US 5,068,969 AGranted

Lighted gun sight

OwnerRobert M. Siebertinventor

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Abstract

A lighted gun sight is mounted on the slide of a semi-automatic pistol which reloads by having the slide move rearwardly for ejecting the used cartridge and inserting a new cartridge. The semi-automatic pistol has a grip attached to its lower portion with a trigger for firing the pistol and a grip safety which is attached to the rearward portion of the grip so that the gun cannot be fired without the grip being squeezed. The lighted gun sight essentially comprises a power source, a switch, and an intensity control apparatus mounted in the grip of the pistol. A bridge is then mounted on the slide from the gun sight to the grip. An electrical power coupling apparatus is provided between the grip and the bridge in a manner so that power can be coupled to the gun sight when the gun is ready for firing and may be decoupled when the pistol has been fired.

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Dependent claims

A lighted gun sight for a semi-automatic pistol having a housing with an upper portion and a lower portion, a forward portion and a rearward portion, a barrel attached to said housing along its upper and forward portion, a grip attached to said housing at its lower and rearward portion, a slide slidably attached to said housing at its upper and rearward portion, said slide having an outside and being in alignment with said barrel, trigger means, and grip safety means attached to said grip for releasing said trigger means when pressure is applied to said grip safety means, and a rear sight means mounted on said slide, said lighted gun sight comprising:

(a) power means mounted in said grip;
(b) switch means mounted in said grip and connected in series with said power means for connecting or disconnecting electrically, said power means;
(c) bridge means attached along the outside of said slide and extending from said rear sight means to said grip and terminating in an end portion;
(d) electrical communication means mounted along said end portion;
(e) electrically operated light means mounted on said rear sight means and electrically connected through said bridge means to said electrical communication means;
(f) connecting means for coupling said power means through said grip and through said switch means and to said electrical communication means;
whereby when said slide is in a position to fire, and said switch means is connected to said power means said power means is connected to said electrically operated light means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.