SMALL FIRE-ARM SIGHT MOUNT

Abstract

A weapon sight interface for mounting a device on a weapon having a rear sight and front sight, including an enhanced rear sight for replacing the rear sight of the weapon, having a base for installing in a dovetail slot of the weapon, an elongated tail that extends along the barrel of the weapon; and one or more tritium dots or white dots configured to enable use of the enhanced rear sight as a rear sight of the weapon; and also having a quick release interface for attaching to the device and locking onto the enhanced rear sight, having guides to securely fit onto the enhanced rear sight, a quick release lever, which in a first position causes the guides to lock onto the enhanced rear sight and in a second position releases the enhanced rear sight so that the quick release interface can slide off.

Claims

1. A method of interfacing a device to a weapon having a body with a rear sight and front sight thereon, comprising: removing the rear sight from a dovetail slot on the weapon; installing an enhanced rear sight into the dovetail slot of the weapon, the enhanced rear site having a base that fits into the dovetail slot and an elongated tail that extends from the base along the body of the weapon toward the front sight; wherein the elongated tail includes a crevice across a width of the elongated tail; coupling the device to a quick release interface; placing the quick release interface with the device onto the elongated tail of the enhanced rear sight; the quick release interface comprising a crossbar bolt that is fits into the crevice to stabilize the quick release interface and prevent the quick release interface from moving relative to the elongated tail; immobily locking the quick release interface to the enhanced rear sight with a lever that is configured to toggle between an opened state and a locked state so that they move together under recoil forces; wherein the base is wider than the elongated tail and configured to block the quick release interface from sliding backward off the elongated tail; and wherein the enhanced rear sight can serve as an independent gun-sight.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the independent gun sight uses tritium dots.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the independent gun sight uses white dots.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the independent gun sight includes two dots on two sides of a U shaped, V shaped or square shaped crevice for enabling aiming of the device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the quick release interface includes a moveable guide and a non-moveable guide for immobily locking the quick release interface to the enhanced rear sight.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the lever in a first position presses on the moveable guide to lock the quick release interface onto the enhanced rear sight.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the quick release interface includes multiple screw holes configured to couple the quick release interface under the device.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising replacing the front sight with an enhanced front sight having a white dot or a tritium dot.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] The present disclosure will be understood and better appreciated from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the drawings. Identical structures, elements or parts, which appear in more than one figure, are generally labeled with the same or similar number in all the figures in which they appear, wherein:

[0025] FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an exploded view of a weapon with an enhanced rear sight, a quick release interface and a reflex sight, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure;

[0026] FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic illustrations of a perspective top view and perspective bottom view of an enhanced rear sight, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure;

[0027] FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic illustrations of a perspective top view and cross sectional view of a quick release interface for attaching to an enhanced rear sight, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure;

[0028] FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a perspective bottom view of a quick release interface for attaching to an enhanced rear sight, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure; and

[0029] FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a perspective view of a reflex sight attached to a quick release mechanism, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an exploded view of a weapon 140 with an enhanced rear sight 110, a quick release interface 150 and a reflex sight 160, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the simple rear sight (in the dovetail slot) of a small fire-arm weapon 140 (e.g. a pistol) is replaced with an enhanced rear sight 110.

[0031] FIGS. 2A and 2B are a schematic illustrations of a perspective top view and perspective bottom view of the enhanced rear sight 110, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The enhanced rear sight 110 includes a base 111 that fits into the dovetail slot of weapon 140 and an elongated tail 119 that extends along the top of barrel 130 of weapon 140 to serve as a base for coupling larger sights. In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, enhanced rear site 110 may be U shaped, V shaped or square shaped with two tritium illuminating dots 114, one on each side to serve as a tritium night sight when no further elements are attached to the enhanced rear sight 110. Optionally, the front sight 120 of the weapon 140 is also replaced with a tritium dot so that the enhanced rear sight 110 with front sight 120 serve as a complete tritium night sight system (e.g. by aligning the front tritium dot to be viewed through the U shaped void between the two tritium dots 114). Alternatively, the enhanced rear sight 110 with front sight 120 serve as a three dot sight system (e.g. having three white dots or other colored dots).

