Patent · US Expired

Telescope for weapons and other applications

US6311424A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 1999
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B23/14
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A telescope apparatus and system for rifles and other weapons comprising a forward portion, consisting of a forward objective lens fixed on the front end of a firing line light tube, held firmly to the weapon by slip springs in which the forward light tube may be rotated, and/or a side optics system extending perpendicular to the rear of the forward portion of the telescope may be turned and locked on the forward portion, so that the side optics system of the telescope, extending a preferred distance to the side of the weapon, may be positioned and fixed at the preference of a person, forward or back and on the left or right side of the weapon, or other preferred positions, and aimed by a person sighting through the viewing lens system of the telescope at the end of the side optics system, using conventional, manual aiming devises and/or aiming the weapon by means of electronically controlled laser aiming devises, together with attachable range finding and other devises.

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