Patent ID: 6945154
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
1. A finned carbine handguard assembly comprising: a pair of half sections adapted to be mounted on and around a gun barrel, and each of said half sections including an outer wall including inner and outer surfaces and having on the inner surface along the substantial length of the outer wall spaced apart fins extending radially inwardly toward the axial center of said half sections for conducting heat away from said gun barrel, said fins being comprised of a non metallic material capable of absorbing heat and slowly conducting said heat radially outwardly away from said gun barrel, each of the fins of one of said half sections including two coplanar fin portions spaced apart to form a longitudinally extending channel therebetween adapted for a gas tube, said fin portions having inner free end edges concave in shape for embracing a gun barrel in spaced relationship thereto, said concave free end edges of said fin portions terminating at their opposite ends in straight edges extending to said outer wall, and said outer wall between said fin portions and in said channel including a plurality of openings for air circulation.