Optical sight mounting system
AssigneeTrijicon, Inc.
InventorsJerry Glen S. ELPEDES, Matthew Stephen BINDON
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Abstract
An optical sight includes a housing and an optical element supported by the housing. The housing includes a first surface defining a cavity accessible from a first cavity side of the housing and a bottom side of the housing and an opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The first surface is configured such that the first cavity is inaccessible from above. The first cavity is configured to accommodate a first fastener such that a head of the first fastener is supported by the first surface and such that a shaft of the first fastener extends through the bottom side of the housing. The optical element is disposed within the opening of the housing.
Claims20
An optical sight comprising:
- a housing, the housing including:
- a first surface defining a first cavity accessible from a first cavity side of the housing and a bottom side of the housing, the first surface configured such that the first cavity is inaccessible from above, the first cavity configured to accommodate a first fastener therein such that a head of the first fastener is supported by the first surface and such that a shaft of the first fastener extends through the bottom side of the housing;
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- an opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing;
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- an optical element supported by the housing and disposed within the opening of the housing.
A method of mounting an optical sight to a base comprising:
- inserting a threaded shaft of a first fastener into a first threaded bore of the base;
- inserting the first fastener into a first cavity of a housing of the optical sight through a first fastener opening on a first side of the housing, a head of the first fastener being supported by a first surface defining the first cavity and the threaded shaft of the first fastener extending through the first fastener opening on a bottom side of the housing when the first fastener is inserted into the first cavity, the first cavity configured such that the first fastener is inaccessible from above when inserted into the first cavity;
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- rotating the head of the first fastener such that rotating the head of the first fastener tightens the first fastener in the first threaded bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.