Patent ID: 9562743
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: F41G

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a front sight with a straight edge and a front sight top; a rear sight with a straight edge; an image formed on a portion of a face of the front sight, the image defining a portion of the edge and of finite length, the image consisting of an image color that highlights the image including the edge portion in contrast with a remainder of the face to attract a user's vision to the edge portion in preference to the remainder of the face; a complementary image formed on a portion of a rear face of the rear sight, the complementary image consisting of a complementary image color that highlights the complementary image including a complementary edge portion in contrast with a remainder of the rear face to attract the user's vision to the complementary edge portion in preference to the remainder of the rear face; a unitary image formed when the front sight is viewed through the rear sight along a line of sight parallel to a barrel and the front sight is aligned with the rear sight by visual placement of an entirety of the complementary edge portion against an entirety of the edge portion, the unitary image highlighted to attract the user's vision in preference to the remainder of the face and the remainder of the rear face; and a mark formed on the face of the front sight to visually indicate a midpoint of the front sight top when viewed along the line of sight.