Patent ID: 7356962
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. A flip-up aiming sight for use with a firearm comprising: a base member having a top surface and a bottom surface configured and arranged to be mounted on an upper receiver of a firearm; a sight housing having an upper section and a lower section configured and arranged to be rotationally movable relative to said top surface of said base, a spring received and retained between said base member and said sight housing for normally biasing said sight housing to said active position; a retainer configured and arranged to selectively engage said sight housing and selectively retain said sight housing in said inactive position; and an aiming assembly mounted within said central support region of said upper section of said sight housing, said aiming assembly including a windage adjustment screw rotatably mounted between said upwardly extending opposing sidewalls, a first aiming element having a top aiming end and a bottom mounting end mounted on said windage adjustment screw, and a second aiming element having a top aiming end and a bottom mounting end mounted on said windage adjustment screw, said first aiming element being configured and arranged in a fixed upright position generally perpendicular to said central support region, said second aiming element being rotatably movable relative to said first aiming element between a first active position generally perpendicular to said central support region and parallel to said first aiming element and a second inactive position generally parallel to said central support region and perpendicular to said first aiming element, said first and second aiming elements being movable laterally along a shaft portion of said windage adjustment screw responsive to rotation of said windage adjustment screw.