Snap off telescope mount

Claim 2

A snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a firearm, said mount comprising: a. a first member for rigid attachment to the firearm; b. a second member for rigid attachment to the telescopic sight; c. cooperating shoulder means on each of said members, said cooperating shoulder means being arranged for face-to-face contact to prevent longitudinal movement of said first member with respect to said second member, and said cooperating shoulder means being freely slidable with respect to each other; d. divergent shoulder means formed on one of said members; and e. clamping means formed on the other of said members, said clamping means being arranged for clamping engagement with said divergent shoulder means to prevent relative movement between said cooperating shoulder means, and said clamping means having at least one biased leg for stressed engagement with one of said divergent shoulder means, said biased leg being outwardly deflectable away from said one divergent shoulder means to release said clamping means from engagement with said divergent shoulder means to permit said second member to be moved out of contact with said first member whereby the sight can be snapped onto and off of the firearm.

Claim 3

A snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a firearm, said mount comprising: a. a base member for rigid attachment to the firearm; b. a ring member for rigid attachment to the telescopic sight; c. laterally extending tongue and groove means formed on said base member and said ring member, said tongue means being positioned within said groove means and being operative therein to prevent longitudinal movement of said ring member with respect to said base member; d. divergent, longitudinally extending shoulder means on one of said members, said divergent shoulder means flanking said tongue and groove means; and e. longitudinally extending clamping means on the other of said members for clamping engagement with said divergent shoulder means to prevent relative movement between said tongue means and said groove means, and said clamping means having at least one resilient leg for biased engagement with one of said divergent shoulder means, outward flexure of said resilient leg away from said divergent shoulder means being operative to release said clamping means from engagement with said divergent shoulder means to permit said ring member to be withdrawn from contact with said base member.

Claim 4

A snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a firearm, said mount comprising: a. a base member for rigid attachment to the firearm; b. a ring member for rigid attachment to the telescopic sight; c. laterally extending tongue and groove means formed on said base member and said ring member, said tongue means being positioned within said groove means and being operative therein to prevent longitudinal movement of said ring member with respect to said base member; d. divergent, longitudinally extending shoulder means on one of said members, said divergent shoulder means flanking said tongue and groove means; and e. longitudinally extending clamping means on the other of said members for clamping engagement with said divergent shoulder means to prevent relative movement between said tongue means and said groove means, and said clamping means having at least one resilient leg for biased engagement with one of said divergent shoulder means, outward flexure of said resilient leg away from said divergent shoulder means being operative to release said clamping means from engagement with said divergent shoulder means to permit said ring member to be withdrawn from contact with said base member.

Claim 5

A snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a firearm, said mount comprising: a. a base member for rigid attachment to the firearm; b. a ring member for rigid attachment to the telescopic sight; c. laterally extending disengageable locating and stop means on said base and ring members, said locating and stop means being operative, when in engagement with each other, to prevent longitudinal movement of said ring member with respect to said base member; d. divergent, longitudinally extending shoulders formed on the sides of said base member; e. clamping means formed on said ring member, said clamping means including a first rigid longitudinally extending leg having an inwardly turned surface arranged for hooking engagement with one of said divergent shoulders, and a second longitudinally extending resilient leg having an inwardly turned surface arranged for hooking engagement with the other of said divergent shoulders, said resilient leg being biased toward said rigid leg when said legs are in engagement with said divergent shoulders to hold said locating and stop means together and to clamp said ring member to said base member, and said resilient leg being operative, by reason of its resiliency, to be moved away from said other divergent shoulder to release said locating and stop means and permit said ring member to be withdrawn from contact with said base member, whereby said ring member can be snapped onto and off of said base member.

Claim 6

A snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a firearm, said mount comprising: a. a base member for rigid attachment to the firearm; b. a ring member for rigid attachment to the telescopic sight; c. laterally extending disengageable locating and stop means on said base and ring members, said locating and stop means being operative, when in engagement with each other, to prevent longitudinal movement of said ring member with respect to said base member; d. divergent, longitudinally extending shoulders formed on the sides of said base member; e. clamping means formed on said ring member, said clamping means including a first rigid longitudinally extending leg having an inwardly turned surface arranged for hooking engagement with one of said divergent shoulders, and a second longitudinally extending resilient leg having an inwardly turned surface arranged for hooking engagement with the other of said divergent shoulders, said resilient leg being biased toward said rigid leg when said legs are in engagement with said divergent shoulders to hold said locating and stop means together and to clamp said ring member to said base member, and said resilient leg being operative, by reason of its resiliency, to be moved away from said other divergent shoulder to release said locating and stop means and permit said ring member to be withdrawn from contact with said base member, whereby said ring member can be snapped onto and off of said base member.

