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US 6,470,618 B1Granted
Cartridge shell casing collector and method therefor
OwnerDavid A. Whiteinventor
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Abstract
A cartridge shell casing collector and method therefor capable of allowing a user to easily collect shell casings discharged from a gun without having to bend over or come into direct physical contact with the discharged cartridge shell casings.
Claims10
A method for collecting cartridge shell casings comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- providing a receptacle having an open end dimensioned to receive discharged shell casings from a gun;
- providing a substantially L-shaped member having a handle end and a receptacle coupling end, said receptacle coupling end is coupled to said receptacle;
- providing a flap coupled to said open end of said receptacle;
- providing a flap activating mechanism having a triggering end and a flap coupling end, said triggering end is coupled proximate said handle end of said substantially L-shaped member and said flap coupling end of said flap activating mechanism is coupled to said flap, said triggering end is dimensioned to trigger said flap to close and open relative to said open end or said receptacle;
- triggering said triggering end of said flap activating mechanism to open said flap relative to said open end of said receptacle;
- positioning said open end of said receptacle between a shell casing and said flap;
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- triggering said triggering end of said flap activating mechanism to close said flap relative to said open end of said receptacle causing said flap to drive said shell casing into said receptacle.
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A cartridge shell casing collector comprising, in combination:
- a receptacle having an open end dimensioned to receive shell casing s discharged from a gun;
- a substantially L-shaped member having a handle end and a receptacle coupling end, said receptacle coupling end is coupled to said receptacle;
- a flap coupled to said open end of said receptacle;
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- a flap activating mechanism having a triggering end and a flap coupling end, said triggering end is coupled proximate said handle end of said substantially L-shaped member and said flap coupling end of said flap activating mechanism is coupled to said flap, said triggering end is dimensioned to trigger said flap to close and open relative to said open end of said receptacle.
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