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US 8,484,882 B2Granted
Forward mounted gun sight with illumination apparatus
AssigneeMagpul Industries Corp.
InventorsTravis D. Haley, Eric C. Burt, Richard M. Fitzpatrick, Michael T. Mayberry
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Abstract
The present invention is a rail mounted back-up sight with at least one, but preferred two, illumination apparatuses mounted thereon. The back-up sight features a sight housing that is configured to selectively alternate between a stowed and a spring-biased deployed position. Any type of illumination apparatus may be used, but the preferred apparatus is a flashlight, mounted upon wither side of a sight base. Either a front or a rear sight may be utilized as could different types of illumination apparatuses.
Claims10
A back-up sight for a firearm comprising:
- a. a base mountable upon a firearm rail, said base having a top surface, a front side, a rear side, two opposing lateral sides a bottom, and a bolt located in a bore extending between the lateral sides of the base, configured for mounting upon said rail;
- b. a sight housing hingedly mounted upon the base and spring biased in an upward position, generally perpendicular to the base, said sight housing defining a sight window;
- c. a latch for securing the sight housing in a position generally in-line with the base, against the spring bias, releasable such that when the latch is released the spring bias will move the sight housing into the upward position;
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- d. an illumination apparatus positioned upon one of the opposing lateral sides beneath a level of the bolt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.