Patent ID: 7987627

Claim:
A method of providing a mount for securing an accessory to a firearm having an undercarriage, a trigger guard, and a pin, the method comprising: providing a body having an undercarriage portion, a trigger guard portion, a firearm connector portion, and an accessory connector portion, the undercarriage portion having a channel shaped to matingly receive at least a portion of the undercarriage of the firearm, the firearm connector portion having an opening sized and shaped to receive the pin, the firearm connector portion being resilient such that the firearm connector portion is outwardly deflectable; aligning the channel of the undercarriage portion of the body with the undercarriage of the firearm and the trigger guard portion of the body with the trigger guard of the firearm; and pressing the body against the firearm such that the firearm connector portion of the body is deflected outwardly over the pin of the firearm until the pin of the firearm is received in the opening of the firearm connector portion and the undercarriage of the firearm is received in the channel of the undercarriage portion of the body whereby the body is secured to the firearm and the accessory connector portion of the body is positioned to receive an accessory.