Interchangeable Sight Mounting for Precise Alignment Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sighting systems for firearms, air guns, and crossbows lack versatility and stability in mounting and aligning sighting components, particularly when using interchangeable bases and sighting components.
Innovation Solution
A sight system comprising a sight receiver with interfitting structures and fastening means that allow for attachable and detachable bases and sighting components, ensuring longitudinal and lateral alignment and stability through complementary surfaces and fasteners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed mounting systems are used, then structural simplicity is maintained, but versatility and ease of interchangeability of sighting components are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The sight base is designed with a universal mounting interface that can accommodate multiple types of sighting components (optics, iron sights, red dots, holographic sights) through a single standardized base structure. This allows one mounting system to serve multiple functions and support various sighting technologies without requiring separate dedicated mounting mechanisms for each type.
Solution Approach 2:
The sighting system is divided into separable modules: a mounting base that attaches to the firearm and interchangeable sighting components that attach to the base. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each module and enables easy interchangeability of sighting components while maintaining a simple, standardized mounting interface.
2Measurement precision
If manual alignment methods are used, then device complexity is minimized, but alignment precision and sighting accuracy are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
Alignment features such as dovetail slots, tapered surfaces, and precision-machined mounting interfaces are pre-configured on the sight base and sighting components during manufacturing. These pre-built alignment mechanisms automatically guide the sighting component into correct alignment when mounted, eliminating the need for complex field adjustment mechanisms while ensuring high alignment precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical alignment mechanisms with simpler geometric alignment features built into the mounting interface. The alignment is achieved through the inherent geometry of the dovetail slot and tapered surfaces rather than through active mechanical adjustment devices, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining precision.
3Reliability
If secure mounting is prioritized, then stability and alignment retention are improved, but ease of detachment and reconfiguration is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system transitions from a static, permanently fixed configuration to a dynamic, reversible connection. Quick-release latches or tool-free removal mechanisms allow the sighting component to be easily detached and reattached while maintaining secure mounting during use. The system adapts its state between securely locked (during operation) and easily removable (during reconfiguration).
Data Source
AI summary
Sight systems comprise a sight receiver and a base attachable to and detachable from a sight receiver. A base carries a sighting component, such as an iron sight or optic sight. A sighting component may be attachably and detachably mounted to a base, or a sighting component may be made integrally with a base. A base may carry plural sighting components. Sight systems may include plural interchangeable sight receivers, bases, and/or sighting components. In some embodiments, interfitting structures at least partially restrain or retain a base and a sight receiver in longitudinal and lateral alignment, with such structures being longitudinally oriented. In some embodiments, interfitting structures at least partially restrain or retain a base and a sighting component in longitudinal alignment and lateral alignment, with such structures being longitudinally oriented. Some embodiments provide a fastener operable with a compatible and/or complementary surface, together used to urge interfitting parts together tightly.