US Patent 10018445 Firearm with handguard

Provided is a firearm, comprising a receiver; a barrel; an upper handguard, a lower handguard, an upper barrel clamp and a lower barrel clamp, configured to be affixed to the receiver, wherein the upper barrel clamp and the lower barrel clamp are configured to be fastened together, affixing the upper barrel clamp and the lower barrel clamp to the barrel at a back-end of barrel; and wherein the upper handguard and lower handguard slide onto and are configured to be affixed to the upper barrel clamp and the lower barrel clamp, thus affixing the upper handguard and the lower handguard to both the barrel and the receiver such that the upper and lower handguards attach to the barrel solely at the back-end of the barrel.