Patent ID: 8904691

Claim:
A firearm handguard assembly system, the system comprising: a handguard including a first aperture and a second aperture on a first side, and a third aperture and a fourth aperture on a second side; a barrel nut having a first threaded end and a second smooth end, the threaded end coupled to the handguard; and a first clamp block including at least two apertures and a second clamp block including at least two apertures, the first clamp block and the second clamp block coupled on either side of the handguard by: a notched cross bolt having a head and a tip, the tip threaded through: one of the at least two apertures on the second clamp block, the second aperture of the handguard, the fourth aperture of the handguard, one of the at least two apertures on the first clamp block, and a groove of the barrel nut; and a locking cross bolt having a head and a tip, the tip threaded through: one of the at least two apertures on the first clamp block, the first aperture of the handguard, the third aperture of the handguard, one of the at least two apertures on the second clamp block, and a groove of the barrel nut, the tip of the locking cross bolt interlocking with the head of the notched cross bolt.