Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7540108 | Shotgun sight and adjustable gun sight A shotgun sight is provided with a barrel, a sighting rib, a rib support member, a pitch adjustment mechanism, and a latch mechanism. The rib support member is provided on the barrel. The pitch adjustment mechanism is provided between the rib and the rib support mem... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7334364 | Process for imprinting a composite ventilated rib A method of forming a composite rib for the barrel of a firearm is provided. The method generally includes aligning composite material and a release layer and directing the combination of materials through a die. The release layer is removed from the intermediate ri... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7240451 | Telescope sight mount for a firearm The present invention is a telescopic sight mount for attachment to a firearm having a longitudinal vent rib on its barrel. The mount is readily attachable and detachable and includes a cantilevered main body having a front portion and a back portion, a clamp portio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7062876 | Rifle scope mounting means Provided herein is a sight base useful to render military-style rifles equipped with battle sights to be retrofitted with telescopic rifle scopes. Use of a device according to the invention provides sporting use and accuracy to rifles originally conceived as weapons... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059078 | Process for imprinting a composite ventilated rib A method of forming a composite rib for the barrel of a firearm is provided. The method generally includes aligning composite material and a release layer and directing the combination of materials through a die. The release layer is removed from the intermediate ri... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6968643 | Dual-zero sight for a firearm A sighting system for a firearm includes a rear sight unit having a plurality of separate sight elements adaptable for “zeroing” the same gun with different ammunition. The multiple-zero sight unit comprises windage and elevation adjustments for each sight eleme... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6839999 | Interchangeable rib An interchangeable rib (40) for a rifle that is U-shaped and comprising an aiming plane (41) and two interfacing longitudinal fins (43), defining a channel (45) between them suitable for slidably receiving a band (60) equipped with... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6622415 | Compact and self-contained adjustable sight assembly An adjustable sight assembly for attachment to a firearm is provided. A base with a recessed portion has a plate that loosely fits within the recessed portion. A windage adjustment assembly cooperating with the base and a first end of the plate i) effects... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6622413 | Sight apparatus for a shotgun A sight apparatus for a shotgun includes a lens movable longitudinally and laterally with respect to the axis of the barrel so that the entire shot pattern at a given target distance for a given barrel choke is visible to the shooting eye of the shooter t... | 09/23/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6578310 | Firearm sighting device A firearm sight for providing the user with a consistent reference point for his sighting includes an elongate member designed for mounting on a barrel of a firearm. The elongate member includes an elongate base portion for mounting on the firearm and hav... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6421946 | Removable sight assembly for weapons An inner sleeve is pressed, when installed on a weapon, between a feature of the weapon such as a rib, rail, or barrel, and an outer sleeve. An aiming indicia is mounted on the outer sleeve.... | 07/23/2002 |
| 5715626 | Interchangeable rib assembly for rifles An interchangeable rib assembly for rifles includes engagement portions (207) adapted to cooperate with respective posts (205) provided on the barrel (203) of a rifle so as to detachably fix the rib to the barrel. The rib can be advantageously made of pla... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5595011 | Telescopic-sight system for AK47-type rifles This invention provides an improved telescopic sight system for rifles, particularly by providing for AK47-type rifles an improved telescopic sight system utilizing a pistol-type telescopic sight and a mounting method which does not require disassembly of... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5590484 | Universal mount for rifle A universal mount for a rifle comprises an upper rail having a plurality of traverse ribs running from the back of the upper receiver to the gas block, and a hand guard surrounding the barrel. The hand guard has side mounts allowing the addition of access... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590485 | Rib for firearm and method of making a barrel with rib The invention provides a rib for a firearm, especially a shotgun, made of a material with poor heat conductivity, for example glass-fiber-reinforced plastic, and, in a method for manufacturing a barrel provided with such a rib, is either manufactured sepa... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5443543 | Firearm barrel assembly with removable sight A pistol with a barrel assembly having a barrel, a barrel rib, and a front sight. The barrel rib is removably connected to the barrel. The front sight is stationarily connected to the barrel by entrapment of a portion of the sight by the rib against the b... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5208407 | Gun sight mounting system for shotgun A gun sight mounting assembly for a firearm having a vent rib on its barrel. The assembly includes a mounting base which has a sight member attached thereto. The mounting base has a recess which is adapted to tightly engage a width of a vent rib. A secure... | 05/04/1993 |
