Patent ID: 7257873
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: B62J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing an apertured handguard comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sheet stock having a surface lying in an X-Y plane and extending a given thickness along a Z-axis; (b) forming a pattern on said sheet stock surface, said pattern including the shape of said apertured handguard with at least one bend in said X-Y plane and the locations of one or more apertures to be formed through said apertured handguard; (c) forming said one or more apertures in said sheet stock at said locations through said given thickness in accordance with said pattern; (d) cutting along said surface and through said thickness with said cutting apparatus in accordance with said pattern to form a hand guard having said shape; and (e) bending said hand guard to form at least one bend in said Z-axis.