Aiming apparatus for a firearm

Abstract

An aiming apparatus for a firearm has a frame, a plurality of visible and/or invisible light generators connected to the frame, with each light generator operable to propagate planar and/or non-planar light in the forward direction. Each light generator utilizes shaping optics to create straight or curved lines of light. Straight lines of light propagating in a forward direction will create a plane of light, while curved lines of light propagating in a forward direction will create non-planar light. A plurality of planar light oriented in a non-parallel, overlapping relationship creates a straight intersection line of light, while a plurality of non-planar light orientated in a non-parallel, overlapping relationship creates a straight or curved intersection line of light. When projected against a target surface, a plurality of planar lights creates a projected cross shape, which may have an intersection point.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An aiming apparatus for a firearm having a barrel defining a barrel axis and terminating in a muzzle at a forward end, the apparatus comprising:
 a frame;   a plurality of beam generators connected to the frame below the barrel axis;   each of the beam generators operable to project in the forward direction a planar beam; and   the beam generators oriented with the planar beams in a non-parallel relationship in which the planar beams intersect along an intersection line extending in the forward direction.