Shot gun shell construction
OwnerGeorge A. Stagg, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A shot gun shell is disclosed which employs a wad defining a shot cup, including closure means associated with the open end of the shot cup adapted to operate upon insertion of the wad into the shot gun shell casing to restrain the shot within the cup without the aid of external means. The wad of the present invention employs a one-piece construction and may be manufactured from a plastic material. A shot shell casing is also disclosed which employs a circumferential bead located about the inside surface of the casing adjacent its open end. The bead serves to frictionally retain the wad of the present invention upon its insertion into the casing.
Claims9
A shot gun shell assembly which comprises:
- a shot shell casing having a closed primer and an open shot loading end, and
- a wad for insertion in said open end comprising a generally cylindrical shot cup defining a side wall and a base plate attached at one end thereof, said side wall longitudinally slotted to define a plurality of curved petals, said petals are connected at the free ends thereof to a pivotal closure structure which is adapted to retain all of the shot pellets within said shot cup when said wad is fully loaded therewith and inserted within said shot shell casing,
- said closure structure comprising wedge-shaped flaps hingably attached to each of said petals at said free ends, said flaps having a wedge-shaped cross section defined by a first broader portion proximal to said free end, and a second narrower portion distal thereto, said broader portion terminating in a peripheral edge and an adjacent camming surface, said camming surface adapted to cooperate with the inner surface of said shot shell casing to urge said flap into a plane transverse to the axis of said wad, to retain said shot pellets within said shot cup.
A wad for use in a shot gun shell assembly in insertion within a shot shell casing which comprises a generally cylindrical shot cup defining a side wall and a base plate attached at one end thereof, said side wall longitudinally slotted to define a plurality of curved petals, said petals are connected at the free ends thereof to a pivotal closure structure which is adapted to retain all of the shot pellets within said shot cup when said wad is fully loaded therewith and inserted within said shot shell casing,
- said closure structure comprising wedge-shaped flaps hingably attached to each of said petals at said free ends, said flaps having a wedge-shaped cross section defined by a first broader portion proximal to said free end, and a second narrower portion distal thereto, said broader portion terminating in a peripheral edge and an adjacent camming surface, said camming surface adapted to cooperate with the inner surface of said shot shell casing to urge said flap into a plane transverse to the axis of said wad, to retain said shot pellets within said shot cup.
A shot gun shell assembly which comprises:
- a shot shell casing having a closed primer and an open shot loading end, and
- a wad for insertion in said open end comprising a generally cylindrical shot cup defining a side wall and a base plate attached at one end thereof, said side wall longitudinally slotted to define a plurality of curved petals, said petals are connected at the free ends thereof to a pivotal closure structure adapted to fully retain a quantity of shot pellets within said shot cup when said wad is fully inserted within said shot shell casing,
- said closure structure comprising a plurality of flaps hingeably attached to each of said petals at said free ends thereof, said flaps cooperating in the closed position to define a substantially complete obstruction to the open end of said shot cup, each of said flaps having a cross sectional width greater than that of the adjacent free end of said petals, and defining a camming surface on the outer surface of said flaps to cooperate with said casing to urge and retain said flaps in the closed position to obstruct the open end of said shot cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.