Patent ID: 6594938
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A detachable mount for removably attaching a scope sight to a rifle, wherein said rifle includes a barrel and a receiver, and wherein said receiver has a longitudinal axis approximately aligned with said barrel, and wherein said receiver has a receiver ring in a front position proximate said barrel and a receiver bridge in a rear position distal to said barrel, comprising:a. a front base, having an upper surface, attached atop said receiver ring by any conventional means, wherein said upper surface opens into a front slot, and wherein said front base opens into a lateral slot oriented in a direction approximately parallel to said upper surface and approximately transverse to said longitudinal axis of said rifle receiver; b. a rear base, having an upper surface, attached atop said receiver bridge by any conventional means, wherein said upper surface opens into a rear slot, wherein said rear slot is bounded by a rearward facing wall and two lateral walls, with each of said walls having an upper and lower extreme, and wherein said rearward facing wall is inclined so that said upper extreme of said rearward facing wall is further from said rifle barrel than said lower extreme of said rearward facing wall; c. a slider, slidably mounted within said lateral slot in said front base; d. a scope mount, fixedly attached to said scope sight by any conventional means, and having a front lug and a rear lug descending therefrom; e. wherein said front lug is sized to slidably fit within said front slot and said rear lug is sized to slidably fit within said rear slot; f. wherein said rear lug has a forward facing surface having an upper extreme and a lower extreme, and wherein said forward facing surface is inclined so that said lower extreme is closer to said front lug than said upper extreme; g. wherein said front lug has a rearward facing surface which opens into a notch sized to accommodate said slider, so that when said front and rear lugs are placed within said front and rear slots, and when said slider is moved forward toward said barrel, said slider engages said notch, thereby locking said front lug within said front base, and said slider pushes said scope mount forward toward said barrel, thereby pushing said forward facing surface on said rear lug against said rearward facing surface on said rear slot, thereby locking said rear lug within said rear base; and h. biasing means for biasing said slider forward toward said barrel.