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US 12,723,834 B2Granted
Training firearm
AssigneeNextLevel Training, LLC
InventorsMichael Frank Hughes, Britton R Lentz, Thomas Ryan Swetish
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a training firearm and more specifically, to a training firearm that mimics the trigger mechanism of real firearms. The training firearm comprises a frame, a break arm, a movable magnate, a frame magnet, a trigger, a reed switch and a shot indicator. On application of force, the trigger pushes the break arm to move the movable magnate closer to the reed switch. Once the magnetic field of moveable magnate is detected by the reed switch it turn on the shot indicator to shoot a laser.
Claims16
A training firearm, comprising:
- a frame having a grip portion and an upper portion;
- a break arm movably attached within the frame, the break arm having a movable magnet attached thereto and operatively configured to move with respect to the frame, the break arm having a rest position and an operating position with respect to the frame;
- a frame magnet attached to the frame and aligned having similar polarity to the movable magnet so as to have an attraction there between, the break arm having the rest position with respect to the frame whereby force is required to separate the movable magnet from the frame magnet;
- a trigger movably attached to the frame and operatively configured to displace in a longitudinally rearward direction, the trigger having a resting position when the trigger is in a longitudinally forward position with respect to the frame;
- a reed switch fixedly attached to the frame whereby the reed switch is operatively configured to have a switch sensitivity field where magnetic disturbance within the switch sensitivity field activates the reed switch;
- a shot indicator in electrical communication with the reed switch, and a power source whereby the shot indicator is configured to turn on and draw voltage from the power source through the reed switch when the reed switch is activated;
- wherein the movable magnet of the break arm is operatively configured to reposition in the frame to place the magnetic field of the movable magnet within the switch sensitivity field whereby activating the reed switch as the break arm repositions from the rest position to the operating position,
- wherein, the break arm repositions from the rest position to the operating position by way of longitude rearward motion of the trigger which repositions the break arm so the movable magnet is at a distance from the frame magnet greater than when the break arm is in the rest position, and
- wherein, as the movable magnet separates from the frame magnet, thereby enabling a non-linear drop in force with respect to the distance between the movable magnet and the frame magnet or by causing lower force to continue rearward force past the rest position of the trigger and further the movable magnet carries inertia from repositioning of the trigger in the longitudinally rearward direction to reposition the movable magnet within the switch sensitivity field of the reed switch, whereby activating the reed switch to supply voltage from the power source to the shot indicator.
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A method of training firearm skills, comprising:
- utilizing a frame with a trigger that is movably attached to and configured to reposition from a rest position to a longitudinally rearward position with respect to the frame and repositioning of the trigger separates a frame magnet that is fixedly attached to the frame from a movable magnet where the movable magnet at the rest position is positioned adjacent to the frame magnet, whereby the aligned flex field creates a force there between to draw the movable magnet and the frame magnet together and the force in turn is directed to reposition the trigger to a longitudinally forward position, whereby force on the trigger in a longitude rearward direction separates the movable magnet from the frame magnet;
- repositioning the trigger, by an end user, in the longitude rearward direction whereby separating the movable magnet from the frame magnet which simulates a break arm of the trigger to a live fire pistol and as the movable magnet repositions away from the frame magnet, the movable magnet passes through a switch sensitivity field of a reed switch whereby activating the reed switch which in turn activates a shot indicator,
- whereby the movable magnet serves two functions of providing a break like force of the trigger and providing a method to activate a switch which in turn activate the shot indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.