US 8,997,391 B2Granted

Firearm sight

AssigneePenn United Technologies, Inc.

InventorsRaymond Patrick Rozic, Todd Eric Waldroup

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Abstract

A sight for a firearm is provided. The sight is structured to fit within a channel defined within the firearm. In some examples, the channel is defined within the slide of a semi automatic handgun. The sight includes a base that fits within the channel, and a visual index portion extending outward from the base. A removable firearm component blocks an open end of the channel, thereby retaining the sight, when the removable firearm component is installed on the firearm. In some examples, a rear sight may be secured within a channel defined within a slide by a firing pin stop. In other examples, a front sight may be secured within a channel defined within a slide by a barrel bushing. Some examples of the sight may include an adjustment mechanism for moving the visual index portion with respect to the base.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A slide assembly for a firearm, comprising:

a slide;
a channel defined within the slide, the channel having an open end disposed at one end of the slide, a closed end disposed opposite the open end, and a pair of channel sides extending therebetween, the channel having a closed bottom surface and open top, the bottom surface having a bottom channel width defined in a direction that is substantially equiangular to the channel sides, the open top having a top channel width defined in a direction that is substantially parallel to the bottom channel width, the bottom channel width being greater than the top channel width;
a sight having a base and a visual index portion, the base fitting within the channel, the visual index portion extending outward from the base;
a removable slide assembly component that covers the open end of the channel, a majority of the removable slide assembly component fitting within a three dimensional periphery of the slide;
and
the base being dimensioned and configured to resist movement of the base in any direction except towards or away from the open end of the channel when the base is within the channel and the removable slide assembly component is removed from the slide;
whereby removal of the sight from the slide is resisted by interaction of the channel, the base, and the removable slide assembly component, and removal of the removable slide assembly component permits removal of the sight.

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A firearm, comprising:

a channel defined within an exterior surface of a sight supporting component of the firearm, the sight supporting component holding at least one internal firearm component in place within the firearm, the channel having an open end disposed at one end of the exterior surface, a closed end disposed opposite the open end, and a pair of sides extending therebetween, the channel having a closed bottom surface and open top, the bottom surface having a bottom channel width defined in a direction that is substantially equiangular to the channel sides, the top having a top channel width defined in a direction that is substantially parallel to the bottom channel width, the bottom channel width being greater than the top channel width;
a sight having a base and a visual index portion, the base fitting within the channel, the visual index portion extending outward from the base;
and
a removable firearm component that covers the open end of the channel, a majority of the removable firearm component fitting within a three dimensional periphery of the sight supporting component;
and
the base being dimensioned and configured to resist movement of the base in any direction except towards or away from the open end of the channel when the base is within the channel and the removable firearm component is removed from the firearm;
whereby removal of the sight from the sight supporting component is resisted by interaction of the channel, the base, and the removable firearm component, and removal of the removable firearm component permits removal of the sight.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.