US 12,435,950 B2
Handgun optic mounting system
Tu Nguyen, Escondido, CA (US)
Filed by Tu Nguyen, Escondido, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/634,966.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/459,595, filed on Apr. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0344807 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. F41G 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC F41G 1/26 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handgun optic mounting system, comprising:
a handgun slide having a proximal end, a distal end, a first half disposed at the proximal end, a second half disposed on the distal end, and an upper surface, the handgun slide comprising a barrel aperture having a barrel central axis;
an optic recess disposed on the handgun slide, the optic recess having a recessed surface disposed lower than the upper surface, the recessed surface forming a recess plane anteriorly tilted wherein the recess plane comprises a recessed angle with at least one of the upper surface or the barrel central axis, wherein the recessed angle comprises a value between and inclusive of 5 to 25 minutes of angle; and
a plurality of threaded apertures extending into the recessed surface, the plurality of threaded apertures comprising a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein the first aperture comprises a single mounting protrusion extending above the recessed surface and the second aperture terminates flush with the recessed surface, wherein the first aperture further comprises a first diameter and the second aperture comprises a second diameter wherein the second diameter is greater than the first diameter.