Claim 7

In a snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a base member attached to a firearm, which base member includes a top surface having first shoulder means extending laterally of the sight axis and normal to the top surface of the base, and a pair of divergent shoulders on opposite sides of the base and parallel to the sight axis, a device comprising: a. a ring member for firmly engaging the telescopic sight, said ring member having a bottom surface for juxtapositioning with a top surface on the base member, second shoulder means normal to said bottom surface and arranged to face-to-face freely disengageable contact with the first shoulder on the base to position said ring member with respect to the base and prevent longitudinal movement of said ring member with respect to the firearm; and b. clamping means formed on said ring member, said clamping means including at least one longitudinally extending resilient leg having an inwardly turned surface arranged for hooking engagement with one of the divergent shoulders on the base member, said resilient leg being laterally deflectable toward and away from the respective divergent shoulder to permit said clamping means to be snapped into and out of hooking engagement with the divergent shoulders on the base member.

Claim 8

In a snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a base member attached to a firearm, which base member includes a top surface having first shoulder means extending laterally of the sight axis and normal to the top surface of the base, and a pair of divergent shoulders on opposite sides of the base and parallel to the sight axis, a device comprising: a. a ring member for firmly engaging the telescopic sight, said ring member having a bottom surface for juxtapositioning with a top surface on the base member, second shoulder means normal to said bottom surface and arranged to face-to-face freely disengageable contact with the first shoulder on the base to position said ring member with respect to the base and prevent longitudinal movement of said ring member with respect to the firearm; and b. clamping means formed on said ring member, said clamping means including at least one longitudinally extending resilient leg having an inwardly turned surface arranged for hooking engagement with one of the divergent shoulders on the base member, said resilient leg being laterally deflectable toward and away from the respective divergent shoulder to permit said clamping means to be snapped into and out of hooking engagement with the divergent shoulders on the base member.

Claim 9

The mount of claim 4, wherein said second shoulder means is defined by a rib depending downward fRom and laterally traversing said bottom surface of said ring member.

Claim 10

The mount of claim 4, wherein said second shoulder means is defined by at least one pin member depending downwardly from said bottom surface of said ring member.

Claim 11

A snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a firearm, said mount comprising: a. a ring member for rigid attachment to the telescopic sight; b. a base member for rigid attachment to the firearm, said base member having V-shaped side surfaces defining longitudinally extending divergent shoulder means, and said base member including groove means formed thereon; c. dependent tongue means formed on a bottom surface of said ring member for insertion into said groove means to longitudinally brace the sight with respect to the firearm; and d. clamping means formed on said ring member, said clamping means including a pair of longitudinally extending legs depending from side portions of said bottom surface of said ring member, said legs having inwardly turned surfaces for hooking engagement with said divergent shoulders on said base to laterally brace the sight with respect to the firearm at least one of said legs being resilient to allow its inwardly turned surface to be laterally deflected away from and toward the respective divergent shoulder whereby said ring member can be snapped onto and off of said base member.

Claim 12

A snap off mount for securing a telescopic sight to a firearm, said mount comprising: a. a ring member for rigid attachment to the telescopic sight; b. a base member for rigid attachment to the firearm, said base member having V-shaped side surfaces defining longitudinally extending divergent shoulder means, and said base member including groove means formed thereon; c. dependent tongue means formed on a bottom surface of said ring member for insertion into said groove means to longitudinally brace the sight with respect to the firearm; and d. clamping means formed on said ring member, said clamping means including a pair of longitudinally extending legs depending from side portions of said bottom surface of said ring member, said legs having inwardly turned surfaces for hooking engagement with said divergent shoulders on said base to laterally brace the sight with respect to the firearm at least one of said legs being resilient to allow its inwardly turned surface to be laterally deflected away from and toward the respective divergent shoulder whereby said ring member can be snapped onto and off of said base member.

Claim 13

The mount of claim 7, wherein said groove means laterally traverses said base member, and said tongue means is a rib laterally traversing the bottom surface of said ring member.

Claim 14

The mount of claim 7, wherein said groove means includes at least one notch having a transverse dimension which is less than the width of said base member, and said tongue means includes at least one pin secured to said ring member.

Claim 15

The mount of claim 7, wherein said clamping means includes one rigid leg and one flexible leg.

Claim 16

The mount of claim 7, wherein said flexible leg is a blade spring secured to said ring member.