Patents Examined by Michael D. David
  • Patent number: 11971239
    Abstract: A blaster for shooting projectiles that includes a housing that defines a housing interior, and a variable velocity barrel assembly positioned in the housing interior. The variable velocity barrel assembly includes a barrel that defines a barrel axis and a barrel interior. The barrel includes an exit opening at a distal end thereof. At least a first opening communicates the barrel interior with an exterior of the barrel. The first opening is defined through a side wall of the barrel. A slider member that includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the barrel is movable axially along the barrel between a maximum velocity position where the cylindrical portion covers the first opening and a minimum velocity position where the slider member does not cover the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GEL BLASTER, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Davis, Colin Guinn, Robert Kovacs
  • Patent number: 11965708
    Abstract: There is proposed an adjustable gunstock for a firearm, comprising, a base, a mount, at least one relocation member and at least one adjustment member. The base is fixedly connectable to a stock body of the firearm and the mount adjustably engageable with the base. The mount, or a part attachable thereto, forms a shooter's body engaging portion. The at least one relocation member is couplable to the base and configured to adjust the mount relative to the base in a first direction. The at least one adjustment member configured to engage the least one relocation member, and is couplable to the mount, to thereby adjust the mount relative to the base in a second direction, wherein the mount is movable both laterally of, and away from or towards, the stock body of the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BESPOKE ENGINEERING PTY LTD.
    Inventor: Nicholas Mebberson
  • Patent number: 11965709
    Abstract: A buffer tube for a firearm can include a body defining an interior cavity for receiving a buffer spring and a rail disposed on and/or formed from the outer surface of the body. The rail can include one or more pin holes configured to receive a pin of a stock to lock the stock in a position. The buffer tube can also include a slide bar channel defined through at least a portion of the rail and configured to allow a slide bar to slide therein relative to the one or more pin holes to urge a pin out of a respective pin hole and/or to block a pin from being received by the pin holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Vantac Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Joede Thomas Vanek
  • Patent number: 11959367
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for using a tandem sub to connect one or more perforating gun assemblies, having a rotational bearing mechanism lining the inner diameter in both ends to allow the charge tube assembly to rotate within the gun body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hunting Titan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Bradley, Julio Cesar Veliz
  • Patent number: 11953289
    Abstract: An adjustable shoulder rest for a rear stock for a rifle or shotgun, with slidable adjustment features at the butt plate to customize the shoulder to firearm interface, providing diverse adjustment options pursuant to user preference and/or circumstances of use. The present invention further provides a pivotal, slidably-adjustable shoulder rest to facilitate customized position adjustment to the firearms orientation vis-a-vis the operator, including the option to provide a swivel connection for adjustment of the firearm during operation as well as the option of providing haptic feedback to communicate to the user or otherwise facilitate line of sight alignment of the firearm at various angles relative to the longitudinal axis thereof in line with one or more sighting apparatus mounted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: John W Angers, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11940260
    Abstract: A device for detecting the absence of a mechanical barrier for a missile comprises a rod constrained by a first elastic element and a free end capable of coming into contact with the mechanical barrier and a cam constrained by a second elastic element. The rod can assume one or more of the following positions: an initial entry position wherein the rod is held in a stable position between the cam and the mechanical barrier, an extended position wherein the cam moved the rod in the direction of the free end, and a final entry position wherein the rod is acted upon by the first elastic element after the rod has been released by the cam once the rod has completely entered the missile in the final entry position so as to no longer present a danger to its environment or a hindrance to the proper functioning of the missile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventor: Edouard Martin
  • Patent number: 11933575
