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Granted Patent B2
US 10,982,927 · App. 16/679,202 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Firearm accessory hand guard

Inventor: Christopher Michael Bonesteel (Brownstown, MI)
F41C23/16F41G11/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,982,927
App. No.
16/679,202
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hand guard of a firearm for receiving an accessory of the firearm includes: one or more Picatinny accessory rails running longitudinally along a barrel of the firearm; a linear cavity parallel to the barrel of the firearm and parallel to an accessory receiving surface of the one or more Picatinny accessory rails; the one or more Picatinny accessory rails including one or more through holes fluidly connecting the linear cavity to the accessory receiving surface; and wherein the one or more Picatinny accessory rails includes a flange facing toward the linear cavity and running parallel to the barrel of the firearm, the flange including a track with a flat surface as a guide for a nut or ferrule for attaching the accessory of the firearm to the one or more Picatinny accessory rails of the hand guard.

Claims (24)

1. A hand guard of a firearm for receiving an accessory of the firearm comprising:

one or more Picatinny accessory rails running longitudinally along a barrel of the firearm;

a linear cavity parallel to the barrel of the firearm and parallel to an accessory receiving surface of the one or more Picatinny accessory rails;

the one or more Picatinny accessory rails including one or more through holes fluidly connecting the linear cavity to the accessory receiving surface;

wherein the one or more Picatinny accessory rails includes a flange facing toward the linear cavity and running parallel to the barrel of the firearm, the flange including a track with a flat surface as a guide for a nut or ferrule for attaching the accessory of the firearm to the one or more Picatinny accessory rails of the hand guard;

wherein a fore most and aft most edge of the one or more through holes fall within or immediately adjacent to a recoil lug with a minimum of 0.030 of an inch from the recoil groove; and

wherein a distance between the flat surface and the accessory receiving surface is between 0.140 and 0.155 of an inch.

2. The hand guard of claim 1 , further comprising two or more recoil lugs located adjacent to each of the one or more through holes.

3. The hand guard of claim 2 , wherein the one or more through holes pass between the two or more recoil lugs.

4. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein two or more Picatinny accessory rails run longitudinally along the barrel of the firearm.

5. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein three or more Picatinny accessory rails run longitudinally along the barrel of the firearm.

6. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein four or more Picatinny accessory rails run longitudinally along the barrel of the firearm.

7. The hand guard of claim 1 , further comprising one or more inwardly recessed accessory rails running longitudinally along a barrel of the firearm.

8. The hand guard of claim 7 , wherein the one or more inwardly recessed accessory rails include one or more through holes connecting a linear cavity between the barrel of the firearm and an external surface of the hand guard.

9. The hand guard of claim 8 , wherein two or more inwardly recessed accessory rails run longitudinally along a barrel of the firearm.

10. The hand guard of claim 8 , wherein three or more inwardly recessed accessory rails run longitudinally along a barrel of the firearm.

11. The hand guard of claim 8 , wherein four or more inwardly recessed accessory rails run longitudinally along a barrel of the firearm.

12. The hand guard of claim 8 , wherein the one or more through holes of the one or more inwardly recessed accessory rails are one or more through hole slots.

13. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein the one or more Picatinny accessory rails allows a clamped firearm accessory and a through-hole bolted firearm accessory to be attached to the firearm using the one or more adjacent Picatinny accessory rails.

14. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein the hand guard is constructed of aluminum, fiber glass, plastics, elastomeric compounds, polymer based materials, metals, alloys, or a combination thereof.

15. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein the one or more through holes of the one or more Picatinny accessory rails are one or more through hole slots.

16. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein the hand guard is constructed of integrally formed molded material.

17. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein the hand guard is constructed of integrally formed alloyed material.

18. The hand guard of claim 1 , wherein the hand guard is constructed of an integrally formed extruded, machined, and/or cast material.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62758131 · Nov 9, 2018
Related Publication 20200149841A1 · May 14, 2020
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