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US 7,194,944 B2Granted
Bullet trap
AssigneeAction Target Inc.
InventorsSpencer Lambert, Kyle Bateman, Thomas Marshall
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Abstract
A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a removable attachment mechanism, to enable repair on the trap, to reduce bullet adhesion to the trap and to provide improved containment of lead and improved access to the trap.
Claims35
A bullet trap comprising:
- a channel for channeling a bullet in a containment chamber;
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- a containment chamber for decelerating bullets, wherein the containment chamber is greater than eight feet wide and uninterrupted by a sidewall, the containment chamber being formed from a plurality of containment chamber sections, the containment chamber sections being attached together linearly so as to form a joint between adjacent sections;
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- at least one support leg associated with the joint, the at least one support leg extending upwardly and around the containment chamber so as to support the containment chamber sections adjacent the joint without forming a sidewall inside the containment chamber.
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A bullet trap comprising:
- a channel for directing bullets into a containment chamber, and
- a containment chamber for decelerating the bullets, the containment chamber being formed from a plurality of horizontal impact plates arrays attached so as to form a generally circular containment chamber consisting of a horizontal array of containment chamber sections without an intervening sidewall at joints between adjacent containment chamber sections.
A bullet trap comprising:
- a channel for channeling a bullet into a containment chamber;
- a containment chamber comprising:
- a first containment chamber comprising a plurality of plates disposed in a generally circular orientation so as to define a chamber having an ingress for receiving bullets from the channel and having open ends;
- a second containment chamber comprising a plurality of plates disposed in a generally circular orientation so as to define a chamber having an ingress for receiving bullets from the channel and having open ends, wherein an open end of the second containment chamber is disposed adjacent an open end of the first containment chamber to form a joint which is open between the first and second containment chambers;
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- a support leg disposed adjacent the joint and extending generally around the exterior of the containment chamber so as to support the plurality of plates adjacent the joint.
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A bullet trap comprising:
- a first containment chamber section comprising:
- a plurality of impact plates disposed so as to define a chamber having an ingress disposed on a front thereof, an egress disposed on a bottom thereof, and having open left and right sides;
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- a channel disposed in communication with the ingress so as to direct bullets into the chamber, the channel having open left and right sides;
- a second containment chamber section comprising:
- a plurality of impact plates disposed so as to define a chamber having an ingress disposed on a front thereof, an egress disposed on a bottom thereof, and having open left and right sides;
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- a channel disposed in communication with the ingress so as to direct bullets into the chamber, the channel having open left and right sides;
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- wherein the left side of the second containment chamber is disposed adjacent the right side of the first containment chamber so as to define a joint, such that the left side of the second containment chamber and channel are open to the right side of the first containment chamber and channel so as to form an elongate chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.