Patent Application
20250012544
The present invention relates to sights for firearms.
Traditional iron sight pictures are unnecessarily difficult to align.
Modern iron sights often require the firearm user to focus at multiple points simultaneously in order to achieve an accurate site picture.
The above disadvantage is addressed by a pistol comprising: a frame having an elongated upper portion defining a centerline; a front sight connected to a forward portion of the upper portion; a rear sight connected a rear portion of the upper portion; a first one of the front sight and the rear sight being right of the center line; the other one of the front and rear sight being left of the center line; the front sight being scaled larger than the rear sight to present an equivalent angular dimension as the rear sight; and each of the front sight and rear sight being entirely to one side of the centerline.
Modern iron sights often require the firearm user to focus at multiple points simultaneously in order to achieve an accurate site picture. For instance, the traditional sight picture features a standard front post and a rear notch. The firearm user must then align the top of the front sight with the top of the rear sight.
Simultaneously the firearm user must center the front post so that there is an equal gap on either side of the front post when viewed through the rear notch. Simultaneously the firearm user must accurately align these gaps and heights while focusing on the downrange target. An easier methodology must exist.
In order to achieve this goal, the front sight is positioned so that the right side of the front post is at the centerline of the sight picture. Similarly, the left side of the rear sight will have a vertical plane that is also centered on the firearm. When the right side of the front post and the left side of the rear post are aligned, the firearm user will have acquired an accurate sight picture. Of course, these special relationships can be inverted so that the left side of the front post is designed to aligned to the right side of the rear sight. The front sight would preferably be slightly larger in height and width than the rear sight to present an equal angular apparent size to a user at typical arm's length.
There are several variations of the view as perceived from the rear of the firearm. One such variation is a contrasting one where the front sight is white and the rear sight is black.
A second rear sight view is the “T-Sight” picture. When the sights are aligned, the horizontal black line is the same width as the combined vertical black lines of the right side of the front sight and the left side of the rear sight.
A third rear sight view simply has two arrows that point to each other. When the two points are aligned, the view is perfected.
The fourth rear sight view requires the use of a yellow translucent rear sight. While using a blue front sight, the two primary colors will create a green sight when they overlap. If the firearm user does not see yellow or blue, they know they have an accurate sight picture. In this example, the front and rear sights must be centered on the centerline.
Traditional iron sight pictures are unnecessarily difficult to align. By reducing the number elements to focus on such as the front sight height, rear sight height, gap on the left, gap on the right, and of course the target) a firearm user will be able to more easily focus and know when they have an accurate sight picture.
By creating a sight picture with fewer elements to focus on, newer firearm users will be able to more easily and more accurately acquire a fine sight picture. This in turn will allow the firearm user to more satisfaction in the experience.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/525,376, filed on Jul. 8, 2023, entitled “SINGLE POINT OF FOCUS IRON SIGHTS”, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all that is taught and disclosed therein.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63525376 | Jul 2023 | US |
