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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037634 | 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... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7886477 | Vision enhancement apparatus to improve both near and far vision A method for aiming a firearm by a person is disclosed. A collimator of static cling vinyl is attached to a lens of eyeglasses worn by the person. The collimator has an aperture formed in opaque material. A sight line is generated from an eye of the person through t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7451566 | 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... | 11/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356962 | Low profile flip up site A low profile, self-aligning, flip-up mechanism for aiming devices used with firearms. The mechanism folds the aiming device into the contour of the firearm during non-use. The mechanism is spring-loaded and flips into a vertical operational position with a simple m... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7328531 | Gun sight and method for hitting a moving target A method and apparatus for configured to be attached to a gunbarrel of a firearm helping to aim at a moving target. The gun sight includes different-sized sight indicators including a first sight indicator located to be closer to the gunbarrel, and a second sight in... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7188446 | Front sight with rotary elevation adjustment An adjustable front sight includes a carrier with a spiral sighting blade mounted for rotation within a base attached directly or indirectly to a barrel. A progression of sight lands is formed along a peripheral surface of the spiral sighting blade. Rotation of the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171775 | Gun sight reticle having open sighting areas for bullet drop compensation A gun sight reticle that has orthogonally intersecting center horizontal and center vertical straight hairlines is designed such that at least a portion of the vertical hairline located on a first side of the horizontal hairline is discontinuous such that discontinu... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7133219 | Telescopic sighting device with variable exit pupil A sighting device includes a fixed-position objective lens group lying on an optical axis, an eyepiece lens group lying on the optical axis, and a variable-position objective lens group lying on the optical axis and positioned between the fixed-position objective le... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6959867 | Apparatus for aiming a scanner The application discloses embodiments of an apparatus comprising a base having a top, a bottom, a proximal side and a distal side, the bottom being attachable to a scanner, an adjustable proximal sight on or near the proximal side, the proximal sight including a sig... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6834457 | Tactical sight for a semi-automatic hand gun A rear tactical sight for a semi-automatic handgun having a barrel and a slide which moves relative to the barrel rearwardly in a cocking direction to extract and eject a spent cartridge and cock the hammer and then forwardly in a chambering direction to strip, feed... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6678987 | Gun sight system A gun sight system includes a front sight and a rear sight providing high shot accuracy and immediate target acquisition. Each sight having light-gathering means functions dependently defining a highly visible aiming point. An elongated light-gathering pl... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6615530 | Sight The present invention relates to a sight for firearms, which sight comprises a sight house being applicable onto the upper side of a weapon and in this house a diopter provided unit turnably arranged around a horizontal axis, whereby a cylindrical sight u... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6574900 | O'Malley's weapon aiming system A weapon aiming device is disclosed which comprises a circular transparent and colored disk having a hole and a sleeve having a first and second end. The circular disk is configured to be mounted at a first end of the sleeve, and the second end of the sle... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6360473 | Adjustable aperture mechanism An adjustable aperture forming mechanism provides a tapered hole, an O-ring located in the tapered hole, and a pusher that pushes the O-ring and compresses it into the tapered hole in order to reduce the size of the aperture. When the pusher is retracted,... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5952602 | Precision device for hand guns A precision device for semiautomatic handguns, of the type that includes a single block barrel and recoil obturator carriage (11,12), where the barrel is susceptible to axial movement relative to the obturator carriage. On a cylindrical section (16) of th... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5933972 | Sight for firearms A rear sight is provided for use in conjunction with a firearm. The rear sight includes a base member which is secured to the firearm, and a tubular shroud which is integrally formed with the base member. A targeting plate containing a notch therein is di... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5519941 | Sight for firearms A sight is provided for a weapon or other device requiring manual alignment with a target along a viewing line, the weapon having a barrel with front and rear sights. The sights are structured to provide sufficient visual cues to the shooter to enable eff... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5325598 | Variable aperture peep sight for bows A bowstring mounted peep sight is disclosed having a peep housing that is frictionally located between displaced bowstring filaments. The peep housing defines a peep hole and a transverse oriented receiving slot. Insertable aperture reducing discs are sli... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4833786 | Adjustable peep sight A hollow cylindrical body is provided including a pair of relatively thin flexibly resilient transverse discs mounted therein. The discs include central openings and include radial slits therein spaced about the openings and extending outward toward outer... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4651432 | Aiming system adapted for use in competition revolvers enabling varied and broad adjustment An aiming system adapted for use in competition revolvers incorporated in the upper portion of the revolver and includes a heavy steel rib along which the various components of the system, namely, the rear sight, the front sight, and an auxiliary weight, ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4479307 | Gun sight for hand and shoulder guns A sight assembly is provided including front and rear sights for mounting on the front and rear ends of a gun barrel. The front sight comprises a conventional upstanding vertically elongated blade sight member having vertical planar outwardly facing oppos... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4458436 | Sight for shotguns Sight for shotguns with a forwardly widening conic frustum fixed to a mounting on the gun and having in its forward portion a ring extending inwardly from the frustum wall to define with its interior surface a sighting cone coaxial to the conic frustum. T... | 07/10/1984 |
| 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 |
