Patent ID: 8316569
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. A shotgun mounting system comprising in combination: a shotgun having a receiver provided with a firing chamber adapted to receive and eject shotgun cartridges therefrom; a shell mounted on and at least partially covering the receiver; and a rail arrangement located on the shell and adapted to mount a shotgun accessory to the shell in an adjustable position on the rail arrangement, wherein the shell has an inverted, generally U-shape defined by an upper wall that connects a pair of sidewalls depending from the upper wall, wherein the shell has a front edge that extends to a front end of the receiver, a back edge that extends to a back end of the receiver, and a air of bottom edges that lie adjacent a bottom end of the receiver, wherein the upper wall extends rearwardly from the front edge and includes a tapered portion that slopes downwardly towards the back edge, and includes an elongated aperture receiving a portion of the receiver, wherein one of the sidewalls is formed with an elongated opening designed to be aligned with an ejection port in the receiver, and the other of the sidewalls has upper and lower portions formed with separate reticulated surfaces, and wherein the rail arrangement includes a top rail structure extending longitudinally along the upper wall between the front edge and the elongated aperture, a first side rail structure extending longitudinally along the one sidewall between the elongated opening and the back edge and a second side rail structure extending longitudinally along the other of the sidewalls between the front edge and the back edge and between the reticulated surfaces.