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A novel adapter handle is attached to the existing pumping handle of an air rifle to increase the pumping leverage. The adapter handle has a forward portion which is disposed beneath and is attached to the existing pumping handle and a rear portion disposed to one side of the existing trigger guard.

A novel adapter handle is attached to the existing pumping handle of an air rifle to increase the pumping leverage. The adapter handle has a forward portion which is disposed beneath and is attached to the existing pumping handle and a rear portion disposed to one side of the existing trigger guard. The rear portion includes cut-outs around the trigger guard providing finger clearance to the trigger and safety. The rear portion terminates in a hand grip which is grasped by the user to pump the rifle.

대표청구항 ▼

In combination with an air rifle having a forwardly extending barrel and an air compression mechanism which is manually operable by a user of the rifle through an existing handle which is disposed for shooting in a position immediately beneath and parallel to the barrel and which is pivotally mounte

In combination with an air rifle having a forwardly extending barrel and an air compression mechanism which is manually operable by a user of the rifle through an existing handle which is disposed for shooting in a position immediately beneath and parallel to the barrel and which is pivotally mounted by actuating linkage for said mechanism about an axis transverse to the barrel for pivotal displacement downwardly and forwardly from said position relative to the barrel and which is pivotally reciprocated from and to said position to operate said air compression mechanism via said linkage and thereby develop a charge of compressed air used to fire a projectile from the rifle, said air rifle including a trigger disposed rearwardly of said handle, a trigger guard for said trigger, and a safety carried by said trigger guard on one laterally directed side thereof, an adapter handle for said air compression mechanism comprising a forward portion disposed immediately beneath and against said existing handle, means attaching said forward portion of said adapter handle to said existing handle, said forward portion of said adapter handle being shaped to form a first hand grip which may be grasped by a hand of the user to support the rifle during shooting, said adapter handle comprising a rear portion extending rearwardly from said forward portion thereof, said rear portion of said adapter handle just rearwardly of said forward portion being next adjacent to said trigger and said trigger guard, said just rearwardly rear portion, when said existing handle is in said first-mentioned position thereof, being disposed only to a second side of said trigger and said trigger guard opposite to said one side of said trigger guard carrying said safety and being shaped to provide finger clearance around said trigger guard and said safety on said one side so that the user can actuate said trigger and said safety, said rear portion extending rearwardly beyond said trigger guard to terminate in a second hand grip which may be grasped by the user to operate said air compression mechanism with greater leverage than can be obtained via said existing handle.