Grip aiming device for weapons

Abstract

A gun sighting device includes a grip and is mounted to the side of the gun. The grip has a compressible touch pad that is positioned such that a user's fingers are adjacent to, or on, the compressible touch pad when the user's hand is in the natural position of supporting the gun. The compressible touch pad can be compressed by the user's fingers to activate a light source while the user is holding the gun in the firing position, and without the user having to move his/her hand from supporting the gun or from the gun trigger.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A sighting device for mounting on a gun, the gun having a barrel with a longitudinal axis, a bore, and a trigger; the sighting device including a light source and a power source connectable to the light source, the light source having a first mode in which it emits light and a second mode in which it does not emit light, the sighting device further including a grip affixed to the gun and positioned on the side of the gun, the sighting device including one or more circuits wherein each circuit when completed switches the light source from the second mode to the first mode. 
     
     
         2 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the grip has a compressible touch pad wherein a user completes the one or more circuits by sufficiently compressing the compressible touch pad. 
     
     
         3 . The sighting device of  claim 2  wherein the compressible touch pad is between 1″ and 6″ in length. 
     
     
         4 . The sighting device of  claim 2  wherein the compression touch pad comprises an outer surface that is convex, flexible and plastic. 
     
     
         5 . The sighting device of  claim 2  wherein the light source is activated when sufficient pressure is applied to the compressible touch pad and is deactivated when the pressure is removed. 
     
     
         6 . The sighting device of  claim 2  wherein the light source is activated when sufficient pressure is applied to the compressible touch pad twice to turn the light source on, and deactivated when sufficient pressure is again applied to the compressible touch pad to turn the light source off. 
     
     
         7 . The sighting device of  claim 2  wherein the compressible touch pad has an outer side having an interior surface with at least one electrical contact, and a bottom, inner surface with at least one circuit trace wherein the at least one contact touches the at least one circuit trace to complete a circuit when the compressible touch pad is sufficiently compressed. 
     
     
         8 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the light source further includes a housing with a plurality of apertures and a set screw threadingly received in each aperture, each of the set screws for adjusting the position of the light source. 
     
     
         9 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein there is a flexible sleeve surrounding the light source. 
     
     
         10 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the power source is one or more batteries. 
     
     
         11 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the power source is spaced apart from the light source. 
     
     
         12 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the sighting device includes a mount for attaching to a picatinny rail of a gun. 
     
     
         13 . The sighting device of  claim 12  wherein the mount includes a first leg configured to fit onto a first side of the picatinny rail and a second leg opposite the first leg, the second leg configured to fit onto a second side of the picatinny rail. 
     
     
         14 . The sighting device of  claim 13  that further includes a fastener to draw the first leg and second leg closer together in order to tighten the mount onto the picatinny rail. 
     
     
         15 . The sighting device of  claim 14  wherein the fastener extends from the first leg to the second leg, the fastener being tightened to move the first leg and second leg closer together, and being loosened so the first leg and second leg move farther apart. 
     
     
         16 . The sighting device of  claim 1  that has two circuits wherein each circuit can independently activate the light source. 
     
     
         17 . The sighting device of  claim 7  wherein the interior surface of the outer side has two electrical contacts, and the bottom, inner surface has two circuit traces. 
     
     
         18 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the sighting device includes a first canister and a second canister, wherein the first canister includes the light source, and the second canister includes the power source. 
     
     
         19 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the light source pulses when it emits light. 
     
     
         20 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein a single beam of light from the light source passes through a diffraction lens which splits the single beam into three or more beams of light defining an area in the center of the three or more beams of light. 
     
     
         21 . The sighting device of  claim 20  wherein the diffraction lens splits the single beam into three or more beams of light defining an area in the center of the three or more beams of light, and a separate beam of light in the center of the area. 
     
     
         22 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the light source emits light when activated and the light moves downward vertically as it moves farther from the light source. 
     
     
         23 . The sighting device of  claim 1  wherein the light source is selected from one of the group consisting of: a visible laser module; and an infra-red laser module. 
     
     
         24 . A gun including:
 a muzzle,   a bore,   a trigger, and   a sighting device attached to the gun, the sighting device including a light source and a power source connectable to the light source, the light source having a first mode in which it emits light and a second mode in which it does not emit light, the sighting device further including a grip on the side of the gun, the light source including one or more switches for switching the light source from the second mode to the first mode.   
     
     
         25 . The gun of  claim 24  that is a rifle, semiautomatic rifle, or a machine pistol.