Patents by Inventor Gary Cauble

Gary Cauble 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: 8296986
    Abstract: A firearm stock having an internal cavity, a buttplate assembly and an engaging lever. The buttplate assembly has a base member including a locking leg. The locking leg includes a locking notch and the base member includes an attachment leg. The attachment leg includes an attachment aperture. The buttplate assembly is pivotally coupled, via an attachment pin, to a rear portion of the stock. The engaging lever is positioned through an aperture in an upper portion of the stock and comprises a body extending from a head to a locking tab. The body also includes a release notch in a central portion. The body is positioned within the locking notch when the buttplate assembly is in a closed position and the body is removed from the locking notch when the engaging lever is rotated into a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Clifton L. Cook, Thomas M. Gregory, Robert A. Kincaid, Kurtis Sparing, Eric M. Yeates, Birten L. Todd, Gary Cauble, Chris Michaels, James K. Bentley
  • Patent number: 8205371
    Abstract: A recoil reduction system having a stock with a track formed therein and extending a bottom wall; a sliding member that includes a rail extending from the right side and the left side of the rail, and wherein the sliding member is slidably received within the track by interaction of the track and the rail; a handgrip member formed as a portion of the stock, wherein the handgrip member includes a chamber that extends within the handgrip member; a first recoil reduction means mounted within the chamber, wherein the first recoil reduction means is configured to oppose sliding by the sliding member in at least one direction; and a second recoil reduction means mounted within the track, wherein the recoil reduction means is configured to oppose sliding by the sliding member in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Clifton L. Cook, Thomas M. Gregory, Robert A. Kincaid, Kurtis Sparing, Eric M. Yeates, Birten L. Todd, Gary Cauble, Chris Michaels, James K. Bentley
  • Patent number: D645110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventors: Clifton L. Cook, Thomas M. Gregory, Robert A. Kincaid, Kurtis Sparing, Eric M. Yeates, Birten L. Todd, Gary Cauble, James K. Bentley