Patent ID: 9170068
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. A locking adjustment device for adjusting a setting of a riflescope or other aiming device, comprising: a guideway including a slide surface extending around a rotational axis, and a notch formed in the slide surface; a knob mountable over the guideway for rotation about the rotational axis when the adjustment device is installed on the aiming device; a guide tab carried by the knob for rotation therewith and slidably received in the guideway when the adjustment device is installed on the aiming device, the guide tab being movable relative to the knob and biased against the slide surface so as to urge at least a portion of the guide tab toward the notch when the knob is rotated to a locked position at which the guide tab is aligned with the notch, thereby preventing inadvertent rotation of the knob relative to the aiming device from the locked position; and a button carried by the knob for rotation therewith, the button operably associated with the guide tab and movable therewith relative to the knob when the button is manually depressed to urge the guide tab out of the notch and thereby allow the knob to be manually rotated about the rotational axis away from the locked position.