Auto on green laser sight

• US 9,658,031 B1
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Laser Aiming Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: Laser Aiming Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Hedeen, Brian, Otteson, Tom
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Stephen M
• Application Number:
  US13/720,083
• Time in Patent Office: 1,616 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0254 with accommodation for auxiliary devices mounted on the small arm, e.g. telescopic sights, flashlights or laser-devices
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0263 having a locking system for preventing unauthorized or accidental removal of the small arm from the holster F41C33/0227 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/35 for illuminating the target , e.g. flash lights

Abstract

A combination includes a holster and a laser gun sight that is securable to a gun. The laser gun sight includes a housing including a laser aperture sized to accommodate a laser module, a laser module disposed within the laser aperture, a circuit board including circuitry configured to operate the laser module and a sensor disposed on the circuit board and configured to detect a position of the laser gun sight relative to the holster. The laser gun sight may be a green laser gun sight and may be configured to automatically turn off when holstered and automatically turn on when drawn.

Claims

1. A combination comprising:

a holster; and

a laser gun sight securable to a gun, the laser gun sight including;

a housing including a laser aperture sized to accommodate a laser module;

a laser module disposed within the laser aperture;

a circuit board including circuitry configured to operate the laser module; and

a sensor disposed on the circuit board and configured to detect position of the laser gun sight relative to the holster.

2. The combination of claim 1, wherein the laser module comprises a green laser module.

3. The combination of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to turn the laser gun sight off upon insertion into the holster, and is configured to turn the laser gun sight on upon removal from the holster.

4. The combination of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to turn the laser gun sight on upon removal from the holster if the laser gun sight was turned on when holstered, and is configured to keep the laser gun sight turned off upon removal from the holster if the laser gun sight was turned off when holstered.

5. The combination of claim 1, wherein the holster comprises:

a pocket configured to accommodate the gun and the laser gun sight;

a retention device configured to form a frictional fit with the housing of the laser gun sight; and

a device positioned within the holster which is configured to cooperate with the sensor for detecting the position of the laser gun sight relative to the holster.

6. The combination of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to turn the laser gun sight on upon removal from the holster.

7. A green laser gun sight comprising:

a housing including a laser aperture sized to accommodate a laser module;

a green laser module disposed within the laser aperture;

a circuit board including circuitry configured to operate the laser module; and

a sensor disposed on the circuit board and configured to detect whether the green laser gun sight is holstered or not holstered;

wherein the circuit board turns the green laser gun sight off when placed within a holster and turns the green laser gun sight on when removed from a holster.

8. The green laser gun sight of claim 7, wherein the circuitry is configured to turn the laser gun sight on upon removal from the holster if the laser gun sight was turned on when holstered, and is configured to keep the laser gun sight turned off upon removal from the holster if the laser gun sight was turned off when holstered.