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Rear folding sight

Granted 17 Mar 2015 · no office action yet

Application
29/475,735
filed 5 Dec 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D724691
granted 17 Mar 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, left, rear perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, left, rear perspective view of a first embodiment of a rear folding sight attached to a firearm showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top, left, front perspective view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a top, right, rear perspective view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 10 is a top, right, front perspective view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 showing the rear folding sight pivoted to an upright operative position; and,

FIG. 11 is a top, right, front perspective view of the rear folding sight of FIG. 1 showing the rear sight pivoted to an upright operative position and further showing a sight aperture restrictor pivoted downward to provide a large aperture in an operative position.

The broken lines showing portions of the design in all figures are included for the purpose of illustrating environment and unclaimed features and forms not part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D22/109

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Examiner
Michael A Pratt
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USthis patentUS-D724691-SS117 Mar 20155 Dec 2013grantedRear folding sight
JPJP-1516579-SS2 Feb 20159 May 2014grantedno title held
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AUAU-356395-SS11 Jul 201419 May 2014publishedRear folding sight for a firearm
CACA-156098-SS16 Jan 201511 Apr 2014grantedRear folding sight for a firearm

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