US 12,228,374 B2
Adapter assembly or other mounting features for firearm optic
Anibal Salinas, Redmond, OR (US); Seth K. Peterson, Redmond, OR (US); and Joshua A. Underwood, Redmond, OR (US)
Assigned to AXTS INC., Redmond, OR (US)
Filed by AXTS INC, Redmond, OR (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/861,068.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,314, filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011632 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F41G 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41G 11/001 (2013.01) 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a body attachable to a firearm part, the body including a top surface defining an optic mount; and
a nut to retain an optic sight on the optic mount, the nut to mount on an externally threaded part;
wherein the body further includes:
a slot or other opening defined, at least in part, by the top surface of the body; and
a pocket or threaded opening, a first portion of the externally threaded part to pass through the slot or other opening when a second different portion of the externally threaded part is located in the pocket or threaded opening;
wherein the slot or other opening, or the pocket or the threaded opening, is configured to fix a rotational position of the externally threaded part.