Patents by Inventor Brett N. Epstein

Brett N. Epstein 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).

  • PREMEASURED POWDER CHARGE ENCASED WITHIN CONSUMABLE CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20110174185
    Abstract: A consumable premeasured charge for use with an intended black powder firearm having barrel with a desired caliber, the consumable premeasured charge comprising a closed container defining an interior chamber and loose granular gunpowder filling a volume of the interior chamber to between 50 and approximately 100%. The closed container being sized to be loaded within a gun barrel of the intended firearm. A method of forming consumable premeasured charge is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: AMERICAN PIONEER POWDER, INC.
    Inventors: Brett N. EPSTEIN, Mark A. GRIESBACH
  • Method of making a gas generation composition
    Patent number: 5557151
    Abstract: A method of making gas generation compositions is provided comprising the steps of dry mixing an oxidizing agent, an organic acid, an iron compound and carbon to form a dry mixed product composition, without cooking, and then introducing a binder, such as water, to the composition, compacting the bound composition, comminuting the compacted bound composition to form granules and drying the compacted granules without cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Legend Products Corporation
    Inventors: Brett N. Epstein, Mark A. Griesbach, Earl F. Kurtz