Light beam assisted aiming of firearms
AssigneeLaser Products Corporation
InventorEdward C. Reynolds, Jr.
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Abstract
An aim assistance light beam is provided for a firearm having a barrel and a movable fore-end assembly for loading shells and actuating a firearm action. A lamp and reflector throws that light beam upon electric energization of a lamp in the lamp and reflector assembly. A battery housing for mounting that lamp and reflector assembly is below the barrel and is in the form of a hand grip for manual actuation of the fore-end assembly. That battery housing is mounted on the fore-end assembly for manual actuation of the fore-end assembly with that battery housing which also contains the battery for electrically energizing the lamp.
Claims20
In apparatus including a flashlight for throwing a light beam assisting the aiming of a firearm having a barrel and a fore-end assembly
- different from said barrel, the improvement comprising in combination:
- a lamp and reflector assembly for throwing said light beam upon electric energization of a lamp in the lamp and reflector assembly;
- a hand grip having an elongate aperture for receiving part of said fore-end assembly;
- a battery housing for mounting said lamp and reflector assembly below said barrel, said battery housing being integral with said hand grip at a front portion thereof, as seen from a muzzle of said firearm, but offset non-coaxially from said elongate aperture and from said fore-end assembly when said part of the fore-end assembly is received in said elongate aperture of said hand grip;
- means for attaching said hand grip to said fore-end assembly;
- an electric circuit for electrically energizing said lamp from an electric battery, including an electric on-off switch;
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- means in said battery housing for receiving said electric battery and for providing said electric energization of the lamp upon closure of said switch.
In apparatus including a flashlight for throwing a light beam assisting the aiming of a firearm having a movable fore-end assembly for loading shells and actuating a firearm action,
- the improvement comprising in combination:
- a hand grip for manual actuation of said fore-end assembly having a downward projection as seen from said fore-end assembly;
- a lamp and reflector assembly on said downward projection for throwing said light beam upon electric energization of a lamp in the lamp and reflector assembly;
- a battery housing in said downward projection for receiving an electric battery;
- means for mounting said hand grip on said fore-end assembly for said manual actuation of said fore-end assembly with said hand grip having said downward projection;
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- an electric circuit for electrically energizing said lamp from said electric battery via an electric on-off switch.
In a method of providing an aim assistance light beam for a firearm having a fore-end assembly different from said barrel,
- the improvement comprising in combination the steps of:
- providing a hand grip with an elongate aperture for receiving part of said fore-end assembly;
- shaping and constituting a battery housing integrally with said hand grip and for reception of an electric battery remotely from a stock of the firearm, said battery housing being located at a front portion of said hand grip as seen from a muzzle of said firearm and being non-coaxially offset from said elongate aperture and from said fore-end assembly when said part of the fore-end assembly is received in said elongate aperture of the hand grip;
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- mounting on said battery housing a light source for providing said aim assistance light beam upon energization from said battery through an electric on-off switch provided independently of any trigger and hammer assembly of said firearm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.