Patent ID: 7305789

Claim:
A reversible weapon telescope mount for attaching to a weapon and supporting a telescopic device, the weapon having a receiver and a top surface thereof and a plurality of flanges protruding from opposing side surfaces of the receiver, the reversible weapon telescope mount comprising: a) a longitudinal top planar support having a top and bottom surface, a front and back end and opposing longitudinal peripheral edges; b) a plurality of downwardly depending legs attached to the opposing longitudinal peripheral edges of the top planar support, each leg having an outwardly extending top portion and a downwardly depending extension positioned at a 90° angle to one another, each leg also having a vertically positioned bore formed through the outwardly extending top portion; c) a guide channel formed in each of the downwardly depending extensions of the plurality of downwardly depending legs, each guide channel having an open bottom end and a closed top end; d) a guide finger vertically positioned within each guide channel, each guide finger having an oblong-shaped cavity formed therethrough and open on opposing side walls along a vertical axis of the guide finger, a vertical bore formed through a top wall of the guide finger and extending thereinto along the vertical axis, each guide finger also having an inwardly extending ledge along a bottom end thereof, the vertical bore of the guide finger in axial alignment with the vertically positioned bore of the leg when the guide finger is inserted into the guide channel; e) a horizontally disposed bore formed through opposing side walls of the downwardly depending extension of each leg; f) a pin inserted in the horizontally disposed bore and the guide finger cavity for permitting the guide finger to move up and down to an upper and lower limit; and g) a screw inserted into the vertically positioned bore of each leg for engaging the vertical bore of the guide finger and causing the guide finger to move up and down within the guide channel, the inwardly extending ledge of each guide finger engaging a bottom lip of the weapon receiver flange and the bottom surface of the top planar support resting against the receiver top surface when the screws are tightened.