US 4,733,773 AGranted

Ammunition container system

AssigneeDart Industries Inc.

InventorsVincent S. LaBianca, Richard Anterni

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Abstract

A container system for shells comprising an elongate tubular housing defining a chamber having an open end and a closed end with a projectile-receiving seat at the closed end. A projectile carrier encircles the base portion of a container-received projectile and extends forwardly therefrom through a projectile-surrounding support. The chamber, immediately outward of the projectile, receives a projectile case with the open end of the case inwardly directed and closed by a removable plug which presents a rearwardly opening configuration receiving the ogive of the projectile. The container system, at the open discharge end of the housing, includes a carrier surrounding the case base. All of the components are closed within the chamber by a screw cap which in turn incorporates one or more viewing windows displaying indicia designating the nature of the contents of the container. The cap indicia is varied by rotation of an indicia ring accessible only from the interior of the cap prior to a mounting of the cap. The housing is provided with longitudinally spaced stacking blocks presenting planar edge surfaces with interlocking lugs and recesses. Reinforcing ribs are also integrally molded longitudinally along the length of the housing.

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Dependent claims

For use in storing a projectile and case, said projectile having a base end and a leading end portion, said case having a base and projectile-receiving open end;

a shell container system comprising an elongate housing having an elongate chamber longitudinally therein, said chamber being defined by a peripheral wall and having a closed inner end and an open outer end, a cap removably mounted over said open outer end for selectively closing said chamber, a projectile seat within said chamber adjacent the closed inner end for receiving and seating the base end of a chamber-received projectile, a projectile support slidably positioned within said chamber for engagement about the leading end portion of the chamber-received projectile, said projectile support having an outer peripheral wall slidably engaging the peripheral wall of said chamber for a centering of the support therein, said support having an inner annular periphery including a portion configured to engage and surround the leading end portion of the projectile, and a projectile carrier for the projectile slidably positioned within said chamber, said projectile carrier including a projectile engaging member for engaging and supporting the projectile at the base end thereof, said projectile carrier including elongate strap means extending forwardly from the projectile engaging member to generally parallel and project beyond the leading end portion of the projectile, said projectile support including passage means receiving said strap means therethrough for stabilizing the projectile relative to said strap means, said strap means projecting forwardly of said projectile support and terminating in a handle, the inner annular periphery of said projectile support including a recessed shoulder forwardly directed toward the open outer end of the chamber for receiving and seating the open end of a chamber-received case positioned with the base end thereof at the open outer end of the chamber, a case plug slidably receivable within the open end of the chamber-received case for engagement therewith on the recessed shoulder of said projectile support.

For use in the storing of a shell projectile and case, said projectile having a base end and a leading end portion, said case having a base and a projectile-receiving open end;

a shell container system comprising an elongate housing having an elongate chamber longitudinally therein, said chamber being defined by a peripheral wall and having a closed inner end and an open outer end, a cap removably mounted to the housing over the open outer end of said chamber for a selective closing of said chamber, a projectile support slidably positioned within said chamber for engagement about the leading end portion of a chamber-received projectile, said projectile support having an outer peripheral wall slidably engaging the peripheral wall of the chamber for a centering of the support therein, said support having an inner annular periphery including a portion configured to engage and surround the leading end portion of the projectile, said inner annular periphery of the support including a recessed shoulder forwardly directed toward the open outer end of the chamber, a case plus slidably receivable within the open end of chamber-received case, said case plug being slidably received within said projectile support and seated on said recessed shoulder, said case plug defining a rearwardly opening compartment for reception and enclosure of the forward portion of the leading end portion of the projectile, a projectile carrier received within said chamber inward of said projectile support for engagement with said projectile, said projectile carrier projecting forwardly of said support and including handle means for a forward drawing of said projectile carrier and the projectile therewith, and a case carrier received within said chamber at the open outer end thereof, said case carrier including forwardly directed handle means retained within the mounted cap forward of the open end of the chamber.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.