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US 7,441,918 · App. 11/820,805 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

Switches for electrical accessories

Assignee: Surefire, LLC
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Patent No.
US 7,441,918
App. No.
11/820,805
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switch device for an electrical appliance securable to a rail structure, a preferred embodiment of the switch device including a remote switch including a resilient or flexible housing having resilient members adapted to grasp a longitudinal rail of the rail structure for retaining the housing to the rail.

Claims (39)

1. A switch device for an electrical accessory securable to a rail structure carried by a firearm, the switch device comprising:

a remote switch including a housing, said housing including resilient members adapted to grasp a longitudinal rail of the rail structure for removably retaining said housing to the rail.

2. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein:

said housing comprises a flexible housing.

3. The switch device according to claim 2 , wherein:

said remote switch comprises a tape switch.

4. The switch device according to claim 3 , including:

tactile indicia on said housing indicating a pressure actuable portion of said tape switch.

5. The switch device according to claim 1 , wherein:

said resilient members comprise longitudinally extending flanges for transversely retaining said housing to the rail.

6. The switch device according to claim 1 , the rail including longitudinally spaced-apart transverse ribs, wherein:

said housing includes at least one lug for being received by at least one space between two adjacent ones of the ribs for longitudinally retaining said housing to the rail.

7. The switch device according to claim 6 , wherein:

said at least one lug comprises at least one resilient lug.

8. The switch device according to claim 7 , wherein:

said housing comprises a flexible housing.

9. The switch device according to claim 8 , wherein:

said remote switch comprises a tape switch.

10. The switch device according to claim 1 , including:

a first connector adapted for being electrically connected to a complementary second connector of the electrical accessory; and

a cable electrically coupling said switch to said first connector.

11. The switch device according to claim 10 , wherein:

said first connector comprises a plug and the complementary second connector comprises a jack.

12. The switch device according to claim 10 , wherein:

said housing comprises a flexible housing.

13. The switch device according to claim 12 , wherein:

said remote switch comprises a tape switch.

14. The switch device according to claim 13 , including:

tactile indicia on said housing indicating a pressure actuable portion of said tape switch.

15. The switch device according to claim 10 , wherein:

said resilient members include longitudinally extending flanges for transversely retaining said housing to the rail.

16. The switch device according to claim 15 , the rail including longitudinally spaced-apart transverse ribs, wherein:

said housing includes at least one lug for being received by at least one space between two adjacent ones of the ribs for longitudinally retaining said housing to the rail.

17. The switch device according to claim 16 , wherein:

said at least one lug comprises at least one resilient lug.

18. The switch device according to claim 17 , wherein:

said housing comprises a flexible housing.

19. The switch device according to claim 18 , wherein:

said remote switch comprises a tape switch.

Continuity (2)
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