Patent ID: 8935874
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: F41A,F41C,F41G

Abstract:
1. A rail cover removably attachable to a rail on a handguard, the rail having a plurality of transverse slots formed therein, the rail cover comprising: a body having opposing first and second side edges, a top surface and a bottom surface; a first sidewall depending from the bottom surface proximate the first side edge and a second sidewall depending from the bottom surface proximate the second side edge substantially parallel to the first side wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall defining a socket therebetween for slidably engaging the rail of the handguard, the first sidewall and the second sidewall having a flexible bias; and a snap clip including a first portion integrally formed with the body, the first portion being a partially cut-out portion of the body coupled to the first sidewall and extending inwardly from the first side edge to a tab end, a locking tab depending from the tab end, the first portion movable between a raised position for allowing sliding movement of the body along the rail of the handguard and a lowered position wherein the locking tab is received within a slot of the rail and prevents sliding movement of the body along the rail, the first portion is biased into the lowered position by the flexible bias of the first sidewall.