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US 2017/0321992 A1Published application
Gun site assembly
AssigneeDead Ringer, LLC
InventorJesse A. Erdle
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Abstract
A gun sight assembly includes a housing with an inner bore and a sleeve. The sleeve has an axial cavity in which a luminescent source may be housed. The sleeve is press-fit into the bore such that complementary engagement features of the bore and the sleeve engage each other to lock the sleeve in place within the bore. In one version, the sleeve can be first received within an adapter configured for press-fit into the bore of the gun sight blank.
Claims19
A gun sight assembly comprising:
- a gun sight blank with an inner bore defined by an interior surface, the inner bore extending between a forward end and a rearward end of the gun sight blank, the interior surface including one or more engagement features;
- a resilient sleeve having an opening at a first end, the resilient sleeve comprising,
- an axial cavity defined by an inner surface,
- an outer surface including one or more complimentary engagement features configured to engage the one or more engagement features of the interior surface of the gun sight blank;
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- an end flange disposed at the first end of the resilient sleeve, the end flange having an inner annular surface which defines an end opening, the end opening having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the axial cavity;
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- a luminescent source configured to be retained within the resilient sleeve.
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A gun sight assembly comprising;
- a blank made from a structural material, the blank having a first end and a second end and further comprising, an axial bore defined by an interior surface and extending at least partially through the blank, the interior surface having at least one engagement feature formed thereon;
- at least one insert made from a resilient material, the at least one insert having an exterior surface including one or more complimentary engagement features that are configured to engage the one or more formed engagement features of the axial bore of the blank when the at least one insert is inserted into the bore;
- wherein the complementary engagement features are sized and configured to create a snap-fit coupling between the blank and the at least one insert.
A method of assembling a gun sight the method comprising:
- providing a gun sight blank having an interior surface defining an inner bore extending between an open end and a tapered end, the interior surface having at least one engagement feature;
- providing a sleeve having an inner surface defining an axial cavity extending between a first end and a second end, the first end including a flange defining an opening having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the axial cavity, wherein the sleeve has an exterior surface that includes at least one complimentary engagement feature;
- inserting a luminescent source into the axial cavity of the sleeve from the second end such that the luminescent source is housed within the sleeve and contacts the flange of the sleeve;
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- inserting the sleeve containing the luminescent source into the inner bore until the at least one engagement feature of the interior surface of the gun sight blank and the at least one complimentary engagement feature of the exterior surface of the sleeve are in snap-fit engagement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.