Reticle for a weapon aiming device Patent Grant Zaderey May 15, 2 [Leupold & Stevens, Inc.]

Reticle for a weapon aiming device

Zaderey May 15, 2

Patent Grant D542879

U.S. patent number D542,879 [Application Number D/226,654] was granted by the patent office on 2007-05-15 for reticle for a weapon aiming device. This patent grant is currently assigned to Leupold & Stevens, Inc.. Invention is credited to Sergey Yury Zaderey.

United States Patent	D542,879
Zaderey	May 15, 2007

Reticle for a weapon aiming device

Claims

CLAIM I claim the ornamental design for a reticle for a weapon aiming device, as shown and described.

Inventors:	Zaderey; Sergey Yury (Portland, OR)
Assignee:	Leupold & Stevens, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)
Family ID:	38016273
Appl. No.:	D/226,654
Filed:	March 30, 2005

Current U.S. Class:	D22/109; D22/108
Current CPC Class:	F41G1/38 20130101
Current International Class:	2201
Field of Search:	;D22/108 ;D16/130,134 ;33/297,398 ;42/122,130 ;356/21,29,250-252,139.02 ;359/424,428 ;235/414

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Primary Examiner: Simmons; Ian
Assistant Examiner: Levy; Melanie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Stoel Rives LLP

Description

.COPYRGT. 2005 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 depicts a reticle for a weapon aiming device, in accordance with a first embodiment, as viewed through an eyepiece of a riflescope;

FIG. 2 depicts a reticle for a weapon aiming device, in accordance with a second embodiment, as viewed through an eyepiece of a riflescope;

FIG. 3 depicts a reticle for a weapon aiming device, in accordance with a third embodiment, as viewed through an eyepiece of a riflescope;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing of an environment of use for the reticles of FIGS. 1-3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of the reticle of FIG. 1 showing details of alpha-numeric indicia of FIG. 1 in dashed lines, for clarity;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of the reticle of FIG. 2 showing details of a range-estimation scale and alpha-numeric indicia of FIG. 2 in dashed lines, for clarity; and,

FIG. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of the reticle of FIG. 3 showing details of a range-estimation scale and alpha-numeric indicia of FIG. 3 in dashed lines, for clarity.

In FIGS. 1-7, the dashed lines indicate environmental features and drawing legends that form no part of the claimed design. In FIGS. 1-3 and 5-7, the alpha-numeric indicia along the vertical aiming line form no part of the claimed design. In FIGS. 2, 3, 6, and 7, the range-estimation scale in the lower left quadrant of the reticle forms no part of the claimed design. The copyright notices in FIGS. 1-3 form no part of the claimed design.

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