Prismatic boresighter

• US 20040244262A1
• Filed: 02/09/2004
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optics Research (HK)., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Optics Research (HK)., Ltd.
• Inventors: Paige, Clive Rawlinson
• Granted Patent: US 7,100,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/121
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/54 Devices for testing or checking ; Tools for adjustment of sights

Abstract

An optical collimator device, for use in aligning a riflescope with the bore of the rifle, is formed using a small aperture lens for viewing a reticule through a prismatic assembly. The collimator is magnetically attached to the muzzle of the rifle, and when a target is viewed through the riflescope the image of the reticule and the riflescope cross wires are seen simultaneously with the image of the target.

Claims

1. An optical collimator device for aligning a riflescope with the bore of a rifle barrel comprising,

a reticule mounted to a block of optically clear material,

a lens mounted to said block of optically clear material for viewing said reticule and providing a reticule image, forming a collimator, and where said block of optically clear material has

internal reflecting surfaces that aligns the longer section of the optical path between said reticule and said lens, to be perpendicular to the bore of the rifle barrel, and said collimator arrangement when viewed with said riflescope,

allows a target to be viewed simultaneously with said reticule image.

2. A collimator as in claim 1, where said collimator is provided with

a magnetic strip that allows mounting of said optical collimator to the said barrel of rifle and

allows vertical adjustment of the collimator relative to the bore of said barrel, where said vertical adjustment

does not disturb the optical alignment of said riflescope with the image of said reticule pattern.

3. A collimator as in claim 1, where the optically clear block is made from glass.

4. A collimator as in claim 1, where said lens is made from glass.

5. A collimator as in claim 1, where said reticule pattern is marked onto a glass surface.

6. A collimator as in claim 2, where the magnetic strip is made from a Neodymium alloy.