Patent ID: 8490313
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: F16B,F41G

Abstract:
1. A mounting apparatus for simultaneous mechanical and electrical attachment to a powered accessory rail, which extends along at least a portion of a length of a barrel of a weapon and which includes a plurality of slots formed along a length thereof and two outwardly-facing surfaces along opposite sides thereof, and which also has formed thereon a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact electrically connected to a power source for providing a first and a second electrical connection to the power source, wherein the powered accessory rail includes a switch formed thereon juxtaposed to the first and second electrical contacts for applying power from the power source to the first electrical contact when the switch is operated, comprising: a body, comprising: a latching arm, pivotally connected to the body and having an inwardly-facing surface having a profile that mates with a second of the outwardly-facing surfaces of the powered accessory rail; and a lever, pivotally connected to the body and operable to force the inwardly-facing surface of the body and the latching arm into mechanical contact with respective outwardly-facing surfaces of the accessory rail.