Optical assembly with protective flexing member and/or mechanical rear sight features

Abstract

In various embodiments, an optic sight or an apparatus usable with an optic sight may include a protective flexing member, and/or a mechanical rear sight or a representation thereof viewable when looking through the optic sight when the optic sight is mounted to a firearm assembly; wherein: the mechanical rear sight or the representation thereof is integrally formed with the optic sight, and a rearmost part of the rear mechanical sight is positioned in front of the emitter of the optic sight, or the mechanical rear sight comprises a modular mechanical rear sight to fit into a slot or other opening of the firearm assembly or the optic sight, and a rearmost part of the rear mechanical sight is positioned in front of a front-most light transmissive surface of the optic sight. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

1 . An apparatus 1) including an optic sight including an emitter or 2) usable with the optic sight, the apparatus comprising:
 a mechanical rear sight or a representation thereof viewable when looking through the optic sight when the optic sight is mounted to a firearm assembly;   wherein:
 the mechanical rear sight or the representation thereof is integrally formed with the optic sight, and a rearmost part of the rear mechanical sight is positioned in front of the emitter of the optic sight, or 
 the mechanical rear sight comprises a modular mechanical rear sight to fit into a slot or other opening of the firearm assembly or the optic sight, and a rearmost part of the rear mechanical sight is positioned in front of a front-most light transmissive surface of the optic sight. 
   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the slot or other opening is defined by a body of the optic sight. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the firearm assembly includes an optic guard frame to protect the optic sight, and wherein the slot or other opening is defined by the optic guard frame. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the firearm assembly includes an optic plate or other optic mounting adapter on which the optic sight is mountable; and
 wherein the slot or other opening is defined by the optic plate or other optic mounting adapter.   
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the firearm assembly includes a slide and or an optic sight mount device, and wherein the slot or other opening is defined by the slide or optic sight mount device. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the slot or other opening comprises an undercut slot or undercut opening. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the modular mechanical sight is slidingly insertable into the slot or other opening, wherein the optic sight or firearm assembly defines one or more fastener holes to receive one or more fasteners to releasably lock an attachment section of the modular mechanical sight into the slot or other opening. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of the one or more fasteners includes a first section including a driving end of the fastener and a second section including a length and an opposite end of the at least one fastener, and wherein a bottom of the slot defines a recess to receive at least part of a second section of the at least one fastener. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the modular mechanical sight is slidingly insertable along a vertical axis, and wherein a center axis of at least one of the one or more fastener holes is non-parallel with the vertical axis. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the representation of the rear mechanical sight is formed on a light transmissive surface of an optic element of the optic sight, and is usable together with a front mechanical sight of the firearm assembly. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the optic sight includes an optical element including a front, back, and at least one side, wherein the optic sight further includes framing for the optical element, wherein the optical element is mounted in the framing by one or more sides of the at least one side of the optical element;
 wherein the optic assembly includes a flexing member, and the optic sight further comprises a gap:
 between a back of the flexing member and the framing, or 
 in a case that the framing exposes a section of the at least one side, between the flexing member and the exposed section of the at least one side of the optical element. 
   
     
     
         12 . An apparatus 1) including an optic sight including an emitter or 2) usable with the optic sight, the apparatus comprising:
 a mechanical rear sight viewable when looking through the optic sight when the optic sight is mounted to a firearm assembly;   wherein:
 the mechanical rear sight is integrally formed with the optic sight, and a rearmost part of the rear mechanical sight is positioned in front of the emitter of the optic sight, or 
 the mechanical rear sight comprises a modular mechanical rear sight to fit into a slot or other opening of the firearm assembly or the optic sight, and a rearmost part of the rear mechanical sight is positioned in front of a front-most light transmissive surface of the optic sight. 
   
     
     
         13 . An optic assembly including an optic sight having a body configured to mount on an optic mounting adapter or an optic mounting platform of a firearm, wherein the optic assembly comprises:
 an optical element including a front, back, and at least one side, wherein the body includes framing for the optical element, wherein the optical element is mounted in the framing by one or more sides of the at least one side of the optical element; and   wherein the optic assembly includes a flexing member, and the optic sight further comprises a gap:
 between a back of the flexing member and the framing, or 
 in a case that the framing exposes a section of the at least one side, between the flexing member and the exposed section of the at least one side of the optical element. 
   
     
     
         14 . The optic assembly of  claim 13 , wherein the flexing member is releasably attached to the body. 
     
     
         15 . The optic assembly of  claim 13 , further comprising an attachment interface defined by the body, wherein the attachment interface is arranged to slidingly receive the flexing member. 
     
     
         16 . The optic assembly of  claim 15 , wherein the attachment interface further defines a fastener opening to fasten the flexing member to the body. 
     
     
         17 . The optic assembly of  claim 13 , wherein the flexing member includes a top frame member, and side frame members, wherein the gap extends between the top or the side frame members and a front of the framing of the optic element. 
     
     
         18 . The optic assembly of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a mechanical rear sight or a representation thereof viewable when looking through the optic sight when the optic sight is mounted to the firearm;   wherein:
 the mechanical rear sight or the representation thereof is integrally formed with the optic sight, and a rearmost part of the rear mechanical sight is positioned in front of the emitter of the optic sight, or 
 the mechanical rear sight comprises a modular mechanical rear sight to fit into a slot or other opening of the firearm assembly or the optic sight, and a rearmost part of the rear mechanical sight is positioned in front of a front-most light transmissive surface of the optic sight. 
   
     
     
         19 . The optic assembly of  claim 13 , wherein the optic sight includes one or more light transmissive optical elements having one or more light transmissive surfaces, wherein the one or more light transmissive optical elements includes the optical element and the one or more light transmissive surfaces include the front-most light transmissive surface; and
 wherein the apparatus further comprises an image of a rear mechanical sight defined by a light transmissive surface of the one or more light transmissive surfaces;   wherein the image is viewable when looking through the optic sight when the optic sight is mounted to the firearm, and usable with a front mechanical sight of the firearm to provide a backup sighting device utilizing an optical element of the one or more optical elements of the optic sight.