Patent ID: 8156678

Claim:
A detachable rail platform configured for selective and secure mounting to a weapon's rear iron sight assembly, the rear iron sight assembly having a sight base and a sight guard, the detachable rail platform comprising: a body having forward and rearward portions, having a rail portion and being positionable to envelop the rear iron sight assembly; a first clamp assembly located towards one of the rearward portion and the forward portion of the body and being selectively engageable with the sight base at a predetermined position wherein the first clamp assembly also comprises a manually actuated pivoting lever mounted to each of two sides of the body and having a biasing element located between portions of the two levers wherein the rear of each lever is biased outwardly away from the body and a front portion of each lever is biased inwardly toward the body wherein a front portion of each lever engages a portion of the sight base; an upper surface configured as one of a connector interface, a fastener interface, a MIL-STD M 1913 Picatinny rail interface, a NATO STANAG rail interface, and a “Weaver” type rail interface; and a second clamp assembly being selectively engageable with the sight guard, wherein, upon engagement of the first and second clamp assemblies to the sight base and the sight guard respectively, the rail platform is selectively and securely mounted to the weapon.