Aiming Device and Method for Guns

Abstract

An aiming device for guns, which comprises a transparent plate that shows to the user a critical image when the plate has a predetermined orientation, and shows a deformed image when said plate has any other different orientation. The transparent plate is so mounted in the device and the device is so mounted on the gun, such that the critical image is seen by the user when and only when the axis of the gun barrel is parallel to the line of sight passing through the user's eye and the center of the transparent plate.

1 . Aiming device for guns for rapid and accurate aiming without subjective errors, comprising a cylindrical frame supported by a gun barrel, and a curvilinear transparent plate mounted in said frame so as to be held perpendicular to the axis of said gun barrel,
 wherein a critical image appears in said plate when said plate has a predetermined orientation such that the axis of the gun barrel is parallel to the line of sight passing through an eye of a user and a center of said plate, and a deformed image appears in said plate when said plate has an orientation other than said predetermined orientation,   
       wherein said plate is implemented as—
 i. a through bore formed in said frame of a diameter ranging from 3 to 10 mm; 
 ii. a circular object inserted into said bore and viewable by a user when aiming, said object being inserted around the axis of said bore; and 
 iii. an air layer defining a bore depth to said object, 
 wherein a critical image and a deformed image of said object are appearable in said bore, 
 wherein said bore diameter and said bore depth define a predetermined transition sharpness from said deformed image to said critical image or from said critical image to said deformed image. 
 
     
     
         2 . Aiming device according to  claim 1 , wherein a cylindrical plate longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the gun barrel axis. 
     
     
         3 . Aiming device according to  claim 1 , wherein the object is configured with a diameter essentially equal to that of the bore diameter. 
     
     
         4 . Aiming device according to  claim 1 , wherein the object is a dye layer. 
     
     
         5 . Aiming device according to  claim 4 , wherein the dye layer is an illuminating layer exposed to ambient light. 
     
     
         6 . Aiming device according to  claim 5 , wherein the bore has reflecting walls. 
     
     
         7 . Aiming device according to  claim 5 , wherein the dye layer has a distal wall that is a frame distal wall. 
     
     
         8 . Aiming device according to  claim 5 , wherein the dye layer is a self-illuminating layer. 
     
     
         9 . Aiming device according to  claim 1 , wherein the bore has a diameter from 4 to 6 mm. 
     
     
         10 . Aiming device according to  claim 1 , wherein the transition between the critical image and the deformed image results in partial or total changes of color. 
     
     
         11 . Aiming device according to  claim 1 , wherein the gun is selected from the group consisting of:
 toy guns;   PaintBall guns; and   A gun that is intended to shoot a real, dummy or virtual projectile of any shape to a target.   
     
     
         12 . Aiming device according to  claim 11 , wherein the gun is a hand-held gun. 
     
     
         13 . Aiming device according to  claim 12 , wherein the gun is a rifle. 
     
     
         14 . Aiming device according to  claim 4 , wherein the object is made of a colored material. 
     
     
         15 . Aiming device according to  claim 14 , wherein the colored material is selected from the group of phosphorus materials, fluorescent materials, organic materials, biological luminous materials, and radioactive luminous materials. 
     
     
         16 . Aiming device according to  claim 15 , wherein the biological luminous materials are materials produced by insects, by fireflies, by underwater creatures, or by plants. 
     
     
         17 . Aiming device according to  claim 16 , wherein the radioactive luminous material is Tritium. 
     
     
         18 . Aiming device according to  claim 4 , wherein the object is a night sight or a lenticular indicia set. 
     
     
         19 . Aiming method for guns for rapid and accurate aiming without subjective errors, comprising the steps of:
 i. providing a curvilinear transparent plate mounted in a cylindrical frame supported by a gun barrel;   ii. aiming the gun at a selected target, a critical image appearing when said plate has a predetermined orientation such that the axis of the gun barrel is parallel to the line of sight passing through an eye of the user and a center of said plate, and a deformed image appearing in said plate when said plate has an orientation other than said predetermined orientation; and   iii. if said visible image is a distorted image, changing the orientation of said plate until said critical image appears,   wherein said plate is implemented as—
 a. a through bore formed in said frame of a diameter ranging from 3 to 10 mm; 
 b. a circular object inserted into said bore and viewable by a user when aiming, said object being inserted around the axis of said bore; and 
 c. an air layer defining a bore depth to said object; 
   wherein a critical image and a deformed image of said object are appearable in said bore,   wherein said bore diameter and said bore depth define a transition sharpness from said deformed image to said critical image or from said critical image to said deformed image.   
     
     
         20 . Aiming method according to  claim 19 , which is a single step method by which the user aims the gun until the critical image appears substantially in the entire bore.