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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Surefire, Llc, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Inventor:
William Wells, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
SureFire, LLC, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 1/35 (2006.01); F41C 27/00 (2006.01); F41G 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 1/35 (2013.01); F41C 27/00 (2013.01); F41G 11/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rail mountable device may be provided that is configured to be secured firmly to a rail, such as a rail on a firearm, and released easily from the rail. In one example, the rail mountable device may include a rail clamp that includes first and second rail-engaging surfaces of corresponding first and second ramp members and a cross member that, in response to rotation of a screw, move toward or away from the longitudinal faces of the rail of the firearm to secure or release the rail mountable device to or from the rail. Additional embodiments and related methods are provided.