Patent ID: 8256154

Claim:
A sighting device for a firearm having a trigger guard, a frame with an underside portion forward of the trigger guard, and a handgrip with a front strap, the sighting device comprising: a body having a first portion including an illumination device; the body defining an engagement feature operable to removably connect to and closely encircle a forward portion of the trigger guard to create a clamping action about the trigger guard; the body having an elongated extension portion extending from the first portion; the extension portion shaped to wrap a bottom surface and left and right sides of the trigger guard from the first portion to the front strap; the extension portion having a free end including a switch; the switch having electrical contacts located below the lower portion of the trigger guard and being electrically connected to electrical contacts at the forward portion of the trigger guard; and the extension portion including an electrical conductor operably connecting the switch to the illumination device.