    Abstract: This application relates to a shooting game system using an airsoft gun and an auto tracer control method. In one aspect, the system includes a main body including a muzzle through which a pellet moves, a light-emitting device providing light to the pellet so that the pellet is changed to a fluorescent color in a light-emitting region in the muzzle, and a sensor unit configured to detect pulling of a trigger provided on the main body and provide a firing detection signal. The system may also include a control board configured to control a supply unit to provide the pellet and the compressed gas to the main body in response to the firing detection signal and including an auto tracer controller configured to control the light-emitting device to emit light at a timing when the pellet passes through the light-emitting region in response to the firing detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Youngbae Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Seung Won Song
  • Patent number: 11933577
    Abstract: A water balloon cannon including a barrel with a bore diameter designed to receive a water balloon. The barrel extends between a muzzle and a rear portion, where the rear portion defines a compressed air port and a water port. The water balloon cannon further includes a water valve for introducing a volume of water through the water port into the rear portion of the bore diameter, and an air valve for introducing a flow of compressed air through the compressed air port into the rear portion of the bore diameter. The volume of water is designed to act as a buffer between the flow of compressed air and the water balloon positioned within the bore diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Aaron Robinson
  • Patent number: 11933557
    Abstract: A non-lethal rifle that may include a chamber, a barrel, a gas flow controller that is configured to release, following a trigger, a controllable amount of gas into the chamber; wherein the controllable amount of gas is determined based on, at least, information regarding a target; and an ignition unit that is configured to ignite the gas within a chamber thereby causing a controlled explosion that propels a non-lethal projectile through the chamber, the barrel and towards the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: A.T. COBRA
    Inventors: Tsuriel Admanit, Aryeh Odess
  • Patent number: 11920889
    Abstract: A toy firearm includes: a hollow firearm body; a cartridge module separably coupled in front of the firearm body to store a plurality of BB bullets to be fired; a gas discharge module to supply introduced gas to the BB bullets stored in the cartridge module by sequential control using a solenoid valve; an electrical sound module electrically connected to the gas discharge module to generate an electrical high voltage sound for a predetermined time with respect to a point in time of firing the BB bullets stored in the cartridge module; and a gas tank disposed in a grip of the firearm body to temporarily store the gas and supply the stored gas to the gas discharge module, wherein the cartridge module includes a pair of barrels arranged side by side at a predetermined angle along front and rear sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GUNPOWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Pyo Hong, Sung June Yoo, Kyoung Ki Yang
  • Patent number: 11920901
    Abstract: Police officers use conducted electrical weapons (“CEWs”) and cameras. A camera and a CEW may cooperate to improve the performance and use of the CEW and evidence collection by the camera. A camera and a CEW may also cooperate to improve the safety of the user and the target. Improvements may include improving targeting of the CEW, identifying and classifying body parts of the target as suitable or unsuitable for electrode deployment, adjusting electrode trajectory prior to launch, and automating electrode launch. Evidence collection may be improved by recording placement of electrodes on the target. Safety of the target may be improved by monitoring the movements of the target and altering characteristics of the delivered stimulus signal if potential harm to the target may occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Basche, Tyler Conant, Gabriel Othman, Nache Shekarri
  • Patent number: 11906263
    Abstract: An ambidextrous folding stock assembly for a firearm includes a forward hinge fitting attached to the firearm, a central assembly disposed on a rear side of the forward hinge fitting, and a rear hinge fitting disposed on a rear side of the central assembly. The central assembly includes at least one hinge body, an actuation portion including a lower portion disposed below the at least one hinge body, and at least one latch portion disposed below the at least one hinge body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: James Matthew Underwood, Larry Cullen Underwood
  • Patent number: 11906268
    Abstract: User-zeroable adjustment knobs for an aiming device include a rotating member that is rotated to change a setting of the aiming device, a dial selectively couplable to the rotating member via a clutch for co-rotation therewith, and a locking mechanism that prevents the dial and rotating member from rotating relative to the aiming device when the locking mechanism is locked. The clutch is disengagable without the use of tools to allow the dial to rotate relative to the rotating member for zeroing the aiming device. The locking mechanism may include a lock release that is accessible from outside of the dial and movable relative to the dial and the rotating member to release the locking mechanism. Methods of zeroing locking adjustment knobs are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LEUPOLD & STEVENS, INC.
