Abstract: New handgun configurations are enabled by a multiple cartridge magazine that includes the firing chamber for each cartridge. A hammer with a pivot pin below and between the leading and trailing edges of a chamber strikes the primer at an acute angle. A sliding trigger mechanism with cupped ball bearings in pockets facilitate sliding motion.

Abstract: New handgun configurations are enabled by a multiple cartridge magazine that includes the firing chamber for each cartridge. A hammer with a pivot pin below and between the leading and trailing edges of a chamber strikes the primer at an acute angle. A sliding trigger mechanism with cupped ball bearings in pockets facilitate sliding motion.

Abstract: New handgun configurations are enabled by a multiple cartridge magazine that includes the firing chamber for each cartridge. A hammer with a pivot pin below and between the leading and trailing edges of a chamber strikes the primer at an acute angle. A sliding trigger mechanism with cupped ball bearings in pockets facilitate sliding motion.

Abstract: New handgun configurations are enabled by a multiple cartridge magazine that includes the firing chamber for each cartridge. The magazine is indexed mechanically through the stock, with full index on trigger pull or full index on trigger release or part of the index period on trigger release and the remainder on trigger pull, thus aligning each successive cartridge with the barrel for firing. A sliding trigger mechanism with an index finger pull portion actuates both the magazine indexing and the firing mechanism. The firing mechanism employs a trigger actuated spring-loaded hammer with a wedge portion, which impacts a corresponding wedge shaped anvil which may contain an eccentric adjustable firing pin for firing center fire or rim fire cartridges.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of the product is provided, the tobacco product including a water-permeable pouch containing a tobacco formulation, the tobacco formulation including a tobacco material and a plurality of microcapsules dispersed within the tobacco material, the plurality of microcapsules including an outer shell encapsulating an internal payload. The internal payload may include an additive such as water, flavorants, binders, colorants, pH adjusters, buffering agents, fillers, disintegration aids, humectants, antioxidants, oral care ingredients, preservatives, additives derived from herbal or botanical sources, and mixtures thereof. Microencapsulated flavorants include tobacco-containing flavorants, such as tobacco extracts or a particulate tobacco material, sweeteners (e.g., sweeteners containing neotame), and vanillin (optionally in a complexed form).

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes a powdered or granular smokeless tobacco formulation that is contained within a moisture-permeable packet or pouch. The smokeless tobacco formulation may include finely ground particles of tobacco in powder-like form and other ingredients such as sweeteners, binders, colorants, pH adjusters, fillers, flavoring ingredients, disintegration aids, antioxidants and preservatives. The tobacco formulation may have a dry or moist form. The container has the form of a pouch or bag, such as is the type commonly used for the manufacture of snus products. The container preferably contains at least one capsule, such as a spherical breakable capsule. The container is intended to be placed in the mouth of the tobacco user, such that the tobacco formulation within the container may be enjoyed by the user. After the tobacco user is finished using the smokeless tobacco product, the container is removed from the user's mouth for disposal.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes a powdered or granular smokeless tobacco formulation that is contained within a moisture-permeable packet or pouch. The smokeless tobacco formulation includes finely ground particles of tobacco in powder-like form and other ingredients such as sweeteners, binders, colorants, pH adjusters, fillers, flavoring agents, disintegration aids, antioxidants and preservatives. The container has the form of a pouch or bag, such as is the type commonly for the manufacture of snus products. The container is intended to be placed in the mouth of the tobacco user, in order that the dry tobacco formulation within the container may be enjoyed by the user. After the tobacco user is finished using the smokeless tobacco product, the container is removed from the user's mouth for disposal. Alternatively, the container is dissolvable or dispersible in the mouth of the user.

Abstract: A smoking article, such as a cigarette, includes a lighting end and a mouth end. The lighting end is a longitudinally extending segment comprising smokable material that is intended to be lit and burned, and the resulting smoke generated by the burning of that smokable material is intended to be drawn into the mouth of the smoker through the mouth end of smoking article. A mouth end piece is located at the mouth end of the smoking article, and the mouth end piece allows the smoking article to be placed in the mouth of the smoker to be drawn upon. The smoking article further incorporates an aerosol-generation system that is located between the lighting end segment and the mouth end piece. The aerosol-generation system includes (i) a heat generation segment located adjacent to the lighting end segment, and (ii) an aerosol-generation region located between the heat generation segment and the mouth end piece. The aerosol-generation region incorporates an aerosol-forming material (e.g., glycerin and flavors).