Peep sight with on/off illumination by protrudiing pins

A rear peep sight to be mounted in a bowstring for aiming an arrow, comprising:

• a sighting body having front and rear surfaces joined by a side surface, a cavity formed in said sighting body open to said front surface, a sighting aperture formed in said sighting body having a longitudinal axis extending from said rear surface to said cavity and providing a view through said sighting body, and a plurality of locator apertures formed in said rear surface adjacent said sighting aperture and extending from said rear surface to said cavity;
• means for transmitting ambient light incident at said front surface to said rear surface through said locator apertures, said means for transmitting being removably retained in said cavity;
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• a cover rotatably mounted on said rear surface and being selectively moveable relative to said means for transmitting ambient light among an “on” position in which a predetermined maximum amount of the incident light is visible to an eye of an archer adjacent said rear surface, an “off” position in which said cover blocks the incident light from the eye and at least one intermediate position in which said cover partially blocks the incident light from the eye.

A rear peep sight to be mounted in a bowstring for aiming an arrow, comprising:

• a sighting body having front and rear surfaces joined by a side surface, a cavity formed in said sighting body open to said front surface, a sighting aperture formed in said sighting body having a longitudinal axis extending from said rear surface to said cavity and providing a view through said sighting body, and a plurality of arcuate locator apertures formed in said rear surface adjacent said sighting aperture and extending from said rear surface to said cavity;
• means for transmitting ambient light incident at said front surface to said rear surface through said locator apertures, said means for transmitting being removably and rotatably retained in said cavity;
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• a plurality of covers fixedly mounted on said rear surface and each covering one end portion of a corresponding one of said locator apertures, said means for transmitting ambient light being rotatable in said cavity for movement from said one end portion of said locator apertures to an opposite end of said locator apertures.