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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104218 | Firearm accessory rail with integral sight elements A firearm accessory mounting rail with an integrated back up sight system including an elongated Picatinny rail having longitudinally spaced apart first and second end regions and a transverse profile. A first sight element has a visual marker substantially centrall... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7832138 | Gun sight featuring point-to-point alignment A gun sight system featuring point-to-point visual alignment is provided. A front sight coupled to a forward end of a gun includes a top sighting point and optionally lateral sighting points. A rear sight coupled to a rearward end of the gun includes a pair of space... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7434345 | 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 ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7254913 | Revolver for firing high velocity ammunition A revolver for firing high velocity ammunition includes a frame, a cylinder, a barrel, and a firing mechanism. The revolver may include one or more of the following, each of which is especially adapted for use in the context of firing high velocity ammunition: space... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7001030 | System, method, and apparatus for improving the stealth capability of an optical instrument A tube-mounted inclined optical flat for improving the stealth capability of an optical aperture is disclosed. The optical flat has a light-absorbing finish on its rear surface, and is mounted in front of existing instrument optics. The light from the scene being vi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978569 | Tilt indicator for firearms A tilt indicator for use on a firearm includes a signal to indicate if the firearm is level or out of level. The signal is located to be viewed by a user via the user's peripheral vision and his secondary concentration so the user can maintain his primary concentrat... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6865022 | Reticle for correcting parallax shift in aiming telescopes An improved reticle for optical instruments such as telescopic sights, riflescopes and surveying telescopes, provides a primary indicator at the focal plane of the instrument and a secondary indicator spaced, axially, apart from, and viewable with, the primary indic... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6711846 | Gun sight system A gun sight system including a front sight portion and a rear sight portion. The rear sight portion comprises a truncated triangle and the front sight portion comprises a triangle substantially the same size and of the same inclined angle as a truncated portion of t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6604315 | Method and apparatus for maintaining proper orientation of aiming eye when firing shotgun A method and apparatus for assisting a shooter in holding an aiming eye at a predetermined level relative to the barrel of a shotgun. Light is reflected or projected along a path extending at a predetermined rearward, so that the shooter's aiming eye rece... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6367189 | Non-protruding aiming apparatus for handguns A groove is provided on an upper surface of a handgun slide, wherein the groove is enclosed on one end and open at the rear end of the slide. The groove, beginning at a predetermined point along the top and extending rearward to the end of the slide, has ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6058616 | Sighting device for small arms An aiming device for handheld firearms comprises a rear notch sight and a front sight, in which case the rear notch sight (1) has an essentially trapezoidal rear notch sight cutout (6) which diverges downward from an upper edge (5), and the front sight (2... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6041508 | Aiming apparatus An apparatus for aiming a device such as a gun or a camera at a target without holding the device near the user's face. The apparatus has two sections: a viewer and an irradiator. The irradiator is rigidly attached to the device to be aimed, and projects ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6035539 | Fiberoptic gun sight A naturally illuminated three dot sighting system for firearms includes a rear sight having two dots formed by scintillating fibers encased in an optically clear polymer block, and a front sight having one dot formed by a scintillating fiber within an opt... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5992030 | Gun sighting enhancement A gun sight enhancement applied to the sights of a gun to aid in the visual alignment of the sights on a target. Contrasting color dots are applied to the front and rear sights of the gun. The contrasting colors between the front and rear sights enhances ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5930906 | Gun sight system A high visibility gun sight system is described for mounting on a gun barrel (e.g., a muzzle-loading rifle). The system includes a base member for mounting to a gun barrel, and an elongated light-gathering plastic rod which is detachably mounted to the ba... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5887352 | Gun sight system A gun sight system for accurately directing a bullet of a firearm towards a target, comprising a front sight and a rear sight each having a transparent medium with a geometric shape inscribed upon the transparent medium. By looking through the rear sight ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5426882 | Firearm having improved safety and accuracy features An improved firearm having a passive firing pin lock, a hammer drop mechanism, a V-block type barrel bushing, and square sight inlays is disclosed. The passive firing pin block prevents accidental discharge when the gun is dropped. The hammer drop mechani... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5384980 | Gun-aiming device A gun-aiming device includes a base mount for attaching to a gun barrel having first and second orthogonally arranged passages, a sighting element having a stem portion with an annular groove and a head portion attached to one end of the stem portion with... