Patent ID: 6581317
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A fiber optic pin sight for use with an archery bow, the A pin sight including a mounting body; a holder extending from the mounting body, said holder having a grooved curve along at least one edge; an optic fiber mounted to the holder, and locating within the grooved edge of the holder, and having a first end and a second end; the optic fiber first end being proximate the mounting body and the fiber optic second end being adjacent a forward edge of the holder, and a self-illuminating light source adjacent the fiber optic first end; the pin sight including a path of communication between the light source and the fiber optic first end to allow light from the light source to enter the fiber optic; the light source being a gas, the gas being encapsulated in a capsule, the capsule including an opening through which the light generated by the gas can escape; the capsule being adjacent of the optic fiber; the optic fiber being a light absorbing optic fiber and the light from the capsule entering the optic fiber for traversing over its curved positioning to the second end to illuminate its pin to facilitate sighting.