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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:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Per Montelin, Genarp, SE;
Assignee:
Aimpoint AB, , SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33241 ; 33252 ; 356251 ;
Abstract
A red dot optical sight apparatus for a firearm having an optical element and a light emitting diode disposed at the focal point of the optical element, in which at least the optical element is pivotal between a lowered, inoperative position and a raised, operative position. The apparatus further includes spring biasing to assure that the optical element is in a precisely defined position when pivoted to the raised, operative position.