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5359800 | Illuminated gun sight An illuminated gun sight which includes a housing configured for mounting onto a gun and defining a recess having an opening to the exterior of the housing; one or more radioluminous light sources; and apparatus for mounting the one or more radioluminous ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5279061 | Sight apparatus for firearms A sight apparatus is formed of a small housing having a curved top and an internally disposed chamber which is intended to be positioned generally at the location of a normal front sight as used with firearms intended for shooting remote targets. The hous... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5245776 | Firearm having improved safety and accuracy features An improved firearm having a passive firing pin lock, a hammer drop mechanism, a V-block type barrel bushing, and square sight inlays is disclosed. The passive firing pin block prevents accidental discharge when the gun is dropped. The hammer drop mechani... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5205044 | Luminous dot sighting instrument In a luminous dot sighting instrument: dots of different color are produced using different mirror coatings that differentially reflect different wavelengths of light from a single diode or several diodes of the same color, or from different color diodes;... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5070619 | Gunsight A gunsight for a weapon including a channel sight with a sight post located on one end of the channel with one embodiment of the gunsight having a sight post with an opening for receiving an insert that has a contrasting color from the target the user int... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4745698 | Weapon sights A weapons aiming apparatus comprises a front sight (10) and a rear sight (12) mounted on a rifle (14). The front sight has a light colored or light emitting zone which is visible only to the eye looking directly through the front and rear sights. The othe... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4683662 | Rapid pistol sighting attachments A rapid and adjustable sighting system for pistols includes front and rear spring clips, which may be easily and removably attached to the existing front and rear sights of virtually all conventional pistols. The front sight attachment includes a generall... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4679344 | Gun sight A gun sight for a weapon such as a hand gun, rifle, shotgun, submachine gun, crossbow or the like. The sight is a unitary member in the case of a gun mounted on the top of the barrel thereof and having a top surface which is the form of either an elongate... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4616421 | Sight means A sight means, particularly for weapons and other objects which are intended to be sighted onto a given point, comprises two mutually spaced and two mutually parallel grid discs (3,4) each of which includes a transparent disc provided with concentrically ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4601121 | Triangular gun sight A gun sight for a weapon such as a hand gun, rifle, shot gun, submachine gun, etc. The sight is a unitary member mounted on the top of the barrel of the weapon having a top surface in the form of an elongated isosceles triangle, the apex of which is towar... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4494327 | Sighting device for firearms and the like A sighting device for use with firearms and the like under varied ambient light conditions comprises a base member for mounting relative to a firearm or the like and an upstanding sight member. The sight member includes an intermediate surface that has a ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4392723 | Aiming device An aiming device has arranged in a tubular housing an adjustable iris diaphragm, a polarizing filter and a number of color filters. The color filters are mounted on a filter disc which is rotatably supported in the housing and provided with circumferentia... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4388772 | Adjustable sight for firearms An adjustable sight for firearms of the type having a trapezoidally shaped dovetail extending transversely across the upper rear end of the firearm and a sighting bead projecting upwardly at the front of the slide. The adjustable sight includes a trapezoi... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4366625 | Aiming device In an aiming device for sport rifles a sighting ring is concentrically supported within a tubular housing. The sighting ring consists of a hollow cylinder composed of lamellas supported at one end and having ramp-like portions at their other ends with inw... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4249332 | Gun sight Sight devices of many guns are not wholly satisfactory. When guns such as 5 caliber automatic pistols are to be used in competitive target shooting, more expensive gun sights are utilized. Simpler gun sights are available but they present visual problems.... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4130958 | Gun sight A front gun sight for use in combination with a conventional rear sight, including a front extended tapered sighting surface, having a center portion of a contrasting color to the side portions, allowing a quick and accurate aiming of the gun even under p... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4102053 | Removable rifle sight A fast sighting device adapted for convenient substitution in place of a conventional rear rifle sight comprising a rectangular support including a ceramic magnet supported on an eccentric cam on the interior thereof. A support further includes a front an... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4070763 | Aiming/sighting device An aiming device is provided which combines the directional properties of llow micro-channel or similar fibers and the light radiation properties of Day-Glo plastics and phosphorescent paints.... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4015354 | Gun sight A front gun sight for a firearm that is readily removable and yet easily locked in position. The sight comprises a top exposed section having an insert of contrasting color and a lower section received in a slot in the outer surface of the barrel or shrou... | 04/05/1977 |
