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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166962 | Electronically adjusted bowsight A sight and range finder for a projectile launching device are disclosed. The range finder calculates a range between a target and a projectile launching device, and transmits a signal indicative of the range. The sight visually aligns the target with the projectile... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7997261 | Compound bow accessory The compound bow accessory includes a bracket adapted for mounting to the bow riser of a compound bow, an adjustable bar connected to the bracket and an alignment assembly adjustably mounted to the bar. The alignment assembly includes a pair of vertical alignment pi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7895996 | Illuminating rear bow sight with self contained power and light source An illuminating rear bow sight with a self contained illumination means and power source is disclosed. The sight hereby satisfies the need of archers and hunters for a less cumbersome, quieter and more efficient rear bow sight that will provide a clear view of the t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7810481 | String splitter sight for a bow A rear sight for mounting on a multifilament bowstring of an archery bow for sighting a target, including a body having a pair of sides with at least one end extending therebetween, each of the sides having a groove for tightly receiving at least one filament of the... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7503321 | Illuminated sight pin A sighting device for use with a firearm or bow comprises a fiber optic member having a sight end visible by a user for aiming the firearm or bow at a target. A non-electrical, light-emitting material is disposed over a length of the fiber optic element in order to ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7412771 | Pendulum bow sight The pendulum bow sight is a sight apparatus for an archery bow that provides a luminescent sighting element disposed without the use of supporting pins in a field of view of an optic lens without obstructing the field of view used for sighting a target. The sight ap... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412772 | Archery bow sight A bow sight having a support member with a sight unit disposed at one end a sight pin disposed within the sight unit, a guide member integrally joined to the sight unit and being detachably joined to the support member, a fixed adjustment bar extending from the guid... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409770 | Bow sighting device A bow sighting device according to the present invention includes a laser in electrical communication with a power source to actuate the laser to produce a laser beam. The bow sighting device includes an arrow shaft having forward and rear ends with the laser positi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392590 | Archery sight and related method A new and useful device and method is provided, for sighting an arrow being shot from a bow. A sight pin adjustment mechanism is associated with a plurality of sight pins, and is uniquely configured to be manipulated to simultaneously adjust each of the sight pins a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373723 | Bow sight A bow sight is disclosed. The bow sight includes a generally transparent bow sight body. At least one fiber optic cable is provided in the bow sight body and generally surrounds a line of sight through the bow sight body. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360313 | Geared archery bow sight apparatus Rotation of the cylindrical handle rotates the geared sprocket which biases the linear slide member, which selectively raises and lowers the cylindrical bow sight housing. A locking knob releasably secures the cylindrical handle during rough handling. The cylindrica... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353611 | Bow sight alignment tool An alignment tool of the present invention is provided for aligning a sight for a bow. The alignment tool may comprise a sight reference plate comprising reference markings, and a support mechanism attached to the sight reference plate for releasably attaching the s... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347196 | Sight mounting system A riser (102) of an archery bow (100) has plurality of holes (200) at least partially through the riser for use in attaching a sight mount (114) to the bow. In one embodiment, the plurality of holes includes eighteen holes (201-... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343686 | Bow sight with fiber optics A bow sight having a support structure, and two or more vertically aligned vertical pins connected to the support structure is provided. At least two of the vertical pins include a sight point. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331112 | Third-axis leveling block for a bow sight The present invention provides a “third-axis” leveling block for use with an archery sight. The third-axis leveling block holds an archery sighting device (e.g., a scope or a pin sight) as know in the art. The leveling block adjusts the position of the sight in ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328515 | Archery bow sights and archery bows including same Archery bow sights, and archery bows including same are described, the bow sight comprising a sight pin guard having a portion defining a sighting plane, a rotatable shaft having ends installed in the sight pin guard, and at least one sight pin having a connector en... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325319 | Arrow-mounted sight An arrow sight is shown. The arrow sight includes a coupling portion for attachment to an arrow. The arrow sight also includes a targeting portion attached to the coupling portion. The targeting portion includes an aiming guide used to assist an archer in aiming the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313871 | Archery sight An improved laser sight apparatus that is capable of identifying and impinging several different targets at varying ranges from the shooter. In the preferred embodiment, the laser sight according to the present invention includes three lasers, each of which is pre-c... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308891 | Products and processes for archery and firearm sights Archery and firearm sight products and processes are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment an apparatus may comprise a sight ring and a shaft. The sight ring may comprise a proximal end, a distal end, and a track. The track may comprise a major axis disposed substan... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290345 | Bow sight with controlled light intensity sight pin An improved sighting device is provided. The sight may be used on a bow or other device which is typically sighted on an object during use. The sight includes at least one light-gathering fiber-optic fiber having at least one end from which absorbed light may be tra... