Patent ID: 6112422
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A split leaf rear open sight comprising, in combination:a gun having a laterally extending dovetail recess formed in a top surface of a rear extent thereof;a mounting assembly including a horizontally oriented base strip defined by a top face, a bottom face and a periphery formed therebetween, the mounting assembly further including a dovetail protrusion integrally mounted along a length of the bottom face of the base strip for being removably engaged with the dovetail recess of the gun, a pair of upstanding stanchions integrally coupled to the top face of the base strip at ends thereof and each including a threaded bore formed therein about an axis parallel with that defined by the base strip for receiving a lateral set screw, and a threaded recess formed in the top face of the base strip at a central extent thereof about a vertical axis for receiving a locking screw; anda pair of adjustment pieces each having an upper extent with a planar, right triangular configuration, a planar rectangular lip integrally coupled to a bottom edge of the upper extent of the piece in perpendicular relationship therewith, an elongated slot formed in the lip along a length thereof, and a block mounted on the lip adjacent to a vertical edge of the piece with a bore formed therein;wherein the lips of the pieces are slidably situated on the top face of the base strip with the upper extents of the pieces being in sliding abutment in coplanar relationship such that hypotenuse edges of the pieces define a sight and further wherein the set screws each rotatably engage the bore of the block of one of the pieces and the locking screw is situated through the slots of the lips of the pieces, whereby the sight may be adjusted both vertically and laterally by sliding the pieces either together or individually via the set screws and thereafter locked in place by way of the locking screw.