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US 7,451,566 B1Granted
Gun sight featuring point-to-point alignment
OwnerDonald H. Priceinventor
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Abstract
A gun sight system featuring point-to-point visual alignment is provided. A front sight coupled to a forward end of a gun includes a top sighting point and optionally lateral sighting points. A rear sight coupled to a rearward end of the gun includes a pair of spaced apart rear lateral sighting points each visually alignable with and visually touching one of the front lateral sighting points or the top sighting point for visually touching the top sighting point with a target while simultaneously visually aligning at least one of the rear lateral sighting points with a point on the front sight.
Claims21
A gun sight system, comprising in combination:
- a front sight coupled to a forward end of a gun and including a front face having at least one front upper sighting point and a pair of opposing front lateral sighting points each having a front vertex with a front upper edge line extending from said front vertex and a front lower edge line extending from said front vertex;
- a rear sight coupled to a rearward end of the gun behind said front sight and including a pair of spaced apart sidewalls defining a left sidewall and a right sidewall with a sight opening therebetween;
- a first inwardly projecting member extending from said left side wall toward said right side wall and terminating to a first end point within the sight opening;
- a second inwardly projecting member extending from said right side wall towards said left side wall and terminating to a second end point within the sight opening;
- wherein said first and second end points define a pair of opposing spaced apart rear lateral sighting points each respectively visually alignable with one of said pair of opposing front lateral sighting points for visually touching one of said rear lateral sighting points with said front vertex for providing a precision point-to-point alignment system, said rear sighting points each including a rear vertex with a rear upper edge line extending from said rear vertex and a rear lower edge line extending from said rear vertex;
- said upper sighting point substantially aligned with a target location of gun shot impact when at least one of said rear vertices is aligned with one of said front vertices;
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- each said edge line of said front vertices and said rear vertices extending from an associated said vertex in a distinct direction from the other edge lines, as viewed by a user of the gun sight, such that no edge lines appear to overlap when the upper sighting point is aligned with the target.
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A gun sight, comprising in combination:
- a front sight coupled to a forward end of a gun and including a front face having a top sighting point and a pair of opposing front lateral sighting points each having a front vertex with a front upper edge line extending from said front vertex and a front lower edge line extending from said front vertex;
- a rear sight coupled to a rearward end of the gun behind the front sight and including a base plate having a pair of spaced apart sidewalls upwardly extending from opposite sides of said base plate for defining a left sidewall and a right sidewall and a sight opening therebetween;
- a first inwardly projecting member extending from an upper end of said left sidewall toward said right side wall and terminating to a first end point within the sight opening;
- a second inwardly projecting member extending from an upper end of said right sidewall toward said left side wall and terminating to a second end point within the sight opening wherein said first and second end points define a pair of opposing spaced apart rear lateral sighting points each respectively visually alignable with one of said pair of opposing front lateral sighting points for visually touching said top sighting point of said front sight with an area on a target while simultaneously visually touching at least one of said pair of opposing spaced apart rear lateral sighting points with its respective juxtaposed front lateral sighting point;
- each of said first and second end points including a rear vertex with a rear upper edge line extending from each said rear vertex and a rear lower edge line extending from each said rear vertex;
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- each said edge line of each said front vertex and each said rear vertex extending from an adjacent said vertex in a distinct direction from other edge lines when viewed by a user of the gun sight, such that no edge lines appear to overlap when the top sighting point is aligned with the target.
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A sight for aiming a firearm, the sight comprising in combination:
- a front sight adapted to be attached to a firearm;
- a rear sight adapted to be attached to a firearm, said rear sight closer to an eye of a user than said front sight, when the user is wielding the firearm;
- said front sight having a pair of top front edge lines extending diagonally and ending together at a top sighting point, said top sighting point adapted to be visually aligned with a target when the user has the firearm aimed at the target;
- said front sight having at least one of said top front edge lines extending diagonally from said top sighting point to a front lateral sighting point below and lateral to said top sighting point, said front lateral sighting point defining a front vertex where an end of said top front edge line comes together with an end of a front sight edge line of said front sight other than one of said top front edge lines;
- said rear sight including a pair of spaced apart side walls defining a left side wall and a right side wall, with a sight opening therebetween;
- an inwardly projecting member extending from one of said sidewalls toward the other of said side walls and terminating to a first end point within the sight opening, said first end point defining at least one rear lateral sighting point;
- said rear sight including at least one pair of non-parallel rear edge lines extending to ends at a rear vertex defining said rear lateral sighting point;
- said rear lateral sighting point adapted to be visually aligned with said front lateral sighting point when said top sighting point is visually aligned with the target and the user has the firearm aimed at the target;
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- each of said front edge lines associated with said front vertex and each of said rear edge lines associated with said rear vertex extend from an associated vertex in distinct directions from the other edge lines as viewed by a user of the gun sight, such that no edge lines appear to overlap when the top sighting point is aligned with the target.
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A sight for aiming a firearm, the sight comprising in combination:
- a front sight adapted to be attached to a firearm;
- a rear sight adapted to be attached to a firearm, said rear sight closer to an eye of a user than said front sight, when the user is wielding the firearm;
- said front sight having a pair of top front edge lines extending diagonally and ending together at a top sighting point, said top sighting point adapted to be visually aligned with a target when the user has the firearm aimed at the target;
- said front sight having at least one of said top front edge lines extending diagonally from said top sighting point to a front lateral sighting point below and lateral to said top sighting point, said front lateral sighting point defining a front vertex where an end of said top front edge line comes together with an end of a front sight edge line of said front sight other than one of said top front edge lines;
- said rear sight including a pair of spaced apart side walls defining a left side wall and a right side wall, with a sight opening therebetween;
- an inwardly projecting member extending from one of said sidewalls toward the other of said side walls and terminating to a first end point within the sight opening, said first end point defining at least one rear lateral sighting point;
- said rear sight including at least one pair of non-parallel rear edge lines extending to ends at a rear vertex defining a rear lateral sighting point;
- said rear lateral sighting point pointing toward said sight opening between said left side wall and said right side wall;
- said rear lateral sighting point adapted to be visually aligned with said front lateral sighting point when said top sighting point is visually aligned with the target and the user has the firearm aimed at the target;
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- each of said front edge lines associated with said front vertex and each of said rear edge lines associated with said rear vertex extending from an associated vertex in distinct directions from the other edge lines as viewed by a user of the gun sight, such that no edge lines appear to overlap when the top sighting point is aligned with the target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.