Patent ID: 9568281
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: F41A,F41G

Claim:
1. A firearm forearm attachment which readily detaches, attaches and locks onto a forearm mounting rail of a firearm, said attachment comprising a base member having a channeled bed sized to receive said rail, a pair of oppositely positioned jaw members for engaging onto the rail with at least one jaw member of said pair being a movable jaw section for drawing the jaw members onto the rail to a closed position and withdrawing the jaw members from the rail to an open position, an actuating rod for drawing the movable jaw section against the rail and thereby securely mount the attachment to the rail at the closed position a levered cam operationally connected to said activating rod for drawing the movable jaw section onto the rail to the closed position and withdrawing the movable jaw section to the open position upon a counterrotational movement of the levered cam, and a cam lock section comprised of a ball, a ball socket for seating the ball therewithin to lock the levered cam at a locked position when the levered cam is positioned at the closed position, and a positionable ball release member equipped with a ball release spring which retains the ball release member in a locked ball position by forcing the ball within the ball socket at the closed position with said ball release member upon compression of the release spring serving to release the ball from the ball socket and thereby permit the rotational movement of the levered cam to the open position.