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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Lewis A. Danielson, Newberg, OR (US);
Daniel Lee Hughes, Damascus, OR (US);
Lewis A. Danielson, Newberg, OR (US);
Daniel Lee Hughes, Damascus, OR (US);
Crimson Trace Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides 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 has a body having a first portion including an illumination device. The body defines an engagement feature operable term the bubbly connectivity for portion of the trigger guard. The body has an elongated extension portion that extends from the first portion. The extension portion is shaped to underlie a lower portion of the trigger guard from the first portion to the front strap. The extension portion has a free end including a switch, and the extension portion includes a conductor operably connecting the switch to the illumination device.