APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AIMING POINT CALCULATION
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Abstract
The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges at stationary and moving targets.
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187 Claims
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1-30. -30. (canceled)
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31. A reticle, comprising:
- a) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
b) a primary vertical cross-hair;
c) a plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at evenly spaced distances said primary vertical cross-hair wherein said primary vertical cross hair and said secondary horizontal cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs wherein said plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs is a plurality of interrupted dot cross-hairs; and
d) a plurality of secondary vertical cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs wherein said secondary vertical cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs, wherein said plurality of secondary vertical cross-hairs is a plurality of dots wherein an intersection of at least one of said plurality of said secondary vertical cross-hair dot and at least one of said plurality of interrupted dot simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs provides an aiming point. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149)
- a) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
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56. A target acquisition device, comprising:
- a) a housing mounted in a fixed, predetermined position relative to a firearm;
b) an objective lens mounted in one end of said housing;
c) an ocular lens mounted in the opposite end of said housing; and
d) a reticle, comprising;
1) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
2) a primary vertical cross-hair;
3) a plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at evenly spaced distances said primary vertical cross-hair wherein said primary vertical cross hair and said secondary horizontal cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs wherein said plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs is a plurality of interrupted dot cross-hairs; and
4) a plurality of secondary vertical cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs wherein said secondary vertical cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs, wherein said plurality of secondary vertical cross-hairs is a plurality of dots wherein an intersection of at least one of said plurality of said secondary vertical cross-hair dot and at least one of said plurality of simultaneously visible secondary interrupted dot horizontal cross-hairs provides an aiming point. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
- a) a housing mounted in a fixed, predetermined position relative to a firearm;
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90. A reticle, comprising:
- a) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
b) a primary vertical cross-hair;
c) at least three simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at unevenly spaced distances said primary vertical cross-hair wherein said primary vertical cross hair and said secondary horizontal cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs; and
d) a plurality of secondary vertical cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs wherein said secondary vertical cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs, wherein an intersection of at least one of said plurality of said secondary vertical cross-hairs and at least one of said plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs provides an aiming point. - View Dependent Claims (91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114)
- a) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
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115. A target acquisition device, comprising:
- a) a housing mounted in a fixed, predetermined position relative to a firearm;
b) an objective lens mounted in one end of said housing;
c) an ocular lens mounted in the opposite end of said housing; and
d) a reticle, comprising;
1) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
2) a primary vertical cross-hair;
3) at least three simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at unevenly spaced distances said primary vertical cross-hair wherein said primary vertical cross hair and said secondary horizontal cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs; and
4) a plurality of secondary vertical cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs wherein said secondary vertical cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs, wherein an intersection of at least one of said plurality of said secondary vertical cross-hairs and at least one of said plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs provides an aiming point. - View Dependent Claims (116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 153)
- a) a housing mounted in a fixed, predetermined position relative to a firearm;
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129. A reticle, comprising:
- a) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
b) a primary vertical cross-hair;
c) a plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at evenly spaced distances said primary vertical cross-hair wherein said primary vertical cross hair and said secondary horizontal cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs wherein said plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs is a plurality of interrupted dot cross-hairs; and
d) a plurality of simultaneously visible lead markings at predetermined distances along at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs wherein said lead markings are selected from the group consisting of etched lead markings, engraved lead markings, and printed lead markings, wherein said plurality of said simultaneously visible lead markings is a plurality of dots wherein at least one of said plurality of said simultaneously visible lead markings provides an aiming point. - View Dependent Claims (130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 150, 151, 152)
- a) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
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132. The reticle of claim 132, wherein said straight line is an uninterrupted straight line.
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154. A target acquisition device, comprising:
- a) a housing mounted in a fixed, predetermined position relative to a firearm;
b) an objective lens mounted in one end of said housing;
c) an ocular lens mounted in the opposite end of said housing; and
d) a reticle, comprising;
1) a primary horizontal cross-hair;
2) a primary vertical cross-hair;
3) a plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at evenly spaced distances said primary vertical cross-hair wherein said primary vertical cross hair and said secondary horizontal cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs wherein said plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs is a plurality of interrupted dot cross-hairs; and
4) a plurality of simultaneously visible lead markings at predetermined distances along at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs wherein said lead markings are selected from the group consisting of etched lead markings, engraved lead markings, and printed lead markings, wherein said plurality of said simultaneously visible lead markings is a plurality of dots wherein at least one of said plurality of said simultaneously visible lead markings provides an aiming point. - View Dependent Claims (155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187)
- a) a housing mounted in a fixed, predetermined position relative to a firearm;
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