a clearance hole associated with the pocket and configured to receive a threaded fastener, and a threaded hole configured to receive the threaded fastener on the protrusion.
6 . The mount of claim 1 wherein the protrusion is configured to be loosely received in the pocket.
7 . The mount of claim 1 including the protrusion having an alignment facility including flared surfaces at the base end.
8 . The mount of claim 7 including the flared surfaces being on opposing sides of the protrusion.
9 . The mount of claim 7 wherein the pocket has a mouth, and wherein the mouth has a flared surface configured to align with the flared surfaces of the protrusion.
10 . The mount of claim 7 wherein each of the flared surfaces is a chamfer.
11 . The mount of claim 7 wherein each of the flared surfaces is at an acute angle to an axis defined by a length of the protrusion.
12 . The mount of claim 7 wherein the alignment facility includes opposed parallel straight elements.