Abstract: An insulated handguard rail panel insert with an elongated aperture that extends through the entirety of the component allowing for the passage of any fluid media past a barrel, gas-system, or any other internal thermally conductive parts of a firearm. The rail panel is designed to be placed within an attachment section of a firearm handguard by firmly pressing it down, causing the engagement fins to contact the interior surface of the handguard. Once installed, the insert acts as a thermally insulating barrier between the thermally conductive metal handguard and the user. It securely attaches to a firearm without the need for any additional manufacturing processes such as the addition of fasteners, cams, bolts, or other hardware in which the method of retention does not impede or obstruct the flow of fluid media through the elongated aperture.
Abstract: Embodiments of a magazine coupler include a coupler body, a first magazine attachment interface coupled to the coupler body and configured to removably mount a lower end portion of the first firearm magazine to the coupler body, a second magazine attachment interface coupled to the coupler body and configured to removably mount a lower end portion of the second firearm magazine to the coupler body, and a finger aperture extending formed through the coupler body. The finger aperture is sized and shaped to enable a user or firearm operator to spin the magazine coupler about a finger of the user when inserted through the finger aperture to vary which of the first firearm magazine and the second firearm magazine resides in an upright orientation for insertion into a well of a firearm when the magazine coupler resides in a deployed state.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 22, 2022
Assignee:
XTECH TACTICAL, LLC
Inventors:
Leif Strom, David Spykerman, Jeremy Deadman
Abstract: A firearm magazine extension article generally comprises; an extension spring stop that couples to a distal end of an OEM firearm magazine, and an extension body that couples to the extension spring stop. The extension body further comprises locking tabs receivable by the extension spring stop to secure it and the whole of the article to the OEM firearm magazine. To deter any lateral movement by the article and to further secure the article, the extension spring stop comprises a first spring plate receiving orifice to receive a spring plate tab, and the extension body comprises a second spring plate receiving orifice to also receive the spring plate tab.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 8, 2017
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
XTECH TACTICAL, LLC
Inventors:
Michael Przemyslaw Szczepkowski, David Joel Spykerman
Abstract: A firearm magazine extender is installable onto a firearm magazine having a lower end portion from which magazine flanges project. Embodiments of the firearm magazine extender include a first enclosure piece, a second enclosure piece, and a laterally-interlocking interface formed between the first and second enclosure pieces. The first enclosure piece includes, in turn, laterally-flexible sidewalls spaced along a lateral axis of the firearm magazine extender, and retention slots formed in the laterally-flexible sidewalls and into which the magazine flanges engage when the first enclosure piece is fit onto the firearm magazine. The second enclosure piece is configured to matingly engage the first enclosure piece and cooperate therewith to enclose the lower end portion of the firearm magazine.