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US 2017/0284770 A1Published application
Optic Cover with Releasably Retained Display
AssigneeSheltered Wings Inc. d/b/a Vortex Optics
InventorDavid M. Hamilton
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Abstract
A cover for use with an optic device to hold and display shooting information. The cover may have resilient retention members that allow a display to be releasably attached and detached from the cover. The display may be made from a single substrate or multiple substrates in order to make the shooting information contained thereon highly visible in a variety of conditions and shooting preferences.
Claims19
A cover for an optical device comprising:
- a cap;
- and a means for releasably and securely holding a display such that the display can be selectively removed from the means for releasably and securely holding a display;
- wherein the means for releasably and securely holding a display is permanently attached to the cap.
A cover for an optical device comprising:
- a body capable of attaching the cover to the optical device;
- a cap connected to the body such that the cap can be opened or closed, the cap having an interior portion;
- a display with a perimeter;
- and at least one resilient retention member attached to the interior portion of the cap for retaining the display, the at least one resilient retention member capable of temporarily deforming to receive and release the display;
- wherein the display has at least one indent formed in the perimeter such that the display may be released from the at least one resilient retention member at least through the use of the at least one indent.
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A sighting device with a cover having a display for shooting firearms comprising:
- a first substrate having a first color;
- a second substrate having a second color different than the first color and fixed to the first substrate to form the display;
- and wherein the first substrate is engraved such that the second substrate is exposed through the engraved first substrate and conveys shooting information;
- and wherein the display is shaped such that the display may be firmly retained by the cover and has a perimeter formed such that the perimeter may be used to remove the display from the cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.