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Folding rear sight for a firearm

Granted 11 Aug 2015 · no office action yet

Application
29/487,535
filed 9 Apr 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D736338
granted 11 Aug 2015

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a rear, right, top perspective view of a folding rear sight for a firearm showing our new design;

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

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the folding rear sight for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

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

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the folding rear sight for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view of the folding rear sight for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the folding rear sight for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the folding rear sight for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a front, right top perspective view of the folding rear sight for a firearm of FIG. 1 showing the rear sight pivoted to an upright operative position;

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

FIG. 11 is a front, left, top perspective view of the folding rear sight for a firearm 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 is 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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Michael A Pratt
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USUS-D704792-SS113 May 201431 Dec 2012grantedFolding rear sight for a firearm
USthis patentUS-D736338-SS111 Aug 20159 Apr 2014grantedFolding rear sight for a firearm
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AUAU-350752-SS11 Sep 201328 Jun 2013publishedFolding rear sight for a firearm
CACA-151618-SS16 Jan 201512 Jun 2013grantedFolding rear sight for a firearm

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