Patents by Inventor Elmer M. Rasmussen

Elmer M. Rasmussen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4869008
    Abstract: A substitute stock and trigger assembly for a gun of the rifle and shotgun type. The original stock is discarded and the substitute stock is mounted on the gun in lieu thereof. The substitute stock has a trigger member which is positioned a considerable distance in advance of the original trigger and immediately in front of a hand grip whereby a forefinger of the hand gripping the hand grip and supporting the gun may be utilized to actuate the trigger member. The trigger member is connected to the original trigger by a trigger assembly which includes, among other things, a pump piston and cylinder associated with the trigger member and an actuated piston and cylinder positioned adjacent the original trigger and engageable with a pivoted arm which engages the original trigger so as to effect the pushing of the original trigger to fire the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Bull-Pup Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Elmer M. Rasmussen