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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946075 | Adjustable tactical gun sight A sight for a firearm including a front sight portion and a rear sight portion. The front sight portion includes a front sight, at least one shim and a front sight and shim pocket whereby at least the elevation of the firearm can be adjusted by changing the shim. Th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7210261 | Mounting a sight device on a shoulder automatic or semi-automatic fire arm Mounting of a sight on a firearm semi-automatic or automatic shotgun of the type comprising a housing through which a screw extends which receives a threaded securing cap which is notched to cooperate with an elastic stub at one end of the housing, said mounting bei... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6886289 | Elevation adjustable firearm front sight with user changeable sighting element An elevation adjustable firearm front sight with user changeable sighting elements that includes a lower rotatable front sight insert member adapted to be secured to a firearm front sight base and an upper front sight insert member rotatably secured to the upper por... | 05/03/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6769210 | Aiming device for pistols An aiming device for pistols comprises a rear sight (2) and front sight having a luminous dot on the side facing the eye (rear sight). The rear sight has a luminous mark and a recess which accommodates the contour of the front sight. The recess comprises a base line... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6722075 | Compact offset sighting device An offset sighting device for a weapon such as an M16 rifle for use with an NBC mask or equivalent. The sighting device includes front sight, rear sight, and a mechanism for supporting both. The site support includes a bracket, and a front sight support arm pivotall... | 04/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6594938 | Front interfacing detachable scope mount A detachable mount for a telescopic sight which can be operated using only one latching mechanism. The mount uses a front base attached to the ring of a rifle receiver and a rear base attached to the bridge of a rifle receiver. The upper surfaces of both ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6360471 | Aiming device for use on gun or other projectile-firing device An aiming device which incorporates into its sight picture a corner shape for aligning with the target, and which aligns two components to form a meaningful shape or image. Meaningful is defined as a shape or image readily recognizable to the one aiming t... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6336285 | Sighting apparatus Sighting apparatus for mounting open sights atop a firearm sighting telescope including a longitudinal sighting bar which is mounted on the telescope. The front sight is mounted on the front portion of the bar and the rear sight is mounted on the rear por... | 01/08/2002 |
| 5822872 | Open blade rear sight for pistol, rifle or shotgun A rear gunsight has a rectangular-shaped base member, with a left sidewall extending upwardly from a left hand side of the base member and a right sidewall extending upwardly from a right hand side of the base member. A left hand top element extends from ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5442863 | Stereoscopic sighting device Stereoscopic sighting apparatus includes a support plate supporting a pair of sighting members of identical open loop configuration in laterally spaced side-by-side relation to one another at a distance approximating the spacing between a users eyes for g... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5067244 | Gun sight for shooting moving target A gun sight attached to the rear end of the gun barrel near the eye of the shooter including a semi-circular ring through which the shooter can observe a flying target. Two horizontal arms are attached to the sight for alignment parallel to the earth and ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4937944 | Gun sight for shooting moving target A gun sight attached to the rear end of the gun barrel near the eye of the shooter including a semi-circular ring through which the shooter can observe a flying target. Two horizontal arms may be attached adjacent to the sight or located at the front end ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4837937 | Adjustable rear sight unit for a gun A rear gun sight unit including a head having a U-slot across which extends a screw provided with a notch for sighting a target, the screw being adjustable to carry the notch to the right or left of normal center for sighting under adverse wind conditions... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4745686 | Apparatus for imparting enhanced directional flight to a projectile and the like An apparatus for imparting enhanced directional flight to a projectile and the like which includes a discontinuous sleeve which is conformably dimensioned slidably to mate with the distal end of a firearm, and an adjustable sight alignment loop which form... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4223446 | Lead sight apparatus for shotguns Lead sight apparatus for shotguns is disclosed which comprises a pair of rings of a predetermined diameter spaced apart a predetermined distance from the barrel of a shotgun and extending outwardly from the shotgun barrel.... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4112583 | Gun lead sight A lead sight with numbers coinciding with the numbered positions on a standard skeet range printed on a transversely extended transparent member mounted by a strap above gun barrels toward the muzzle end. "High" and "Low", also imprinted on the transparen... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4016652 | Bi-axial leaf sight Sighting system for hand held grenade launchers including a rear leaf sight aving two sets of range indicia markings. A first front sight is spaced from the leaf sight for short to intermediate sighting alignment with one set of rear sight markings and a s... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4006531 | Gun sight An auxiliary gun sight adapted to be fitted and used around either one barrel or double barrel guns as well as the gun stock. The auxiliary gun sight comprises a cylindrical elastomeric member having three adjacent projecting sights at angles to each othe... | 02/08/1977 |