Nov 11, 2025

US12468168 - Reticle for a viewing optic

The disclosure relates to a reticle, and particularly a reticle having a marking feature that is translucent. A marking feature may be made from an etched pattern, a gradient, a coating, paint, a filament, or a combination thereof. Reticles may also include an additional feature, such as a center dot, crosshairs, range estimation feature, drop estimation feature, wind point-of-impact estimation feature, moving target point-of-impact feature, and combinations thereof. The additional feature may, but is not required to be, translucent.

Assignee: Sheltered Wings, Inc.
Inventors: Samuel Hamilton, Calen Havens, Ian Klemm, Tom Cody, Craig Schultz, Garrison Bollig, Andy Carlson, William Lowry, Cory Taylor, Tim Rue, Alexander Lewis
Filing date: 2022-02-23

The patent describes a reticle for viewing optics that features a primary marking with etched patterns that appear solid at low magnification and translucent at high magnification. It may also include additional features like center dots and estimation tools for range and wind effects.

Claim 1

1 . A reticle comprising: a primary marking feature and a center, the primary marking feature having a first marking, a second marking and a third marking, wherein the first marking, the second marking, and the third marking are etched with a crosshatch pattern to generate voids, and further wherein the primary marking feature appears as a solid marking at a low magnification setting of a viewing optic, and translucent at a high magnification setting of a viewing optic.

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