Folding stack plate for foregrips
Adapter devices, apparatus, systems and methods of allowing a firearm to be supported by a foldable fore grip/gun handle. The fore grip gun handle can have bipod type legs that can be extendable from the handle. The fore grip handle can be just a vertical extension. The adapter can allow for the fore grip/gun handle to move from a fold back position along the bottom of the firearm so that the firearm can be easily carried, and the adapter to can allow for the handle to move down to a vertical support position beneath the firearm when the firearm is to be used. The adapter can also support a light in both a folded position and in a downwardly extended position, where light can be aimed forward, rearward to the side and/or pointed down from the firearm. The adapter can allow for a dual functioning component that can be either or both a fore grip and/or a light source.
1. A method of attaching a foldable accessory mounting plate to a firearm, comprising the steps of:
providing a firearm having opposite facing picatinny rails underneath the firearm;
providing a top plate member with an upper surface having a pair of opposite facing grooves;
providing a bottom plate member with opposite facing picatinny rails;
hingedly attaching one end of the bottom plate member to the top plate member by the hinge;
sliding and mating the opposite facing grooves on the upper surface of the top plate member about the picatinny rails underneath the firearm;
providing a vertically extending elongated accessory having an upper surface having a pair of opposite facing grooves;
sliding and mating the opposite facing grooves on the upper surface of the elongated accessory about the picatinny rails on the bottom plate member; and
folding the vertically extending elongated accessory to a horizontal orientation underneath the firearm by the hinge between the top and the bottom plate member.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessory includes:
a vertical fore grip.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising the steps of:
deploying a pair of legs with feet beneath the vertical fore grip; and
expanding the feet on the legs apart from one another.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the vertical fore grip includes:
a light.
5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the grip includes:
a light.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessory includes:
a light.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessory includes:
a light.
8. A method of attaching a foldable accessory mount to a firearm, comprising the steps of:
providing a firearm with an attachment surface that includes opposite facing picatinny rails underneath the firearm;
providing a top member with an upper surface having another attachment surface that includes a pair of opposite facing grooves;
providing a bottom member having a lower surface with opposite facing picatinny rails;
hingedly attaching one end of the bottom member to the top member by a rotating member;
sliding and attaching the another attachment surface on the upper surface of the top member about the picatinny rails of the attachment surface on the firearm;
providing a generally vertical extending elongated accessory having an upper surface with a pair of opposite facing grooves;
sliding and attaching the opposite facing grooves on the upper surface of the elongated accessory about the picatinny rails on the bottom plate member; and
folding the vertically extending elongated accessory to a horizontal orientation parallel to the firearm by the rotating member between the top member and the bottom member.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the accessory includes:
a grip.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising the steps of:
deploying a pair of legs with feet beneath the grip; and
expanding the feet on the legs apart from one another.