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US 2025/0237477 A1Published application
Shotgun optic plate with integrated rear sight
AssigneePalmetto State Armory, LLC
InventorsThaddeus Boruchowski, Ryan Crisp, Chris Daniels, Ralph Stephen Fisher, Mark Mnich, Thomas Victa
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Abstract
Described herein are a shotgun optic plate cover, and methods for making and installing same as well as retrofitting existing shotguns to accommodate the shotgun optic plate cover, with an integrated rear sight to enable either optics enhanced, or non-optics enhanced aiming capabilities for shotguns.
Claims20
An optic-ready shotgun optic plate cover comprising:
- at least one optic plate cover configured to affix to a shotgun receiver;
- at least one rear site integrated into the at least one optic plate cover and extending upward from at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover;
- at least one optic fastener opening defined in the at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover;
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- at least one front face, at least one back face, at least one first side wall, and at least one second side wall extending downward from the at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover.
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A method for making an optic-ready shotgun optic plate cover comprising:
- forming at least one optic plate cover;
- defining at least one rear site integrated into the at least one optic plate cover that extends upward from at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover;
- defining at least one optic fastener opening in the at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover;
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- defining at least one front face, at least one back face, at least one first side wall, and at least one second side wall extending downward from the at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover.
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A method for retrofitting an existing shotgun to incorporate an optic-ready shotgun optic plate cover comprising:
- forming at least optic plate cover bed into a shotgun receiver;
- configuring at least one optic plate cover to affix to the at least optic plate cover bed formed into the shotgun receiver;
- configuring the at least one optic plate cover to include:
- at least one rear site integrated into the at least one optic plate cover and extending upward from at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover;
- at least two optic fastener openings defined into the at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover;
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- at least one front face, at least one back face, at least one first side wall, and at least one second side wall extending downward from the at least one upper surface of the at least one optic plate cover.
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