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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
May. 07, 2021
Sig Sauer, Inc., Newington, NH (US);
Krzysztof J. Kras, Fremont, NH (US);
Lindsay Lee Bunch, Deerfield, NH (US);
Sig Sauer, Inc., Newington, NH (US);
Abstract
An assembly is configured for retaining a muzzle accessory mounted on a firearm barrel or to a muzzle adapter on the barrel, where the muzzle accessory has a mount with female threads on an inside and male threads on an outside of the mount. The outside of the muzzle adapter has male threads and a bearing surface. A locking nut has inner female threads and an inside taper located proximally of the female threads. A locking ring has a tapered outside face configured to engage the inside taper of the locking nut and an inside face configured to engage the bearing surface. When assembled, the mount is threaded onto the muzzle adapter and the locking nut is threaded onto the accessory mount with the locking ring engaging the bearing surface of the muzzle adapter and the inside taper of the locking nut.