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Patent Number: |
7926218 |
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Case ID: |
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Patent Title:
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Laser aiming apparatus using a rocker
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ACTIVE |
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Status Date: |
8/2/2011 3:01:47 PM |
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Issue Date:
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4/19/2011 |
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Filed Date:
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8/20/2007 |
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Serial #:
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1/894,344 |
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Assignee Name:
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SUREFIRE, LLC
(Fountain Valley,
CA)
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Inventor(s):
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Matthews, John W. , Kim, Paul Y. , Wells, William D. |
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Lab Name: |
U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center |
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Location: |
RDAR-EIB
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 |
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Contact: |
Contact Lab About This Patent |
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a laser aiming apparatus, and more particularly to a laser aiming apparatus for accurately and conveniently applying elevation and windage adjustments to a laser beam emanating therefrom.
One type of a laser aiming apparatus, when secured to a gun or firearm, emits a laser beam for providing an aiming mark in the form of a laser spot on a target, the spot representing the placement of a bullet to be fired by the gun at that
target. To assure that the position of the laser spot on the target accurately represents the location of bullet impact, the laser aiming apparatus is typically adjusted for effecting elevation and windage compensation such that the path of the emitted
laser beam coincides, at the target, with the extended longitudinal axis of the gun barrel from which the bullet is to be fired. A need exists, however, for providing a laser aiming apparatus with an improved compensation mechanism that is compa . . . . More |
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Laser aiming apparatus for accurately and conveniently applying elevation
and windage adjustments to a laser beam emanating therefrom. A preferred
embodiment includes a housing, which may be adapted to be mounted to a
gun; a laser module in the housing and including a sleeve having a laser
mounted in the sleeve for emitting a laser beam through a front end
thereof along the sleeve''s longitudinal axis, the sleeve being pivotally
mounted in the housing about a first pivot point on the longitudinal axes
of the sleeve and the housing; a rocker pivotally mounted in the housing
about a second pivot point on the housing''s longitudinal axis and spaced
from the first pivot point, the rocker coupled to the sleeve for pivoting
the sleeve about the first pivot point; and an adjustment apparatus
carried by the housing and engaging the rocker for pivotally adjusting
position of the rocker about the second pivot point |
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We claim:
1. Laser aiming apparatus, comprising: a housing; a laser module in said housing, said laser module including a sleeve having a longitudinal axis and a laser mounted in said sleeve
for emitting a laser beam through a front end of said sleeve along said longitudinal axis, said sleeve pivotally mounted in said housing about a first pivot point on said longitudinal axis; and a rocker pivotally mounted in said housing about a second
pivot point spaced from said first pivot point, said rocker coupled to said sleeve for pivoting said sleeve about said first pivot point.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: said housing is adapted to be mounted to a gun.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: said sleeve is generally cylindrical.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, including: an adjustment apparatus carried by said housing and engaging said rocker for pivotally adjusting position of said rocker about said second pivot p . . . . More |
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