ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,807, issued on March 11, was assigned to SIG SAUER INC. (Newington, N.H.).
"Reflex sight having modular hood" was invented by Andrew W. York (Portland, Ore.) and Drew Essig (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A target sight system includes a base portion with a gun-mounting interface allowing the sight to be firmly fastened to a shooting device. The base also includes a power supply, a target light generator, and a light-passing surface through which the target light passes between the target light generator and a target. The sight system also includes a cover that is detachably removable from the base portion."
The pate...