Patent ID: 8695261

Claim:
In cooperation with a firearm handguard mounted to an upper receiver of a firearm and at least partially encircling a barrel thereof, the handguard having a plurality of regularly spaced air flow holes therethrough, an insert grip comprising: a plurality of tubular flexible inserts, each flexible insert including a tubular body sufficiently long to be extendable through one of the air flow holes in the handguard, the tubular body of each flexible insert having an outer diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of the air flow holes through the handguard and defining an insert hole therethrough; securing structure associated with each flexible insert of the plurality of tubular flexible inserts for firmly securing the plurality of tubular flexible inserts, one each, in a mating air flow hole of the handguard assembly; and the plurality of tubular flexible inserts being formed of a heat insulation material so as to insulate a user's hand from the heat of the handguard.