Patent ID: 9557137
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: F41A,F41C

Claim:
1. An adjustable free-float forend/handguard mounting assembly for a small arms weapon, for attaching a forend/handguard to the small arms weapon, comprising: a barrel nut having internal female threads at a forward end and internal female threads at an opposite rearward end and having a plurality of radial utility holes; a jam ring having an internal cylindrical surface and having a plurality of radial mounting holes; and a jam bolt having a hollow cylindrical body with a rearwardly extending externally male threaded portion and a forward external collar portion, wherein the jam ring is rotatingly supported on its internal cylindrical surface for free rotation about the male threaded portion and the forward external collar portion of the jam bolt, wherein the jam ring is mounted on the jam bolt, and wherein the rearwardly extending externally male threaded portion of the jam bolt is adapted to engage with the internal female threads at the forward end of the barrel nut.