Jan 6, 2026

US12516909 - Sighting systems, components, and methods

Sight systems comprise a sight receiver and a base attachable to and detachable from a sight receiver. A base carries a sighting component, such as an iron sight or optic sight. A sighting component may be attachably and detachably mounted to a base, or a sighting component may be made integrally with a base. A base may carry plural sighting components. Sight systems may include plural interchangeable sight receivers, bases, and/or sighting components. In some embodiments, a sight system may comprise a base deployed with an elastomeric or otherwise resilient mounting pad. In some embodiments, an elastomeric or otherwise resilient mounting pad may be proud of a front or rear face of the base, or a side face of the base, or both. In some embodiments, the pad may be proud of a bottom surface of the base.

Inventors: David J. Dawson, Jr.
Filing date: 2024-12-22

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The patent describes a sight base for firearms that incorporates multiple elastomeric pads, allowing for customizable mounting of various sighting components. This design enables the pads to be securely positioned while providing resilience and flexibility in the sighting system’s configuration.

Claim 1

1 . A sight base for a sighting system comprising: plural elastomeric pads each formed with an open center; and a sight base body comprising a top surface, a front face, a bottom surface, and a rear face, a bevel surface intersecting the bottom surface along an intersection line disposed laterally across the bottom surface and the bevel surface, plural juts disposed on and protruding from the front face, plural unthreaded borings extending through the sight base body from the top surface to the bottom surface, plural threaded borings in the top surface, plural pins protruding from the top surface, a channel extending longitudinally on the bottom surface, plural elastomeric pad recesses in the bevel surface or both the bottom surface and the bevel surface, each of the plural elastomeric pad recesses having an opening along the front face, plural elastomeric pad posts, each elastomeric pad post disposed in a respective one of the elastomeric pad recesses; the sight base having an assembled configuration in which each of the elastomeric pads is disposed in a respective one of the elastomeric pad recesses with a respective one of the elastomeric pad posts disposed in the open center of that one of the elastomeric pads, with a lower portion of that one of the elastomeric pads protruding below the bevel surface and the bottom surface, and with a forward portion of that one of the elastomeric pads protruding through the opening along the front face of that one of the elastomeric pad recesses to dispose that forward portion proud of the front face. plural elastomeric pads each formed with an open center; and a sight base body comprising a top surface, a front face, a bottom surface, and a rear face, a bevel surface intersecting the bottom surface along an intersection line disposed laterally across the bottom surface and the bevel surface, plural juts disposed on and protruding from the front face, plural unthreaded borings extending through the sight base body from the top surface to the bottom surface, plural threaded borings in the top surface, plural pins protruding from the top surface, a channel extending longitudinally on the bottom surface, plural elastomeric pad recesses in the bevel surface or both the bottom surface and the bevel surface, each of the plural elastomeric pad recesses having an opening along the front face, plural elastomeric pad posts, each elastomeric pad post disposed in a respective one of the elastomeric pad recesses; a top surface, a front face, a bottom surface, and a rear face, a bevel surface intersecting the bottom surface along an intersection line disposed laterally across the bottom surface and the bevel surface, plural juts disposed on and protruding from the front face, plural unthreaded borings extending through the sight base body from the top surface to the bottom surface, plural threaded borings in the top surface, plural pins protruding from the top surface, a channel extending longitudinally on the bottom surface, plural elastomeric pad recesses in the bevel surface or both the bottom surface and the bevel surface, each of the plural elastomeric pad recesses having an opening along the front face, plural elastomeric pad posts, each elastomeric pad post disposed in a respective one of the elastomeric pad recesses; the sight base having an assembled configuration in which each of the elastomeric pads is disposed in a respective one of the elastomeric pad recesses with a respective one of the elastomeric pad posts disposed in the open center of that one of the elastomeric pads, with a lower portion of that one of the elastomeric pads protruding below the bevel surface and the bottom surface, and with a forward portion of that one of the elastomeric pads protruding through the opening along the front face of that one of the elastomeric pad recesses to dispose that forward portion proud of the front face. each of the elastomeric pads is disposed in a respective one of the elastomeric pad recesses with a respective one of the elastomeric pad posts disposed in the open center of that one of the elastomeric pads, with a lower portion of that one of the elastomeric pads protruding below the bevel surface and the bottom surface, and with a forward portion of that one of the elastomeric pads protruding through the opening along the front face of that one of the elastomeric pad recesses to dispose that forward portion proud of the front face. a respective one of the elastomeric pad posts disposed in the open center of that one of the elastomeric pads, with a lower portion of that one of the elastomeric pads protruding below the bevel surface and the bottom surface, and with a forward portion of that one of the elastomeric pads protruding through the opening along the front face of that one of the elastomeric pad recesses to dispose that forward portion proud of the front face.

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