Firearm sound suppressor
AssigneeSureFire, LLC
InventorsBarry W. Dueck, Karl R. Honigmann, Brooke C. Smith, John W. Matthews
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Abstract
In one example, a firearm sound suppressor includes a housing, a baffle, and an inner sleeve adapted to be disposed within the housing and to substantially surround the baffle. The inner sleeve includes a sidewall adapted to slide against the housing to permit the inner sleeve with the baffle to be selectively inserted into and removed from the housing without the baffle contacting the housing, and a longitudinal split extending through the sidewall and between front and rear ends of the inner sleeve to permit the sidewall to flex to permit removal of the baffle from the inner sleeve. Other embodiments are also contemplated.
Claims20
A firearm sound suppressor comprising:
- a plurality of separable baffles adapted to be arranged in a longitudinal stack and define a plurality of substantially annular outer surfaces;
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- a single piece inner sleeve adapted to be disposed within a housing and to substantially surround the baffles, the inner sleeve comprising:
- a single sidewall adapted to slide against the housing to permit the inner sleeve with the baffle to be selectively inserted into and removed from the housing without the baffle contacting the housing,
- an inner surface of the sidewall adapted to directly contact the substantially annular outer surfaces of the baffles while the inner sleeve is disposed within the housing, and
- a single longitudinal split extending through the sidewall and between front and rear ends of the inner sleeve to permit the sidewall to flex to permit removal of the baffle from the inner sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.