Patent ID: 7797875
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. An interface device for securing a range finder to a Picatinny rail, said device having a longitudinal direction and comprising: first and second mounts being pivotably connected to a closed configuration with substantially parallel and coaxial mutual positions along the longitudinal direction and an open configuration with said mounts being rotated along a first axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a stock onto which the Picatinny rail attaches along the longitudinal direction, said stock pivotably connecting to said first mount along a second axis substantially parallel to said first axis to one of a lock configuration to be substantially parallel to said first mount and a release configuration to pitch said stock relative to said first mount, whereas said stock in said lock configuration applies tension to said first mount to maintain said mounts in said closed configuration, and said stock in said release configuration relaxes said first mount to enable said mounts to rotate into said open configuration; a first member rigidly disposed on said first mount; and a second member rigidly disposed on said second mount, wherein said first and second members mechanically engage the range finder therebetween by disposing said first member against one end of the range finder while said mounts are in said open configuration, rotating said second mount to conform to said closed configuration, thereby disposing said second member against opposite end of the range finder.