US2012144720A1PendingUtilityA1

Gun sight reticle having open sighting areas for bullet drop compensation

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jan 12, 2009Filed: Jan 29, 2009Published: Jun 14, 2012
Est. expiryJan 12, 2029(~2.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Jon B. Lacorte
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Abstract

A gun sight reticle includes a center horizontal hairline having a central discontinuity and a center sighting area located at the central discontinuity and circumscribed by indicia that encloses the center sighting area, the center sighting area located at a center of the gun sight reticle. The reticle also can include a center vertical hairline that is intersected by the center sighting area such that the center sighting area is located in a discontinuity of the center vertical hairline. The reticle also can include one or more drop-compensation sighting areas disposed below the center sighting area in one or more further discontinuities of the center vertical hairline, the one or more drop-compensation sighting areas being circumscribed by indicia that enclose the sighting area. Preferably, a diameter of the center sighting area is larger than a diameter of the one or more drop-compensation sighting areas.

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1 . A gun sight reticle comprising:
 a plurality of sighting areas arranged in a vertical line,   each of the sighting areas being circumscribed by indicia that encloses the sighting area,   each of the sighting areas having no indicia within an area circumscribed by the indicia that encloses the sighting area so as to be open sighting areas,   each of the sighting areas having a distinct diameter that is different from the diameters of the other sighting areas,   the sighting areas being arranged so that the sighting areas decrease in diameter from an uppermost one of the sighting areas to a lowermost one of the sighting areas.   
     
     
         2 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 1 , wherein there are three of the sighting areas. 
     
     
         3 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 1 , wherein the uppermost one of the sighting areas is disposed at a center of the gun sight reticle. 
     
     
         4 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 3 , further comprising a horizontal hairline having a discontinuity where the horizontal hairline is not present, the horizontal hairline intersecting the uppermost one of the sighting areas at the discontinuity of the horizontal hairline such that the horizontal hairline is not present within the uppermost one of the sighting areas. 
     
     
         5 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 1 , further comprising a horizontal hairline having a discontinuity where the horizontal hairline is not present, the horizontal hairline intersecting the uppermost one of the sighting areas at the discontinuity of the horizontal hairline such that the horizontal hairline is not present within the uppermost one of the sighting areas. 
     
     
         6 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the uppermost sighting area is about 3 inches of subtension at 100 yards. 
     
     
         7 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 6 , wherein the diameter of the lowermost sighting area is about 1 inch of subtension at 100 yards. 
     
     
         8 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the lowermost sighting area is about 1 inch of subtension at 100 yards. 
     
     
         9 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 1 , wherein:
 there are three of the sighting areas, such that a middle sighting area is disposed between the uppermost and lowermost sighting areas,   the diameter of the uppermost sighting area is about 3 inches of subtension at 100 yards,   the diameter of the middle sighting area is about 2 inches of subtension at 100 yards, and   the diameter of the lowermost sighting area is about 1 inch of subtension at 100 yards.   
     
     
         10 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 1 , wherein the sighting areas are circular, and the indicia for each of the sighting areas forms a circle. 
     
     
         11 . A telescopic gun sight comprising:
 a housing;   an objective lens disposed near a first end of the housing;   an ocular lens disposed near a second end of the housing; and   the gun sight reticle of  claim 1  located within the housing between the objective lens and the ocular lens.   
     
     
         12 . A gun sight reticle comprising:
 a center horizontal hairline having a central discontinuity where the hairline is not present,   a center sighting area located at the central discontinuity and circumscribed by indicia that encloses the center sighting area, the center horizontal hairline is not present within the center sighting area, the center sighting area located at a center of the gun sight reticle, and   a center vertical hairline having a discontinuity where the center vertical hairline is not present, the center vertical hairline being intersected by the center sighting area such that the center sighting area is located in the discontinuity of the center vertical hairline, and the center vertical hairline is not present within the center sighting area.   
     
     
         13 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 at least one drop-compensation sighting area disposed below the center sighting area in a further discontinuity of the center vertical hairline, the at least one drop-compensation sighting area being circumscribed by indicia that encloses the at least one drop-compensation sighting area, the center vertical hairline not being present in the further discontinuity and not being present within the at least one drop-compensation sighting area.   
     
     
         14 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 13 , wherein a diameter of the center sighting area is larger than a diameter of the at least one drop-compensation sighting area. 
     
     
         15 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a plurality of drop-compensation sighting areas disposed in a vertical line below the center sighting area in further discontinuities of the center vertical hairline, each of the plurality of drop-compensation sighting areas being circumscribed by indicia that encloses the drop-compensation sighting areas, the center vertical hairline not being present in the further discontinuities and not being present within the drop-compensation sighting areas.   
     
     
         16 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 15 , wherein a diameter of the center sighting area is larger than diameters of each of the plurality of drop-compensation sighting areas, and
 each of the plurality of drop-compensation sighting areas has a distinct diameter that is different from the diameters of the other drop-compensation sighting areas,   the sighting areas being arranged so that the sighting areas decrease in diameter from the center sighting area to a lowermost one of the drop-compensation sighting areas.   
     
     
         17 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 16 , wherein there are two of the drop-compensation sighting areas. 
     
     
         18 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 17 , wherein:
 the diameter of the center sighting area is about 3 inches of subtension at 100 yards,   the diameter of an uppermost one of the drop-compensation sighting areas is about 2 inches of subtension at 100 yards, and   the diameter of the lowermost one of the drop-compensation sighting areas is about 1 inch of subtension at 100 yards.   
     
     
         19 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 18 , wherein the sighting areas are circular, and the indicia for each of the sighting areas forms a circle. 
     
     
         20 . The gun sight reticle of  claim 12 , wherein the diameter of the center sighting area is about 3 inches of subtension at 100 yards. 
     
     
         21 . A telescopic gun sight comprising:
 a housing;   an objective lens disposed near a first end of the housing;   an ocular lens disposed near a second end of the housing; and   the gun sight reticle of  claim 12  located within the housing between the objective lens and the ocular lens.

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