| 4941277 | Mount for firearm sight For connecting known sight means such as scope sights to known rib firearms, there is provided a mounting means which has an upper portion having sight supporting surfaces adapted to cooperate with mounting surfaces formed on a lower portion of a sight, a... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4899479 | Shotgun rib mount A mounting device for the purpose of mounting various sighting apparatus on the raised vented rib of shotguns and various other weapons is disclosed. A mounting device that attaches to any suspended rail is disclosed. The device is characterized by a chan... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4890407 | Dovetail gun sight mount A two-piece dovetail mount for a firearm formed with a vertical centerline split. The mount includes first and second members that are fastened together by threaded fasteners. The upper region of the mount forms an industry standard dovetail mount for a s... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4878308 | Adjustable shotgun rib A sighting rib for a shotgun is mounted atop a barrel by means of structure carried at the muzzle and breach ends, respectively. The front mounting permits longitudinal movement but fixes the vertical position of the rib at one of a plurality of selected ... | 11/07/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4669193 | Handgun sight alignment tool and method of using same A tool and the methods of using the tool are disclosed which permits a handgunner to rapidly align the front and rear sights of a handgun in elevation and windage without employing other sighting devices or requiring the firing of any shots from the handg... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4624056 | Sight fork for aligning sights on small firearms A tool for handguns has a notch at the front end to surround the front sight of a pistol on three sides and a elevated thinner stem that extends over the center notch in the adjustable rear sight.... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4597211 | Self-alternating rear sights for double-barrel firearms Sights for regulating double rifles, and shotguns firing rifled slugs, to converge projectile impacts of the two barrels. Several distinct embodiments activated by inertia or the firearm's mechanism, all providing two adjustable sight leaves, one to be al... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4406078 | Sight rib for firearm leveling An improved sight rib for firearm leveling which is attachable to firearm barrels having a top located bore vent, said sight rib including a housing having one or more upwardly extending apertures in fluid communication with the bore vent. The rib prefera... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4228605 | Adjustable coupling apparatus for superposed barrels of a sporting gun or the like An adjustable coupling apparatus for first and second spaced superposed bels of a sporting gun in which the barrels are secured at the rear ends thereof, to a mounting at the stock of the gun, the barrels projecting freely forward therefrom. The barrels ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4203243 | Raised rib and stock elevator attachment for shotguns An attachment is disclosed that functions to elevate a shooter's line of sight above the barrel of a trap gun or other shotgun to both increase his overall field of vision and to reduce the effects of recoil. The attachment includes a raised rib arrangeme... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4173169 | Semi-automatic firearm A semi-automatic firearm having a slide axially movable with respect to a frame between a forward battery position where the firearm is discharged, and a full recoil position where the spent cartridge is extracted and a new cartridge is subsequently loadi... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4151782 | Handgun with indexing means A handgun which combines the reliability of a revolver and the convenience of an automatic wherein said handgun is provided with a barrel which moves forwardly in response to the firing of a cartridge. Said forward movement and the reverse thereof being r... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4143465 | Sighting device A sighting device mounts upon a flat horizontal web secured along the top of the barrel of a gun. It is composed of an elongated vertically-oriented strip which includes a plurality of downwardly-projecting ears individually spaced along the length of the... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4117617 | Adjustable sighting rib An adjustable sighting means for a firearm which a shooter can adjust to give the desired point of impact. An elongated rib is adjustably mounted on the gun barrel. The rib can be adjusted in the vertical direction so that the forward end of the rib has a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4010564 | Shotgun with adjustable ventilated sight rib In combination with the barrel of a shotgun, a sighting rib extending along said barrel thereabove, and pivoted to said barrel at its rearward end on a horizontal transverse axis, and one or more short links extending angularly between the barrel and rib ... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4008536 | Detachable gun sight mounts A readily attachable and detachable gun sight mount for mounting rifle-like sights to a shotgun. The invention provides shotguns, with ventilated ribs, with a gun sight mount that is securely clamped to and accurately indexed with the ventilated rib. The ... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4000574 | Rib for handgun A rib, either ventilated or solid, for handguns has a serrated center portion, nonserrated and curved edges on each side of the serrated center, and the rib is notched at the front end to surround the normal front sight of the handgun.... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3974586 | Firearms accessories A shooter sighting down the rib of a shotgun aligns the front sight, at the end of the rib, with a target using one eye. An improved blinder is described which prevents alignment of the front sight and target from crossing over to the other eye and a resu... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3955299 | Adjustable means to vary point of impact of over-and-under firearms An adjustable means connecting the muzzle ends of barrels in an over-and-under firearm, which adjustable means when actuated causes a separation of the barrels, thus altering the point of impact of projectile means discharged from the barrels which have b... | 05/11/1976 |