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287335 | Archery-sight The sight mounted to a bow portion for archery, which includes an elevation bar fixed to the bow portion and having a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface; a box mounted so as to be slidable along the first sliding surface and the second sliding surfac... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275327 | Compound bow rifle sight system A bow sight system includes a bow sight assembly adjustably mounted to a base plate. The bow sight can include a conventional forward sight, such as a pin sight and a V shaped rear sight. Sighting through the V shaped rear sight groove will allow the archer to see t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275328 | Bow sight having vertical positioning mechanism A mount for a bow sight which includes a vertical adjust mechanism at a second end which is actuated by a rotation of a shaft extending toward an opposing first end. The mount includes a central support which is configured to mount to a bow. Vertical adjustment of t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266896 | String-mounted bow sight A string mounted bow sight for a hunter's bow comprises a body adapted for attachment to a bow string, the arcuate body comprising a pair of arms symmetrical about a longitudinal axis to define a sighting channel, and a sighting notch extending away from the sightin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255035 | Weaponry camera sight The weaponry camera sight has a digital electronic display of the sight picture for the shooter. The display may be magnified as desired, thereby eliminating need for a scope sight. The device may also include a range finding device, with range information being pro... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243432 | Pendulum bow sight having a vertical pin The invention is directed to a bow sight that is constructed to automatically compensate for arrow drop when the elevation of the target and the shooter is varied. In one embodiment, the bow sight includes a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion that coo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231721 | Archery laser arrow The laser targeting system of the present invention eliminates the problem of parallax between the arrow's path and the archer's line of sight. An embodiment is a laser integrated into an arrow such that the beam is projected down the axis of the arrow. Another embo... | 06/19/2007 |
| RE39686 | Ambient light collecting bow sight An ambient light collecting bow sight having a light collecting filament, wherein the light collecting filament is preferably a scintillating fiber optic filament of sufficient length to enable extensive wrapping or winding of the fiber optic filament around a prefe... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7200944 | Pendulum bow sight One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of targeting. The method includes positioning a sight point so that the sight point can be used to shoot targets located at different positions relative to the shooter. Another aspect of the present disclosure... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200943 | Bow sight with vertically aligned pins A bow sight is comprised of at least two support structures, each support structure supporting a vertically oriented sight pin. Each support structure is adjustably attached to a mounting member that allows individual vertical adjustment of each support structure. T... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187259 | Mounting bracket for a security device A universal magnetic switching assembly for detecting relative movement between first and second members, the universal switching assembly mounted on a bracket that may be used to adjust the positioning of the magnetic components relative to each other on opposing m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7162806 | Video sighting system A sighting system is integrated with video gathering and recording capabilities. A video camera unit may be coupled in front of or behind a weapon's sights. In another embodiment, the weapon's sights are electronically generated by the video camera. Where a zoom len... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159325 | Bow sight with fiber optics A bow sight having a support structure, and two or more vertically aligned vertical pins connected to the support structure is provided. At least two of the vertical pins include a sight point. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7124512 | Archery bow sight An archery combination involving an archery bow and a bow sight. The bow sight uses a brace secured to the bow with at least two sighting pins which extend at right angles to the archer's line of sighting. A protective guard is secured to the brace and, is moveable ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117604 | Adjustable bow sight A bow sight having a support member with a sight unit disposed at one end and adjustable sight markers secured to the other end, a pointer associated with the rear end of the support member for alignment with one of the sight markers upon determination of the proper... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100292 | Fiber optic indicator marking for bow sight An adjustment system for a vertically adjustable bow sight includes a plurality of fiber optic set points and one fiber optic alignment point that is movable relative to the plurality of set points. Each fiber optic point, including the set points and alignment poin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100320 | Reticule The present invention is a reticule featuring both rapid close quarters target acquisition and precise distance shooting functionality. The reticule features a broad central aiming ring and four sets of aiming point indicating dots. The lowest set comprises dots of ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100291 | Fixed pin bow sight A fixed pin bow sight is comprised of a bow sight having an attachment portion, a sight pin mounting portion and a sight pin having a plurality of sight tips on said sight pin. Each of the sight tips are predisposed on the sight pin and spaced to provide accurate ta... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7082690 | Ambient light collecting sight pin for a bow sight Ambient light collecting sight pins for a bow sight, wherein the sight pins comprise coiled fiber optic filaments for effectively harnessing diminutive amounts of ambient light and magnifying same to a useable light source capable of assisting hunters in sighting th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7047652 | Archery peep sight system An archery peep sight system for mounting on a bow having a bowstring, a bow cable, and a front sight with front sight alignment pins. A peep sight is mounted on the bowstring. A flexible connector connects the peep sight to the bow cable, keeping the peep sight in ... | 05/23/2006 |