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US 2011/0214973 A1Published application
Auxiliary device for a weapon and attachment thereof
AssigneeInsight Technology Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
InventorsKenneth S. Solinsky, Wallace E. Woodman, III, Alan T. Howe, Daniel J. Berube, Timothy R. Loring
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Abstract
A plurality of actuators allow a gun operator to control the on/off status of an illuminator attached to a weapon in the area forward of the trigger guard. The actuators are spaced to allow them to extend rearwardly on opposite sides of the trigger guard. “Up” turns the light emitter on and keeps it on or allows it to turn on as long as the actuator is actuated, regardless of which side of the trigger guard the actuator is actuated.
Claims17
A tail cap assembly for use on a weapon-mountable flashlight, comprising:
- a first housing portion coupled to a second housing portion with a gasket to form a watertight cavity therein;
- a first contact coupled to the second housing;
- a second contact coupled to the second housing;
- a first movable actuator, the first actuator having a protuberance that can be manipulated by a user to cause the first actuator to move in a first general direction or a second general direction;
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- a second movable actuator, the second actuator having a protuberance that can be manipulated by a user to cause the second actuator to move in the first general direction or the second general direction, the first protuberance being spaced from the second protuberance by a distance sufficient to allow a trigger guard of a weapon to extend therebetween, the first actuator moveable in the first general direction independent of the second actuator to cause a light emitter coupleable to a battery to turn on and stay on and moveable in the second general direction independent of the second actuator to cause the light emitter to turn on as long as the actuator is actuated by a user, and turn off when released, and the second actuator moveable in the first general direction independent of the first actuator to cause the light emitter to turn on and stay on and moveable in the second general direction independent of the first actuator to cause the light emitter to turn on as long as the actuator is actuated by the user, and turn off when released, movement of the first or second actuator in either direction causing the first contact to be shorted to the second contact.
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