Low-profile side mounted laser sighting device
First Claim
1. A lighting device for being mounted on the side of an automatic pistol that has a body portion and a frame rail, wherein the lighting device has a light source, a power source, circuitry connecting the power source to the light source, and at least two apertures, and is configured to be mounted to the automatic pistol by aligning a first of the at least two apertures with a first existing opening in the side of the pistol, and aligning a second of the at least two apertures with a second existing opening in the side of the pistol, and positioning an insert pin through each aligned aperture and opening to secure the lighting device onto the frame rail of the pistol.
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Abstract
A lighting device is mountable on the side of an automatic pistol by using openings already formed in the pistol body to connect the pistol body to the frame rail of the pistol using frame insert pins. In a retrofit application, to connect the lighting device to the pistol, the frame insert pins are removed from the pistol, the lighting device is aligned with the side of the pistol such that one or more apertures of the lighting device align with an opening in which the frame insert pin(s) were removed, and either the same frame insert pins, or slightly longer ones, are inserted through the aligned apertures and openings. In this manner, the lighting device is mounted to a side of the body of the pistol, and the side portion of the body of the pistol is again connected to the frame rail.
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24 Claims
- 1. A lighting device for being mounted on the side of an automatic pistol that has a body portion and a frame rail, wherein the lighting device has a light source, a power source, circuitry connecting the power source to the light source, and at least two apertures, and is configured to be mounted to the automatic pistol by aligning a first of the at least two apertures with a first existing opening in the side of the pistol, and aligning a second of the at least two apertures with a second existing opening in the side of the pistol, and positioning an insert pin through each aligned aperture and opening to secure the lighting device onto the frame rail of the pistol.
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23. A method of attaching a light source to an automatic pistol having a body portion and a frame rail, the method comprising the steps of:
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removing insert pins that hold the body portion to the frame rail; positing the light source on the body portion so that apertures in the light source align with openings in the body portion from which the insert pins were removed; retaining the body portion and light source to the automatic pistol by inserting the insert pins or new insert pins into the aligned apertures and openings, where they are received and retained in the frame rail. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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