    Inventor: Kyle Edward Enzinger
  • Patent number: 11898815
    Abstract: A semiautomatic shotgun successfully uses the AR-10 receiver and the superior direct impingement gas system. A combination of locking lugs to maintain proper sequencing, a spring disposed inside of a gas impingement chamber, and a spring to cycle the action. Fouling is avoided using nickel-boron coated parts, permanent infusion of a dry film lubricant, and an angled gas port. A unique magazine feed lip and barrel extension feed ramp and the magazine maintaining the shells at a slight angle upward, and a bolt face having a rear facing partial bevel avoid jamming and snagging. The present invention also teaches raised gas tube and gas key to accommodate the larger bore of the shotgun. The combination achieves an AR-10 based shotgun which has the advantages of direct impingement cycling (less recoil, greater accuracy, etc) without fouling and/or jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: James Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11898821
    Abstract: Disclosed is a passive shock-absorbing system for a sighting apparatus installed on a device including equipment generating the shocks, the system including two rigid plates substantially parallel to one another, via a first plate secured to the part of the device including the equipment and a second plate secured to the sighting apparatus, the plates being connected to one another by a position return component returning the plates to a determined relative rest position after absorbing a shock. The system is characterized in that the position return component includes a line-point-plane positioning unit with balls between the two plates and a set of elastic return members connecting the two plates to one another. A corresponding device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: EXAIL
    Inventor: Bruno Crepy
  • Patent number: 11892267
    Abstract: The buttstock assembly uses a modular design including interchangeable end attachments and sling strap connectors. The interchangeable end attachments allow the buttstock to have different toe heights and configurations for different shooting applications. The interchangeable strap connectors allow the use of either quick-disconnect style sling swivels or more traditional fixed strap loops as desired. The buttstock assembly also uses a “trigger” style locking mechanism to selectively position and lock the buttstock along the length of the extension tube to adjust the overall length of pull of the weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TangoDown, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Matthew Cahill, Daniel Michel
  • Patent number: 11892256
    Abstract: An ammunition magazine includes a self-locking mechanism configured to prevent the magazine from being removed from a firearm without disassembly of the firearm action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: David Maga
  • Patent number: 11885589
    Abstract: A foldable pump-action shotgun is disclosed to enable the pump-action shotgun used in hunting to be created in a folding structure, thus providing ease of carriage, wherein the feeding/unloading process of the cartridge is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KKAIZEN ARMS İMALAT İTHALAT VE İHRACAT SANAYİ TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ
    Inventor: Ferhat Yücel
  • Patent number: 11874083
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an air gun. The air gun having a recoil gas unit and a bolt carrier unit. The recoil gas unit comprises a recoil guide tube configured to supply compressed air and a recoil assembly spring for movement of the recoil tube carrier. The bolt carrier unit is coupled to the recoil gas unit and comprises a piston disposed at a first end of the bolt carrier unit. The bolt carrier unit also comprises a valve chamber for performing a firing stroke of the air gun. The bolt carrier unit also comprises a piston chamber integrated at a second end of the bolt carrier unit. The piston chamber is configured to facilitate movement of the piston and to receive the compressed air, for performing a recoiling stroke of the air gun. The recoil gas unit facilitates the firing stroke and the recoiling stroke of the air gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Straka, Scott Watrous
  • Patent number: 11867476
    Abstract: A pneumatic assembly for a projectile launching system including a body defining a continuous bore. A nozzle is positioned within the bore adjacent the forward end of the body and is moveable between a rearward position wherein the nozzle facilitates passage of a projectile through a projectile port and a forward position wherein the nozzle blocks the projectile port to prevent passage of a projectile therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Polarstar Engineering & Machine LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Noji, Rodd Rambo