Patent ID: 7076908

Claim:
An accessory mount for mounting an accessory device to a firearm, the firearm including a longitudinal barrel, a frame having a transverse bore and a trigger guard, the accessory mount comprising the combination of: a longitudinal rail adapted for removably securing the accessory device thereto; structural members upwardly projecting from the respective sides of said rail and adapted to straddle the frame with said rail beneath the barrel and forwardly of the trigger guard, said structural members including respective bores situated for being transversely aligned with the bore in the frame when the accessory mount is applied to the firearm; a pin configured for being received by said bores in said structural members and the bore in the frame when the accessory mount is applied to the firearm; an appendage downwardly projecting from said rail in the vicinity of the rear end of said rail; and a spring biased bumper carried by said appendage for being rearwardly urged against the trigger guard when the accessory mount is applied to the firearm with said pin received by said bores in said structural members and the bore in the frame.