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US 9429393
Illuminated archery bow sight apparatus
Current assignee: Hoyt Archery Inc
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Patent Overview — US 9,429,393 B2
Title: Illuminated archery bow sight apparatus
Patent number / application: US 9,429,393 B2 (application US 14/965,295; pre-grant publication US 2016/0169622 A1)
Inventors / assignee: Mary Graziano and Dominic Graziano; assigned to Hoyt Archery, Inc.
Key dates (as listed): Priority date 2014-12-12; filed 2015-12-10; granted/published 2016-08-30; anticipated expiration 2035-12-10; legal status listed as Active.
Purpose: The disclosure generally relates to archery bow sight illumination devices that provide visual aid in low light, and particularly to devices that affix to and illuminate the rim of an archery bow sight or similar sight-alignment device. The stated problem is that conventional pin guards may rely on reflective tape, UV-reactant material, or glow-in-the-dark markings, which the disclosure treats as inadequate.
Plain-language scope: The background explains that bows, crossbows, and firearms carry sights; archery sights commonly have one or more sight pins giving a reference point for a target at a given distance, with a pin guard surrounding relatively fragile pins. The claimed subject matter is described in terms of an apparatus with an activating element, an optical fiber, a coating disposed over the optic element, and a dispersion, with illumination, fiber, material, and method terms appearing in the abstract, description, and claims. Classifications cover bow sights (F41G 1/467), compound bows (F41B 5/10), and night sights with a light source for illuminating the sights (F41G 1/345).
What the excerpt does not establish: The supplied text is truncated and omits most of the description and all claim language, so it cannot establish the exact scope or wording of any claim, the number of claims, the species of the elements, or specific structural and electrical details. The excerpt also does not establish inventorship accuracy, enforceability, validity, or prior-art status.
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