Sniper dashboard

• US 10,190,850 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2016
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chadwick Hampton Prater
• Original Assignee: Chadwick Hampton Prater
• Inventors: Prater, Chadwick Hampton
• Primary Examiner(s): Weber, Jonathan C
• Application Number:
  US15/175,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20170350675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 966 Days
• Field of Search: 42 90
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 35/00 Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/003 Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/08 with means for compensating for speed, direction, temperature, pressure, or humidity of the atmosphere measuring G01

Abstract

A sniper dashboard for displaying ballistics data attaches to a rail interface system (RIS) of a rifle or other longarm. The dashboard comprises a support arm, a mounting block that is rotatably attached to the support arm, and a display panel to support a ballistic data card or calculator. The support arm includes a clamping mechanism for removably mounting the support arm to the firearm such that the display panel is positioned within the shooter'"'"'s field of view while the shooter is taking aim at a target.

Claims

1. A sniper dashboard comprising:

a support arm including a clamping member configured to be removably mounted to a rail interface system of a firearm, the support arm comprising a raised mounting surface having two v-shaped grooves formed thereon, the two v-shaped grooves being disposed orthogonally, and a threaded bore defined at an intersection of the two v-shaped grooves;

a mounting block comprising a v-shaped protrusion shaped to selectively fit within either of the two v-shaped grooves and an unthreaded bore defined by the mounting block such that the unthreaded bore aligns with the threaded bore of the support arm when the v-shaped protrusion fits within either of the two v-shaped grooves;

a mounting screw configured to threadedly engage the threaded bore;

a compression spring disposed about a shaft of the mounting screw and between a head of the mounting screw and the mounting block;

a display panel rotatably mounted to the support arm; and

an attachment mechanism for removably attaching a ballistics data card or calculator to the display panel,

wherein the compression spring maintains engagement of the v-shaped protrusion with one of the two v-shaped grooves and upon a rotating force being applied to the mounting block, the compression spring yields to allow rotation of the v-shaped protrusion between the other of the two v-shaped grooves.

2. The sniper dashboard of claim 1 wherein said display panel is secured to the mounting block.

3. The sniper dashboard of claim 2 wherein the display panel removably attaches to the mounting block.

4. The sniper dashboard of claim 1 wherein the support arm includes a main support member having a first v-shaped groove, and wherein the clamping member includes a second v-shaped groove, said first and second v-shaped grooves configured being configured to engage the rail interface system of the firearm.

5. The sniper dashboard of claim 4 wherein the main support member includes a first cam surface that engages with a second cam surface on the clamping member so that the clamping member moves vertically relative to the main support member when the clamping member is being clamped to the rail interface system.

6. The sniper dashboard of claim 1, wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a hook and loop fastener.