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US 7,743,547 B2Granted
Firearm mount with embedded sight
AssigneeLaserMax, Inc.
InventorWilliam R. Houde-Walter
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Abstract
A laser sight is embedded in a mounting rail otherwise used for attaching accessories to small arms discharge devices such as pistols or rifles. The mounting rail has a transverse profile that extends along an axis of the mounting rail for engaging mating features of the accessories. The laser sight is located at least partly within the transverse profile of the mounting rail and has a sighting axis that extends substantially parallel to the axis of the mounting rail.
Claims20
An adapter system comprising:
- (a) an adapter body having an adapter receptor and an adapter mounting rail spaced from the adapter receptor;
- (b) the adapter receptor being adaptable to a device mounting rail of a small arm dischargeable device, the device mounting rail extending along a discharge axis, the device mounting rail having a device mounting rail profile transverse to the discharge axis for aligning an axis of the adapter mounting rail with the discharge axis of the small arm dischargeable device, the adapter mounting rail having an adapter mounting rail profile transverse to the axis of the adapter mounting rail, the adapter mounting rail profile being substantially similar to the device mounting rail profile, and
- (c) a beam generator in the adapter body.
An adapter system comprising:
- (a) an adapter body having a receptor and a mounting rail supported from the receptor;
- (b) the receptor being adaptable to a small arm dischargeable device for aligning an axis of the mounting rail substantially parallel with a discharge axis of the dischargeable device, the mounting rail having a transverse profile that extends along the axis of the mounting rail, and
- (c) a beam generator in the adapter body, the beam generator having a sighting axis that extends relative to the axis of the mounting rail, wherein the transverse profile is formed in part by an outer land surface, and a set of recoil grooves in the outer land surface extend substantially perpendicular to the axis of the mounting rail.
An adapter system comprising:
- (a) an adapter body having a receptor and a mounting rail spaced from the receptor, the receptor being engagable to a small arm dischargeable device having a discharge axis for aligning an axis of the mounting rail relative to the discharge axis, the mounting rail having a dovetail cross sectional area transverse to the axis for cooperatively engaging an accessory;
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- (b) a beam generator in the adapter body for emitting radiation relative to the discharge axis, at least a portion of the beam generator located within the dovetail cross sectional area of the mounting rail.
An adapter system comprising:
- (a) an adapter body having a receptor and a mounting rail spaced from the receptor, the receptor being engagable to a small arm dischargeable device having a discharge axis for aligning an axis of the mounting rail relative to the discharge axis, the mounting rail having a transverse profile extending along the axis for cooperatively engaging an accessory:
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- (b) a beam generator in the adapter body for emitting radiation relative to the discharge axis,
- wherein the transverse profile includes an outer land surface, and a set of recoil grooves is formed in the outer land surface extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of the mounting rail.
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An adapter system comprising:
- (a) an adapter body having a female mount and a male mount spaced from the female mount, the female mount being engagable to a small arm dischargeable device having a discharge axis for aligning an axis of the male mount relative to the discharge axis, the male mount having a profile transverse to the axis for cooperatively engaging an accessory;
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- (b) a beam generator in the adapter body for emitting radiation relative to the discharge axis, at least a portion of the male mount being located to dispose the beam generator intermediate the portion of the male mount and the female mount along a direction transverse to the axis of the male mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.