Firearm Sighting Assembly

Abstract

The present invention is an attachment for a firearm that allows an observer to assist a shooter in acquiring a target. Specifically, the firearm includes a scope or an iron sight. The attachment includes a body that can be attached to the firearm with a scope ring; the body includes a base and a top portion arranged so that the attachment can extend at about a 45 degree angle from the firearm yet hold a scope or other attachment level with horizontal and off-set from the firearm's sighting device. Once sighted in, the observer may use the scope mounted on the attachment to view exactly the same field as the firearm user sees through the firearm's sighting device, for the purpose of assisting the shooter.

What I claim is: 
     
         1 . A firearm sighting assembly comprising a sight mount having attachments means for orienting the sighting device in an offset position from a pre-existing sighting system mounted on a firearm. 
     
     
         2 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 1  wherein the preexisting sighting system is an iron sight. 
     
     
         3 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 1  wherein the preexisting sighting system is a scope. 
     
     
         4 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 1  wherein said assembly further comprises a scope ring for mounting the assembly to said preexisting sighting system. 
     
     
         5 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 4  further comprising a red-dot sighting device. 
     
     
         6 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 4  further comprising a non-magnified sighting device. 
     
     
         7 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 1  wherein said offset position is between about 30 degrees and about 60 degrees from the preexisting sighting system. 
     
     
         8 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 7  wherein said sight mount comprises a top portion having an attachment means, a body, and a lower portion. 
     
     
         9 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 8  further comprising a scope ring wherein said top portion comprises a picatinny rail attachment means compatible with a standard Weaver base. 
     
     
         10 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 9 , said assembly oriented about 45 degrees offset from said pre-existing sighting system. 
     
     
         11 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 1  wherein said sight mount comprises single-piece construction. 
     
     
         12 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 7 , said assembly having a top portion comprising a picatinny rail attachment means angled to run level with a horizontal axis and off-set to said preexisting sighting system when said sighting assembly is associated with the firearm. 
     
     
         13 . A firearm sighting assembly comprising a top portion having an attachment means, a body, and a bottom portion comprising a Weaver style base. 
     
     
         14 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 13  further comprising a scope ring. 
     
     
         15 . A method of using the firearm sighting assembly of  claim 14  comprising associating the scope ring with a firearm having a barrel upon which is mounted a scope, and detachably attaching the bottom portion of the firearm sighting assembly to the scope ring. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  wherein said attachment means comprises a picatinny rail system and the method further comprises detachably connecting a non-magnified sighting device with the picatinny rail attachment means. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15  wherein said said body of the firearm sighting assembly is oriented at about a 45 degree angle to a plane running through the barrel and the scope. 
     
     
         18 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 15  wherein said bottom portion of the firearm assembly comprises an angle with the body causing said body and said top portion to extend from a plane running through the barrel and the scope at about a 45 degree angle. 
     
     
         19 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 13  further comprising associating one of a scope, light, or video camera with said attachment means and associating the bottom portion with a Weaver attachment means on a firearm. 
     
     
         20 . The firearm sighting assembly of  claim 9  wherein said bottom portion comprises a Weaver style base associated with said scope ring. 
     
     
         21 . A method of using the firearm sighting assembly of  claim 14  comprising associating the scope ring with a firearm having a barrel, and detachably attaching the bottom portion of the firearm sighting assembly to the scope ring, positioning said firearm sighting assembly off-set from a generally horizontal plane running through the barrel between about 30 degrees and about 60 degrees.