Rifle hand guard

- BALLISTIC APPARATUS LLC

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Description

FIG. 1 is a right front upper perspective view of a first embodiment of a rifle hand guard showing the new design in an environment of use with a shoulder stock, upper and lower receivers, grip, magazine and rifle barrel.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged right front upper perspective view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a front end view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 1

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a rear end view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a top view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a right front upper perspective view of a second embodiment of a rifle hand guard showing the new design in an environment of use with a shoulder stock, upper and lower receivers, grip, magazine and rifle barrel.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged right front upper perspective view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 is a right front upper perspective view of a third embodiment of a rifle hand guard showing the new design in an environment of use with a shoulder stock, upper and lower receivers, grip, magazine and rifle barrel; and,

FIG. 12 is an enlarged right front upper perspective view of the rifle hand guard of FIG. 11.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1, 9 and 11 represent environmental matter that forms no part of the claimed design. The second embodiment shown in FIGS. 9-10, and the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 11-12 have the same front end views as shown in FIG. 4 for the first embodiment (FIGS. 1-8) and the same rear end views as shown in FIG. 6 for the first embodiment (FIGS. 1-8). Furthermore, the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 9-10, and the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 11-12 have right side elevational views, left side elevational views, top views and bottom views that differ from the right side elevational view shown in FIG. 3, the left side elevational view shown in FIG. 5, the top view shown in FIG. 7, and the bottom view shown in FIG. 8, respectively, only in length and the number of repeating elements that (using the same pattern of elements) are needed to achieve that length.

Claims

The ornamental design for a rifle hand guard, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1126348
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 17, 2023
Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
Assignee: BALLISTIC APPARATUS LLC (Wallis, TX)
Inventors: Henry Lai Chea (Sugar Land, TX), Ranfis Miguel Ramirez (Katy, TX)
Primary Examiner: Holly E Thurman
Assistant Examiner: Kristopher Michael Blechschmidt
Application Number: 29/902,799
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