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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sidney D Moore, Claremont, CA (US);
Hans A Jorgensen, Placentia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359422 ; 359432 ; 359701 ; 359702 ;
Abstract
A power change mechanism for variable power riflescopes includes a resilient member disposed between the riflescope housing and the power change ring for automatically rotating the power change ring from one power setting to another upon activation of a latch mechanism. The automatic power change mechanism may include apparatus for overriding such automatic capabilities in order to provide for manual power change.