Reticle for a gunsight or other projectile weapon aiming device
Timm , et al. June 21, 2
U.S. patent number D506,520 [Application Number D/193,335] was granted by the patent office on 2005-06-21 for reticle for a gunsight or other projectile weapon aiming device. This patent grant is currently assigned to Leupold & Stevens, Inc.. Invention is credited to Tim Lesser, Tim L. O'Connor, Laura Peter, Victoria J. Peters, Steven R. Timm, Gary R. Williams, Serge Zaderey.
| United States Patent | D506,520 |
| Timm , et al. | June 21, 2005 |
Reticle for a gunsight or other projectile weapon aiming device
Claims
We claim the ornamental design for a reticle for a gunsight or other projectile weapon aiming device, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Timm; Steven R. (Milwaukie, OR), Zaderey; Serge (Beaverton, OR), Williams; Gary R. (West Linn, OR), Peters; Victoria J. (Forest Grove, OR), Peter; Laura (Vancouver, WA), Lesser; Tim (Beaverton, OR), O'Connor; Tim L. (Portland, OR) |
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| Assignee: | Leupold & Stevens, Inc.
(Beaverton, OR) |
| Appl. No.: | D/193,335 |
| Filed: | November 4, 2003 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D22/108; D22/199 |
| Current International Class: | 2201 |
| Field of Search: | ;D22/108,199 ;D16/130,134 ;33/245,246,297,298 ;42/122,130 ;235/414 ;350/550 ;356/21 ;359/424,428 ;421/122 |
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Primary Examiner: Zarfas; Louis S.
Assistant Examiner: Levy; Melanie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Stoel Rives LLP
Description
This application is related to a U.S. Provisional Patent Application titled "Ballistic Reticle for Projectile Weapon Aiming Systems and Method of Aiming," filed Nov. 4, 2003 and U.S. Nonprovisional Patent Application No. 10/933,856, filed Sep. 3, 2004, claiming the benefit of said provisional application.
.COPYRGT. 2003 Leupold & Stevens, Inc. A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. 37 CFR .sctn. 1.71(d).
FIG. 1 is a view of a reticle for a gunsight or other projectile weapon aiming device, as viewed through an eyepiece end of a riflescope or other projectile weapon aiming device; and,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing of an environment of use for the reticle of FIG. 1.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, the dashed lines indicate environmental features that form no part of the claimed invention. The copyright notice in FIG. 1 forms no part of the claimed invention.
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