Jan 27, 2026

US12535298 - Weapon accessory mount

A weapon accessory mount for removably mounting an accessory on a weapon. The weapon accessory mount includes an accessory rail supported by a base with a weapon attachment interface that engages the weapon. The weapon attachment interface includes an alignment pin that interfaces a portion of the weapon and a retaining pin that couples to an additional portion of the weapon. The accessory rail utilizes mounting grooves to interchangeably couple weapon accessories to the weapon accessory mount. Furthermore, accessory interference locators are located within some of the mounting grooves to define weapon-accessory-specific locations along the accessory rail, in which a weapon accessory should not be mounted to. Additionally, the weapon accessory mount is configured for mounting non-boresight aligned optics to a weapon and locating the non-boresight aligned optic in relation to the weapon to use in tracking a target.

Assignee: Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
Inventors: Wyatt D Walsh, Marc L Roth, Joshua M Williams, Justin R Novak
Filing date: 2024-03-07

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The patent describes a weapon accessory mount designed to securely attach various accessories to a weapon, featuring an alignment pin and retaining pin for stable attachment. Additionally, the mount includes interference locators within the accessory rail’s grooves to ensure proper positioning of accessories, particularly for non-boresight aligned optics.

Claim 1

1 . A weapon accessory mount for mounting an accessory on a weapon, the weapon accessory mount comprising: a base having a first side portion and second side portion spaced apart along a lateral axis of the weapon accessory mount, the base comprising a weapon attachment interface along the first side portion, the weapon attachment interface comprising an alignment pin anchored to the base, having an alignment pin axis, configured to rotatably interface with a pin receiver of the weapon for attaching the weapon accessory mount to the weapon; and an accessory rail for interchangeably coupling to a plurality of weapon accessories, the accessory rail comprising a longitudinal rail axis transverse to the lateral axis, the accessory rail being supported on the second side portion of the base such that the weapon accessory mount is configured to mount the accessory rail on the weapon at a location that is laterally offset from where the weapon attachment interface attaches the weapon accessory mount to the weapon. a base having a first side portion and second side portion spaced apart along a lateral axis of the weapon accessory mount, the base comprising a weapon attachment interface along the first side portion, the weapon attachment interface comprising an alignment pin anchored to the base, having an alignment pin axis, configured to rotatably interface with a pin receiver of the weapon for attaching the weapon accessory mount to the weapon; and an accessory rail for interchangeably coupling to a plurality of weapon accessories, the accessory rail comprising a longitudinal rail axis transverse to the lateral axis, the accessory rail being supported on the second side portion of the base such that the weapon accessory mount is configured to mount the accessory rail on the weapon at a location that is laterally offset from where the weapon attachment interface attaches the weapon accessory mount to the weapon.

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