Patent ID: 7036261
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. A holding device to attach at least one accessory to a firearm comprising: a top mount; a bottom mount associated with the firearm; a fixing bore in one of the top mount and the bottom mount; a fixing pin in the other one of the top mount and the bottom mount, the fixing pin being dimensioned to insert into the fixing bore, the fixing pin including a circumferential groove defining a first camming surface; a slider associated with the fixing bore, the slider defining an opening to receive the fixing pin, the opening having a first end and a second end, the first end of the opening being wider than the fixing pin, the second end of the opening being narrower than the fixing pin and defining a second camming surface; and a tensioning device to move the slider to cause the second camming surface to engage the first camming surface to force the fixing pin into the fixing bore to thereby cause the top mount and the bottom mount to move together.