Patent ID: 7325352
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. An accessory device for a firearm including a longitudinal barrel, a longitudinal rail carried by the firearm, and a transverse slot in the rail, the accessory device comprising: a housing having a top surface; elongate rail interface members along said housing complementing the rail for enabling said housing to be retainably slid along the rail with said top surface facing the rail; an elongate latch carried by said housing and transversely slidable along said top surface when said latch is transversely aligned with the slot, from an unlatched position disengaged from the slot to a latched position engaging the slot; and a latch retainer carried by said housing transversely locking said elongate latch when in said latched position, said latch retainer adapted for being manipulated by a user for unlocking said elongate latch from said latched position and for permitting said elongate latch to be transversely urged by the user to said unlatched position with said elongate latch transversely retained to said housing.