Low-Profile Throw Lever With Detent Positions for Magnification Rings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional throw levers for magnification rings on optical sights are bulky due to hinges or springs, leading to snagging issues and incompatibility across different optical sights, necessitating the use of different levers for each sight.
Innovation Solution
A low-profile throw lever device with a base member and pivotally attached lever member, featuring a detent assembly that allows for fixed positions, enabling compatibility across various optical sights and minimizing bulk.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional throw lever with hinge or spring is used, then the lever can be flipped up and down, but the lever becomes bulky and larger in size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the hinge and spring mechanisms from the throw lever design, extracting the problematic components that caused bulkiness. The lever is simplified to a basic pivoting mechanism that achieves the desired functionality without the bulky components, directly resolving the contradiction between flipability and size.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a hinge to allow the lever to flip up and down, the patent inverts the approach by using a simple pivot point on the magnification ring that allows the lever to rotate between a stored position against the ring and an operational position extending outward. This inversion eliminates the need for bulky hinge mechanisms while maintaining the flipable characteristic.
2Device complexity
If a traditional throw lever with fixed configuration is used, then the lever structure is simple, but the lever cannot be universally used across different optical sights
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the throw lever with a universal mounting interface that can accommodate different magnification ring diameters. The lever incorporates adjustable features such as a movable mounting position or adjustable arm length that allow it to be adapted to various optical sight configurations, enabling a single lever design to serve multiple functions across different devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic adjustability to the lever design, allowing the mounting position or effective length to be changed based on the specific optical sight being used. This dynamic characteristic enables the lever to adapt to different configurations while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and versatility.
3Force
If a throw lever extends out from the optical sight, then the lever provides good leverage for adjustment, but the lever snags on clothing and gear outdoors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the lever dynamically repositionable, allowing it to be rotated between an operational position where it extends outward to provide leverage and a stored position where it is pulled back against the magnification ring. This dynamic positioning allows the lever to offer good leverage during use while minimizing snagging when not in use, resolving the contradiction between leverage and snagging resistance.
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AI summary
The disclosure is related to a throw lever device for use with at least one magnification ring of at least one optical sight. The throw lever device includes a base member and a lever member pivotally attached to the base member. The lever member includes a detent assembly whereby the lever member may be held in multiple fixed positions about the base member including at least one fixed operable position for turning a magnification ring and at least one fixed non-operable position.