Patent ID: 6058615
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A gun sight system comprised of front and rear sights for mounting at front and rear sighting positions on a gun, wherein(i) said front sight includes,a generally cross-sectionally semi-circular domed front support member having a lengthwise extending arcuate front concavity formed at an apical location thereon; anda rod-shaped front light guide formed of an optically transparent plastics material having a lengthwise portion of its circumferential surface positioned within, and fixed to, the arcuate front concavity of said support member; and wherein(ii) said rear sight includes,a support member having a lengthwise extending arcuate central concavity and a pair of rear concavities extending parallel to, and on either lateral side of, said central concavity, anda pair of rod-shaped rear light guides each formed of an optically transparent plastics material having a lengthwise portion of its circumferential surface positioned in, and fixed to, a respective one of said rear concavities, whereinsaid arcuate central concavity allows said front light guide to be visibly perceived between said pair of rear light guides when said front and rear sights are brought into aiming alignment, and whereinthe front light guide has a diameter which is greater than diameters of the rear light guides such that the diameters of said front and rear light guides are visually perceived to be substantially the same when said the front and rear gun sights are positioned on the front and rear sighting positions of the gun and viewed in a foreground/background perspective, respectively.