Weapon Sight

Abstract

A weapon sight apparatus includes a housing, a sight mount, an angle modifier, an angle adjusting mechanism, and a weapon mount. The housing includes a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side. The sight mount is disposed on the first side of the housing and includes a first end and a second end, the sight mount being pivotally mounted proximate the second end of the sight mount and to couple to a weapon sight. The angle modifier modifies an angle of the housing. The angle adjusting mechanism is coupled to the second end of the sight mount, the angle adjusting mechanism to adjust an angle of the housing in accordance with the angle modified by the angle modifier. The weapon mount, disposed on the second side of the housing, mounts a projectile weapon to the weapon sight apparatus.

1 . A weapon sight apparatus, comprising:
 a housing including a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side;   a sight mount disposed on the first side of the housing, the sight mount to couple to a weapon sight;   an angle modifier to modify an angle between the housing and the sight mount;   an angle adjusting mechanism directly coupled to the sight mount, the angle adjusting mechanism to adjust the angle in accordance with the angle modified by the angle modifier, the angle adjusting mechanism including a worm screw directly coupled to both the angle modifier and a worm wheel directly coupled to the sight mount, with rotation of the angle modifier rotating the worm screw and the worm wheel to change the angle between the housing and the sight mount; and   a weapon mount, disposed on the second side of the housing opposite the first side of the housing, to mount a projectile weapon to the weapon sight apparatus.   
     
     
         2 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a locking mechanism to lock the projectile weapon to the weapon mount. 
     
     
         3 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the locking mechanism includes a first lobe and a second lobe rotatably coupled to the housing. 
     
     
         4 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the locking mechanism is proximate to the first end of the housing. 
     
     
         5 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the locking mechanism further comprises a V-shaped ridge. 
     
     
         6 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the locking mechanism further comprises a first locking lever and a second locking lever each pivotally coupled to the housing and pivot about a first pivot point and a second pivot point, respectively, the first pivot point and the second pivot point being proximate to the first end of the housing. 
     
     
         7 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion, the first housing portion including the angle adjusting mechanism disposed therein and the second housing portion having the locking mechanism coupled thereto. 
     
     
         8 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a range indicator to indicate an approximate range of the projectile weapon. 
     
     
         9 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the range indicator is coupled to the angle adjusting mechanism and the sight mount and rotates with the sight mount in accordance with the angle adjusted by the angle adjusting mechanism. 
     
     
         10 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes an angle-to-range member providing an indication of correspondence between an angle indicated by the angle modifier and an approximate range of the projectile weapon indicated by the range indicator. 
     
     
         11 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the angle modifier is a circular disc coupled to the angle adjusting mechanism. 
     
     
         12 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the angle modifier includes angle markings to indicate an angle of the sight mount. 
     
     
         13 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein the angle markings are in angular mils. 
     
     
         14 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the sight mount includes an inner surface and an outer surface, the sight mount further including a plurality of mounting protrusions disposed on an outer surface of the sight mount, the mounting protrusions to facilitate mounting the weapon sight to the sight mount. 
     
     
         15 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the sight mount includes a plurality of boxed members spaced apart from each other and each including an opening therein. 
     
     
         16 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the projectile weapon is one of a shoulder-fired missile, rocket-propelled grenade, bazooka, rocket launcher, and grenade launcher. 
     
     
         17 . (canceled) 
     
     
         18 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the sight mount includes one of a Picatinny rail and a weaver style base. 
     
     
         19 . The weapon sight apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein an Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) is mounted onto the weapon mount.