Patent ID: 8371059

Claim:
An aiming post comprising: a luminescent material connected to a light magnifying means to broadcast a secondary light directionally out from a location on said aiming post; a light emitting diode device to output a first light, said light emitting diode device connected to shine said first light into said luminescent material to charge said luminescent material with said secondary light available to be broadcast from said luminescent material, whereas said secondary light depletes over time and diminishes, and whereas said aiming post further comprises a means for automatically recharging said secondary light in said luminescent material, said means for recharging comprising: a battery having one of its terminals connected to a ground and a second terminal connected to the emitter of a p-n-p transistor; said light emitting diode device further having two input terminals whereas one of its input terminals is connected to said ground and a second input terminal is connected to the collector of said p-n-p transistor; a light sensor device connected to also receive some secondary light from said luminescent material, said light sensor device having one of its terminals connected to a ground and a second terminal connected to the base of said p-n-p transistor; whereas, a diminution of light received in said light sensor device causes a diminution of potential outputted from said light sensor device to the base of said p-n-p transistor, and a diminution of potential received at the base of said p-n-p transistor causes a diminution of the bias on said p-n-p transistor, and a diminution of the bias on said p-n-p transistor permits potential from said battery to flow through said p-n-p transistor to increase at the collector terminal of said p-n-p transistor which in turn causes the light emitting diode device to increase its output of light, and whereas said increase of light output from said light emitting diode device will cause an increase of secondary light available to be broadcast from said luminescent material.