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US 11,885,583 B2Granted
Shoulder shot tree toppler
AssigneeDTX Tooling, LLC
InventorMalcolm Stuart Dooley
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Abstract
An apparatus may include a pressure vessel configured to contain a compressed gas; a barrel having an open end; a valve configured to release the compressed gas from the pressure vessel into the barrel to launch a projectile from the open end of the barrel; and a shoulder support configured to allow a user of the apparatus to actuate the valve while the apparatus is mounted on a shoulder of the user.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a pressure vessel configured to contain a compressed gas, wherein the pressure vessel comprises a longitudinal axis, a back end surface that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a cylindrical sidewall that is parallel to the longitudinal axis;
- a barrel having an open end;
- a valve configured to release the compressed gas from the pressure vessel into the barrel to launch a projectile from the open end of the barrel;
- and
- a shoulder support attached to the back end surface of the pressure vessel, the shoulder support configured to allow a user of the apparatus to actuate the valve while the apparatus is mounted on top of a shoulder of the user,
- wherein the shoulder support is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pressure vessel and perpendicular to the back end surface of the pressure vessel such that, when the apparatus is mounted on top of the user's shoulder, the user's shoulder is in contact with both the shoulder support and the back end surface of the pressure vessel.
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A method comprising:
- coupling a barrel having an open end to a pressure vessel configured to contain a compressed gas, wherein the pressure vessel comprises a longitudinal axis, a back end surface that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a cylindrical sidewall that is parallel to the longitudinal axis;
- coupling a valve to the pressure vessel, the valve being configured to release the compressed gas from the pressure vessel into the barrel to launch a projectile from the open end of the barrel;
- and
- coupling a shoulder support to the back end surface of the pressure vessel, the shoulder support being configured to allow a user of the apparatus to actuate the valve while the apparatus is mounted on top of a shoulder of the user,
- wherein the shoulder support is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pressure vessel and perpendicular to the back end surface of the pressure vessel such that, when the apparatus is mounted on top of the user's shoulder, the user's shoulder is in contact with both the shoulder support and the back end surface of the pressure vessel.
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A line-throwing system, comprising:
- an attachment ejecting apparatus;
- an object to be launched from the attachment ejecting apparatus;
- and
- a retrieval line attachable to the object to be launched, for retrieving the object after it has been launched using the attachment ejecting apparatus,
- wherein the attachment ejecting apparatus comprises:
- a pressure vessel configured to contain a compressed gas, wherein the pressure vessel comprises a longitudinal axis, a back end surface that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a cylindrical sidewall that is parallel to the longitudinal axis;
- a barrel having an open end;
- a valve configured to release the compressed gas from the pressure vessel into the barrel to launch a projectile from the open end of the barrel;
- and
- a shoulder support attached to a back end of the pressure vessel, the shoulder support configured to allow a user of the apparatus to actuate the valve while the apparatus is mounted on top of a shoulder of the user,
- wherein the shoulder support is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pressure vessel and perpendicular to the back end surface of the pressure vessel such that, when the apparatus is mounted on top of the user's shoulder, the user's shoulder is in contact with both the shoulder support and the back end surface of the pressure vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.