Illuminated rear peep sight for a projectile device
US5148603A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41G1/467
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A rear peep sight apparatus for use with a projectile device such as a bow includes a body formed of a transparent material for mounting in a bow string. The body has generally parallel front and rear surfaces connected by a curved side surface and the side surface and a portion of each of the front and rear surfaces is opaque. The body has a cavity formed therein for mounting a light source which is either self contained or connected by a spiral wound elastic conductor to a battery and switch enclosed in a housing which can be releasably attached to the bow. The peep sight can include a sighting device such as, for example, an oval ring, a dot and a cross hair. In the alternative, the light source can be located in the housing and the light transmitted through a fiber optic conductor to the body. As another alternative, the sighting device can be a centrally located aperture formed at an angle through the body surrounded by a first plurality of locator apertures formed in the body in the shape of a cross hair and a second plurality of target apertures formed in the body at the angle and positioned between the locator apertures and the centrally located aperture.
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