Patent ID: 9488445
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: F41G

Claim Text:
1. In a Picatinny rail arranged for mounting accessories to a small-arm dischargeable device and having a T-shaped profile for engaging corresponding features of the accessories; the improvement comprising: a laser sight that is at least partially embedded in a portion of the Picatinny rail having the T-shaped profile in which the T-shaped profile of the Picatinny rail includes a pedestal supporting an overhanging platform having relatively inclined sidewalls for engaging the accessories, in which the T-shaped profile extends along a longitudinal axis of the Picatinny rail, the laser sight emits a collimated beam of light along an optical axis, and the optical axis of the laser sight is substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the Picatinny rail within the T-shaped profile of the Picatinny rail and in which a battery compartment is formed in the overhanging platform through an outer land surface that extends between the relatively inclined sidewalls of the platform.