Patent ID: 8245433

Claim:
An aiming apparatus for a shotgun, said aiming apparatus comprising: a housing that is mountable to a rib of a shotgun; at least one warning sight element mounted to said housing so as to be positioned generally below and offset to a side of an upper surface of said rib; and at least one blinder portion mounted on said housing so that an upper edge of said blinder portion is positioned rearwardly of said at least one warning sight element and generally level with said upper surface of said rib; so that said warning sight element is obscured by said upper edge of said blinder portion from view by an aiming eye when said aiming eye is in a correct position substantially level with said upper surface of said rib, and is at least partially visible above said upper edge of said blinder portion when said aiming eye is in an incorrect position elevated above said upper surface of said rib.