Patent · US Expired

Aiming device for use on gun or other projectile-firing device

US6360471B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 11, 1999
Grant dateMar 26, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 11, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41G1/01
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aiming device which incorporates into its sight picture a corner shape for aligning with the target, and which aligns two components to form a meaningful shape or image. Meaningful is defined as a shape or image readily recognizable to the one aiming the device, such as a triangle, teardrop, arrowhead, spade shape (as seen in playing cards), rhombus, rectangle, square or any other shape that is easily recognized as a distinctive shape to the person aiming.

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