Reticle for a viewing optic

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12468168-B2
Application number	US-202217678639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2022
Priority date	May 5, 2020
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a reticle, and particularly a reticle having a marking feature that is translucent. A marking feature may be made from an etched pattern, a gradient, a coating, paint, a filament, or a combination thereof. Reticles may also include an additional feature, such as a center dot, crosshairs, range estimation feature, drop estimation feature, wind point-of-impact estimation feature, moving target point-of-impact feature, and combinations thereof. The additional feature may, but is not required to be, translucent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A reticle comprising: a primary marking feature and a center, the primary marking feature having a first marking, a second marking and a third marking, wherein the first marking, the second marking, and the third marking are etched with a crosshatch pattern to generate voids, and further wherein the primary marking feature appears as a solid marking at a low magnification setting of a viewing optic, and translucent at a high magnification setting of a viewing optic.

2 . The reticle of claim 1 further including an additional element selected from the group consisting of center dot, crosshairs, range estimation feature, drop estimation feature, wind point-of-impact estimation feature, moving target point-of-impact feature, and combinations thereof.

3 . The reticle of claim 2 , wherein the additional element is not translucent.

4 . The reticle of claim 2 , wherein the additional element is translucent.

5 . The reticle of claim 1 , wherein the amount of light passing through the primary marking feature is from less than 100% to greater than or equal to 60%.

6 . The reticle of claim 5 , wherein the amount of light passing through the primary marking feature is from less than or equal to 96% to greater than or equal to 66%.

7 . The reticle of claim 6 , wherein the amount of light passing through the primary marking feature is from less than or equal to 88% to greater than or equal to 74%.

8 . A viewing optic comprising the reticle of claim 1 .

9 . The viewing optic of claim 8 , wherein the viewing optic is a gunsight.

10 . A viewing optic comprising:
a housing; an objective lens assembly mounted within a first end of the housing; an ocular lens assembly mounted within a second end of the housing; one or more optical components mounted within the housing between the objective lens assembly and ocular lens assembly; and a reticle comprising a primary marking feature and a center, the primary marking feature having a first marking, a second marking and a third marking, wherein the first marking, the second marking, and the third marking are etched with a crosshatch pattern to generate voids, and further wherein the primary marking feature appears as a solid marking at a low magnification setting of the viewing optic, and translucent at a high magnification setting of the viewing optic.

11 . The viewing optic of claim 10 , wherein the reticle is located at a first focal plane.

12 . The viewing optic of claim 10 , wherein the reticle is located at a second focal plane.

13 . The viewing optic of claim 10 , wherein the amount of light passing through the primary marking feature of the reticle is from less than 100% to greater than or equal to 60%.

14 . The viewing optic of claim 13 , wherein the amount of light passing through the primary marking feature of the reticle is from less than or equal to 88% to greater than or equal to 74%.

Assignees

• Sheltered Wings Inc

Inventors

• Hamilton Samuel
• Havens Calen
• Klemm Ian
• Cody Tom
• Schultz Craig
• Bollig Garrison
• Carlson Andy
• Lowry William
• Taylor Cory
• Rue Tim
• Lewis Alexander

Classifications

• F41G1/38 Primary

  Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance (telescopic sights in general G02B); Supports or mountings therefor · CPC title

• G02B27/32 Primary

  Fiducial marks and measuring scales within the optical system · CPC title

• G02B23/14

  Viewfinders (for photographic apparatus G03B13/02) · CPC title