Quick detachable firearm accessory mount
View Patent ↗Improvements in a quick detachable firearm accessory mount. That uses a dovetail lock that is wedged with a spring to increase the locking force on the dovetail. The quick detachable firearm accessory mount is quickly installed and removed by pressing onto a button, tilting and lifting the quick detachable firearm accessory mount with the accessory such as a scope, flashlight or laser.
1. A quick detachable mount removably attachable to a rail, the mount comprising:
a body;
a first jaw attached to the body;
a second jaw pivotally attached to the body between an engaged position and a disengaged position;
a wedge having an angled surface wherein the wedge is traversable between an in position and an out position, the angled surface in sliding contact with the second jaw to traverse the second jaw from the disengaged position to the engaged position as the wedge is traversed from the out position to the in position;
a depressible button wherein the wedge and the second jaw are disposed on a first side of the body and the button is disposed on a second opposed side of the body, the depressible button being biased with a first compression coil spring toward a non-depressed state; and
a shaft extending through the body and attached to the wedge and the depressible button fear traversing the wedge from the in-position to the out-position when the depressible button is depressed from the non-depressed state to a depressed state.
2. The mount of claim 1 wherein the second jaw is biased to the disengaged position.
3. The mount of claim 1 wherein the second jaw is biased toward the disengaged position with a second spring.
4. The mount of claim 3 wherein the second spring is a torsion spring which has first and second legs, the first leg presses against the second jaw and the second leg presses against the body to bias the second jaw to the disengaged position.
5. The mount of claim 1 wherein the wedge is biased toward the in position with the first coil compression spring.
6. The mount of claim 1 wherein:
the depressible button is disposed on a lust surface of the body between the first and second jaws;
a second surface of the body opposite the first surface is configured so that the user may depress the button by gripping the button and the second surface to open the second jaw.