Detachably connectable sight assembly for a small defense weapon

Claim 1

A sight assembly that is detachably connectable to a small defense weapon, said assembly comprising: a mounting cradle; and a sight, said sight having a belt-type bracket that is screw-tightened about the sight and is connected to a plate of the mounting cradle, said plate having a front leg and a rear leg which extends down therefrom and to which are attached front or rear connecting/disconnecting means respectively; and wherein the front leg and the rear leg each are provided with antirocking means to prevent rocking of the sight assembly, when attached to a weapon, about points of attachment of the connecting/disconnecting means.

Claim 9

A method of mounting a quick connect/disconnect sight on a shoulder held launcher tube of a defense weapon comprising: providing an attachable mounting cradle having a front leg and a rear leg containing holes and extending down from an elongated slotted flat plate such that said legs are form fitted to the launcher tube, said launcher tube including front and rear eyerings extending therefrom, said eyerings each containing a hole such that the hole in said front leg and the hole in said rear leg are matched with the hole in the respective eyering of the launcher tube, and wherein there is provided on at least one eyering a second hole, said mounting cradle further comprising an antirocking pin on one of said legs such that the antirocking pin is offset from said hole in said leg; attaching a sight having a belt-type bracket that is screw-tightened about the sight to the slotted flat plate of the mounting cradle by screw threadably connecting the bracket to said flat plate through said slot; quick connecting the sight mounted cradle onto said launcher tube by inserting said antirocking pin into the second hole of one of the eyerings of said launcher; aligning the front and rear holes of said legs and of said eyerings and inserting launcher-lanyard-connected, push-button-releasable, slip rings through the matching front and rear holes of the legs and eyerings to secure the sight mounted cradle on said launcher; and, releasing the push button to remove said sight mounted cradle.

Claim 10

A method of mounting a quick connect/disconnect sight on a shoulder held launcher tube of a defense weapon comprising: providing an attachable mounting cradle having a front leg and a rear leg containing holes and extending down from an elongated slotted flat plate such that said legs are form fitted to the launcher tube, said launcher tube including front and rear eyerings extending therefrom, said eyerings each containing a hole such that the hole in said front leg and the hole in said rear leg are matched with the hole in the respective eyering of the launcher tube, and wherein there is provided on at least one eyering a second hole, said mounting cradle further comprising an antirocking pin on one of said legs such that the antirocking pin is offset from said hole in said leg; attaching a sight having a belt-type bracket that is screw-tightened about the sight to the slotted flat plate of the mounting cradle by screw threadably connecting the bracket to said flat plate through said slot; quick connecting the sight mounted cradle onto said launcher tube by inserting said antirocking pin into the second hole of one of the eyerings of said launcher; aligning the front and rear holes of said legs and of said eyerings and inserting launcher-lanyard-connected, push-button-releasable, slip rings through the matching front and rear holes of the legs and eyerings to secure the sight mounted cradle on said launcher; and, releasing the push button to remove said sight mounted cradle.