Patent ID: 8276307
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. A mount adapter device for releasably attaching an accessory to a rail attached to a structure, said rail including a plurality of mounting projections extending perpendicular along a longitudinal axis of the rail and separated by a plurality of transverse grooves spaced along the longitudinal axis of the rail, each of said mounting projections including an upper mounting surface and opposite transverse edges defining first and second inclined proximal surfaces on opposite sides of the upper mounting surface, a first inclined distal surface adjacent to said first inclined proximal surface, and a second inclined distal surface adjacent to said second inclined proximal surface, said mount adapter device comprising: a base including a first base member and a second base member, said first base member being linearly slidable into engagement with the second base member in a first direction, said second base member being linearly slidable into engagement with the first base member in a second direction which is opposite said first direction; said first base member including a first clamping member for engaging a first edge of the rail; and said second base member including a second clamping member for engaging a second edge of the rail which is opposite said first edge; a push rod member connecting said first base member to said second base member; and a resilient member being received around said push rod member, said resilient member providing a spring force and arranged to force the first clamping member to move in said first direction into locking engagement with the first edge of the rail while simultaneously forcing the second clamping member to move in said second direction into locking engagement with the second edge of the rail.