US12638272 - Universal mounting system
A system and method of mounting a selected red dot emitter/reflex sight to a weapon includes affixing the selected red dot emitter/reflex sight to a mounting plate selected from several mounting plates. There is one mounting plate for each red dot emitter/reflex sight and each mounting plate has features for affixing one of the red dot emitters/reflex sights to the mounting plate. Next, the mounting plate is installed to a base that has a plurality of legs for engaging with the weapon. The base also has a plurality of clips and each clip slideably interfaces into a cutout of each leg. Each clip is adjustably held within the cutout by an adjustment screw. Next, each clip is engaged with the weapon and each adjustment screw is tightened to hold the base to the weapon, therefore, holding the one red dot emitter/reflex sight to the weapon.
