Sighting system
OwnerDonald Priebeinventor
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Abstract
A sighting system for a shooting device, such as an archery bow or a firearm, includes front and rear sights. The front sight includes a front sight frame that defines a front sight window therein. A rear sight includes a rear sight frame that defines a rear sight window therein. A rear face of the front sight frame, the face oriented toward the rear sight, includes an indicium, such as a luminous ring, formed thereon. The rear sight frame is of a size such that the luminous ring is at least partially obstructed in a first manner by the rear sight frame when the shooting device is properly aimed at a target and is at least partially obstructed in a second manner when improperly aimed.
Claims20
A sighting system for aiming a shooting device having a forward and rearward ends, the system comprising:
- a first sight to be supported by the shooting device toward the forward end thereof, the first sight including a first sight frame having portions defining a first sight window therein, the first sight frame also including a rear face oriented in a direction toward the rearward end of the shooting device, at least a portion of the rear face including an indicium thereon, the indicium being visibly different from other portions of the rear face;
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- a second sight supported by the shooting device generally toward the rearward end thereof, the second sight including a second sight frame having portions defining a second sight window therein, the second sight frame having dimensions such that the indicium on the rear face is at least partially obstructed in a first manner by the rear sight frame when the shooting device is properly aimed at a target and is at least partially obstructed in a second manner when the shooting device is improperly aimed.
An archery bow and sighting system comprising:
- an archery bow having a riser defining forward and rearward sides thereof, a pair of limbs extending from the riser, and a bow string generally extending between the limbs;
- a front sight mounted to riser and located toward the forward side thereof, the front sight including a front sight frame having portions defining a front sight window therein, the front sight frame also including a rear face oriented in a direction toward the rearward side of the riser, the rear face including a luminous indicium thereon that at least partially circumscribes the rear face;
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- a rear sight mounted to the riser and located toward the rearward side thereof, the rear sight including a rear sight frame having portions defining a rear sight window therein, the rear sight frame having dimensions such that the luminous indicium on the rear face is at least partially obstructed in a first manner by the rear sight frame when the bow is properly aimed at a target and is at least partially obstructed in a second manner when the bow is improperly aimed at a target, the first and second manners being identifiably different.
A method of aiming a shooting device
- comprising the steps of:
- providing a sighting system having a front sight, the front sight including having front sight frame with a rearwardly oriented rear face, the rear face including indicium formed thereon, the sighting system also having a rear sight including a rear sight frame;
- aiming the shooting device at a target;
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- positioning the shooting device such that the rear sight frame at least partially obstructs the indicium in a first manner when the shooting device is properly aimed and at least partially obstructs the indicium in a second manner when the shooting device is improperly aimed, the first and second manners being identifiably different.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.