Patent ID: 6725593
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: F41C

Abstract:
A knife/bayonet device useful as both a knife and a bayonet adapted to be mounted on a muzzle brake affixed to a barrel of a rifle and having a standard circumferential groove therein, said device comprising:an integral knife/bayonet component including a hollow handle portion and a blade having at least one longitudinally extending knife edge, said handle portion being adapted to fit onto the muzzle brake of the rifle and including a locking groove having an opening therein extending through the handle portion; and a locking ring received in said locking groove so as to be rotatable in said locking groove, said locking ring including a detent portion adapted to extend through said opening and engage in the standard groove in the muzzle brake of the rifle and thereby secure the knife/bayonet component to the rifle, said locking ring being rotatable between a first, locking position wherein said detent portion of the locking ring is seated in said opening and engages the standard groove in the muzzle brake, and a second, release position wherein the detent portion of the locking ring is unseated from said opening so as to disengage the detent portion from the standard groove and thus enable removal of said knife/bayonet component.