[0032] In some embodiments of the disclosure, enhanced rear sight 110 includes a tightening screw 112, for example between the dots 114 to tighten the base 111 of enhanced rear sight 110 when installed in the dovetail slot of weapon 140.

[0033] In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, elongated tail 119 includes a crevice 116 (e.g. a U shaped or semicircular crevice) across the width of the elongated tail 119. The crevice 116 serves to accommodate or grasp an interface that is coupled to an advanced sight e.g. reflex sight 160.

[0034] FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic illustrations of a perspective top view and a cross sectional view of quick release interface 150 for attaching to enhanced rear sight 110, and FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a perspective bottom view of quick release interface 150 for attaching to enhanced rear sight 110, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, quick release interface 150 is designed with a body 154 to fit onto enhanced rear sight 110 and to be quickly locked onto enhanced rear sight 110. Optionally, quick release interface 150 includes a non-moveable guide 157 and a moveable guide 156 to securely fit onto elongated tail 119 of enhanced rear sight 110. Quick release interface 150 may further include a crossbar bolt 158 that connects between the moveable guide 156 and a leaf spring 153 through the non-moveable guide 157. Optionally, one side of the crossbar bolt 158 is locked with a nut 151 via leaf spring 153 and on the other side the crossbar bolt 158 is held by a quick release eccentric lever 152 that is used to clamp the moveable guide 156 against body 154 to hold elongated tail 119 tightly when the lever is locked. When the lever is released the moveable guide 156 release the elongated tail 119 so that quick release interface 150 can be removed from enhanced rear sight 110. Quick release lever 152 enables locking and releasing quick release interface 150 at the flip of a lever. Optionally, crossbar bolt 158 is designed to fit into crevice 116 to stabilize quick release interface 150 on enhanced rear sight 110 and prevent quick release interface 150 from moving forward or backward, for example due to recoil forces. In some embodiments of the disclosure, moveable guide 156 is non-moveable and leaf spring 153 enables the lever 152 to toggle between an open state and a locked state. Alternatively, moveable guide 156 with leaf spring 153 enable the lever 152 to toggle.

[0035] FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a perspective view of reflex sight 160 attached to a quick release mechanism 150, according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, body 154 of quick release interface 150 include attachment holes 159 through which screws, nails or other locking elements may be inserted to couple quick release interface to a reflex sight 160 or any other device, for example reflex sights, telescopic sights, electro-optical sights, night vision sights, cameras, laser pointers, flash lights (illuminators) and other devices. Optionally, a user can install a single enhanced rear sight 110 and have multiple quick release interfaces 150 pre-installed with various devices (e.g. reflex sight 160). Within seconds the user can release lever 152 remove one device with its quick release interface 150 and replace it with another.

[0036] Likewise it should be noted that enhanced rear sight 110 with front sight 120 provide a basic three dot tritium sight or three dot white dot sight. Accordingly, if reflex sight 160 or whatever device mounted on the enhanced rear sight 110 is damaged or malfunctions, it can be removed and rapidly replaced with another device or the user can continue using weapon 140 with the basic tritium sight.

[0037] In some embodiments of the disclosure, body 154 may be designed when deployed on enhanced rear sight 110 to be blocked by dots 114 on enhanced rear sight 110 so that quick release interface 150 cannot slide further backward due to weapon recoil. The blocking by dots 114 can be in addition or instead of the blocking by crossbar bolt 158 in crevice 116.

[0038] It should be appreciated that the above described methods and apparatus may be varied in many ways, including omitting or adding steps, changing the order of steps and the type of devices used. It should be appreciated that different features may be combined in different ways. In particular, not all the features shown above in a particular embodiment are necessary in every embodiment of the disclosure. Further combinations of the above features are also considered to be within the scope of some embodiments of the disclosure. It will also be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to what has been particularly shown and described hereinabove.