Optical sight
AssigneeTrijicon, Inc.
InventorsDarin W. Schick, Thomas K. Maciak, Kian Siong Lim
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Abstract
An optical sight is provided and may include a housing, at least one optic supported by the housing, and an illumination device associated with the at least one optic that selectively supplies the at least one optic with light. The illumination device may include a first fiber associated with a first light source and a second fiber associated with a second light source. A coupler may join the first fiber and the second fiber and may supply the at least one optic with light from at least one of the first light source and the second light source.
Claims16
An optical sight comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one prism supported by said housing;
- an optical device disposed on said prism;
- and
- an illumination device associated with said optical device and including a light-emitting device (LED) operable to supply said prism with light via said optical device and a fiber operable to supply ambient light to said prism and coupled to said LED to provide light from said LED to said prism.
An optical sight comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one prism supported by said housing;
- an optical device disposed on said prism;
- and
- an illumination device associated with said optical device and including a fiber extending through said optical device and operable to supply said prism with light independent of said optical device and a light-emitting device (LED) operable to supply light to said optical device, said fiber operable to supply ambient light to said prism and operable to supply light from said LED to said prism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.