US 12,332,019 B2
Adjustable target sight
Edward P. Leon-Guerrero, Wilsonville, OR (US)
Assigned to SIG SAUER, INC., Newington, NH (US)
Filed by Sig Sauer, Inc., Newington, NH (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,343.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/312,502, filed on Feb. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/311,799, filed on Feb. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266100 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. F41G 1/34 (2006.01); F41G 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/16 (2006.01); F41G 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC F41G 1/345 (2013.01) [F41G 11/003 (2013.01); G02B 23/16 (2013.01); F41G 1/38 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A system for adjusting a target sight for a firearm, the system comprising:
a base mount for securing the target sight to a rail of the firearm;
a horizontal adjustment system, including:
a carrier plate slidably mounted to the base mount and structured to move horizontally along a width of the rail of the firearm,
one or more apertures in the carrier plate structured to receive one or more pins of the base mount, and
a horizontal adjustment screw structured to act on the carrier plate;
a carrier mount coupled with the carrier plate;
an LED secured to the carrier mount; and
a vertical adjustment system with a vertical adjustment screw, the vertical adjustment system structured to act upon the carrier mount and cause the carrier mount to move vertically relative to the carrier plate when the vertical adjustment screw is turned, the vertical adjustment system including:
a curved track,
a slider interfacing with the curved track and having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge structured to be acted upon by the vertical adjustment screw and cause the slider to slide within the curved track, and the second edge structured to act upon the carrier mount and cause the carrier mount to move in a vertical direction when the slider slides within the curved track, and
a spring coupling the slider and the curved track.