Patent ID: 9476672
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: F41C,F41G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A hand guard for a firearm that includes a barrel and a barrel nut extending longitudinally forward from a receiver of the firearm, the hand guard comprising: an elongated tubular housing having a lumen extending between opposite ends of the housing; a mounting assembly coupled concentrically to a rear end portion of the housing, the mounting assembly including a pair of opposing transverse surfaces respectively disposed on opposite sides of a transverse flange located on a front end of the barrel nut, at least one of the transverse surfaces being longitudinally moveable toward the other transverse surface so as to clamp the flange firmly between the two transverse surfaces and such that the barrel of the firearm is disposed concentrically within the lumen of the housing; and an urging mechanism comprising: