Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
273410000 | Projectile backstop | 36 |
20080258395 | Modular Shooting Range - Disclosed is a modular, expandable, and portable shooting range system. The system can include one or more shooting modules that mount together to provide different numbers of shooting lanes with various lengths. The shooting modules are pre-engineered with removable panels in permit additional shooting modules to be added on as customer orders. This configuration also permits adding to the length of the shooting range to accommodate firing of different weapons. The shooting range system can further include a control booth which is divided from the shooting lanes. The control booth can be integrally formed with the shooting modules, or can be separate. The control booth can include a module control which allows a person to control lighting, air, and target control systems of the shooting range system, and can further provide a safe location to view the range. | 10-23-2008 |
20080258396 | Aqua Shooting Range - This invention relates to sports and leisure structures. An Aquatir comprising a water-filled pool formed by walls, an above-water fencing, at least one shooting position with weapon and at least one underwater target. The pool is equipped with a transversal partition that separates the pool swimming area with the shooting position from the underwater target, wherein the partition in front of each shooting position has at least one underwater embrasure and located behind the targets above-water part of the pool wall and above-water fencing are equipped with bullet-traps | 10-23-2008 |
20090096173 | BULLET TRAP - A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a removable attachment mechanism, to enable repair on the trap, to reduce bullet adhesion to the trap and to provide improved containment of lead and improved access to the trap. | 04-16-2009 |
20090102130 | PORTABLE FIRING BERM - A portable firing berm adapted to capture bullet fragments from rounds fired at the berm. The portable firing berm has a funnel portion and a dry tank portion connected to the funnel portion. The funnel portion is configured to funnel and deflect rounds into the dry tank portion. The dry tank portion has absorbing media fill therein, the absorbing media being arranged to absorb energy from the fired rounds and to capture and contain the bullet fragments. | 04-23-2009 |
20100187761 | BULLET TRAP - A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a removable attachment mechanism, to enable repair on the trap, to reduce bullet adhesion to the trap and to provide improved containment of lead and improved access to the trap. | 07-29-2010 |
20100270743 | Bullet Trap - A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a removable attachment mechanism, to enable repair on the trap, to reduce bullet adhesion to the trap and to provide improved containment of lead and improved access to the trap. | 10-28-2010 |
20100276889 | BULLET TRAP - A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a removable attachment mechanism, to enable repair on the trap, to reduce bullet adhesion to the trap and to provide improved containment of lead and improved access to the trap. | 11-04-2010 |
20100320693 | Projectile Trap Material With Improved Trapping Behavior For Projectiles - A projectile trap composition comprising 10% to 100% by weight of metallocene polyolefin wax and/or its derivatives. The projectile trap composition of the present invention has high permeability for projectiles with self-healing behavior and it effects the complete deceleration of impacting projectiles in a system of different plates and in some instances additionally a section of projectile trap composition granules. | 12-23-2010 |
20100327531 | Portable firing berm - A portable firing berm adapted to capture bullets fired at the berm. The portable berm has a frame forming an opening through which bullets fired at the berm enter the berm and a bullet containment portion communicating with the opening. The bullet containment portion has an integral impact section disposed so that unspent bullets received in the bullet containment portion impact against and are stopped by the impact section, and having an integral bullet containment section arranged to contain bullets and bullet fragments from the impact section. The bullet containment portion is movably mounted to the frame to move substantially as a unit relative to the opening from one position to another position. | 12-30-2010 |
20110037227 | PORTABLE PROJECTILE TRAP ASSEMBLY - A portable projectile trap assembly includes a modular target assembly having a frame configured to retain a plurality of backstop panels. The plurality of backstop panels are removably mounted on a front side of the frame forming a planar backstop, and a front panel of resilient material is removably mounted to and covers the front side of the planar backstop opposite the frame. The front panel is spaced from the planar backstop to form an air gap between the backstop and the front panel. When a projectile is fired at the target assembly, the projectile passes through the front panel and impacts against and is stopped by the backstop. The target assembly is attached to a support mast at the rear side of the frame; the support mast is attached to a mobile base supporting the target assembly in a vertical orientation above the mobile base. | 02-17-2011 |
20110233869 | BALLISTIC PANELING FOR BULLET TRAPS - A ballistic wall includes a facing material having destructible material with at least one side having a resilient material attached thereto to help provide additional integrity to the wall and to reduce the risk of ricocheting projectiles passing through the facing material. | 09-29-2011 |
20110233870 | EMPTY SHELL RECOVERY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device for collecting empty shells that have been used at a shooting range and specifically to an empty shell recovery device of low operating cost. To achieve the above, the empty shell recovery device according to an embodiment of the present invention is furnished with absorption panels that are isolated from each other and inserted into sliding grooves of side plates facing each other to enable replacement and absorb the kinetic energy of an empty shell, an empty shell collection part that is inserted into the rear of the side plate and furnished with an escape prevention panel that prevents empty shells from escaping, and an empty shell discharge part that collects empty shells falling from the empty shell collection part downward and discharges them. Thus empty shells used at a shooting range are collected and recycling of empty shells is made possible. | 09-29-2011 |
20110260407 | BULLET TRAP WITH INCLINED PLATES - A bullet trap | 10-27-2011 |
20120038110 | BULLET DECELERATING MEDIUM AND BULLET TRAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE MEDIUM - A bullet trap apparatus is provided for capturing an associated bullet traveling along a substantially linear trajectory. The bullet trap apparatus includes a support frame and a flowable material disposed on an upper surface of the support frame. The support frame has an upper surface configured to support associated material. The flowable material is disposed on the upper surface of the support frame substantially on the linear trajectory, and includes a plurality of sheets of substantially rectangular material. Each of the sheets are configured for deflecting the associated bullet from its substantially linear path and absorbing energy from the associated bullet by the deflecting, thereby slowing the traveling of the associated bullet through the flowable material. The flowable material includes a plurality of sheets of substantially rectangular material, each of the sheets including a rubber material and one or more sheets of a fabric material formed of woven strands coupled with the rubber material. | 02-16-2012 |
20120126480 | MOVABLE BULLET TRAP - A portable bullet trap includes a rail which is attachable to a shoot house or other ballistic wall and a trolley which facilitates movement of the bullet trap along the rail. Additionally a bullet trap may include a plurality of pivotable baffles or other structures disposed therein to deflect and partially decelerate a bullet. | 05-24-2012 |
20120126481 | BULLET TRAP - A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a removable attachment mechanism, to enable repair on the trap, to reduce bullet adhesion to the trap and to provide improved containment of lead and improved access to the trap. | 05-24-2012 |
20120181752 | PORTABLE FIRING BERM - A portable firing berm adapted to capture bullets fired at the berm. The portable berm has a frame assembly defining exterior boundaries of the berm and forming an opening through which bullets fired at the berm enter the berm. A bullet containment portion is communicating with the opening, the bullet containment portion arranged such that unspent bullets received in the bullet containment portion impact against, are stopped and contained by the bullet containment portion. The frame assembly has a moveable wall moveable from a first position to a second position, without removal from the frame assembly, so that the berm is configurable between a transport and placement configuration of the berm and an operating configuration of the berm substantially without disassembly of the frame assembly. | 07-19-2012 |
20120187631 | Clearing Trap - A clearing trap for decelerating bullets including a housing and bullet deceleration material disposed within the housing. The bullet deceleration material may include a plurality of layers of rubber material and metal for safely decelerating a bullet. Further, the layers of rubber material may have different densities and different types of metal may be used to decelerate a bullet. The clearing trap may also include vent holes for dissipation of the force generated from discharging a firearm in the housing and diverters which channel vented gasses away from a shooter. | 07-26-2012 |
20130020767 | Bullet Trap - A bullet trap is provided having a housing, a plurality of downward sloping ramps, and a bullet receptacle. The bullet trap may provide a low cost, easy to maintain and effective bullet trap solution for firing ranges. Further, the bullet trap comprises lifting lugs allowing it to be transported using a helicopter or other rotary blade aircraft. | 01-24-2013 |
20130187336 | Round Absorbing Airsoft Target Trap Assembly - A round absorbing Airsoft target trap assembly is provided that includes a target frame and a backstop for receiving and reducing the velocity of Airsoft rounds passing through the target frame. | 07-25-2013 |
20130307218 | PROJECTILE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - Steel plates loosely mounted in frame, with neoprene pads between the frame and plates to better absorb the noise and impact from projectiles. The plates are inclined having laterally projecting tabs in openings defined by parallel steel side-walls. A containment chamber communicates with downstream ends of inclined plates by a transition area downstream of the inclined plates. Chamber has projectile impact boundary defined by laterally extending vanes or strips of hardened steel. End portions of vanes fit loosely in openings defined by the chamber side-walls. The vanes have beveled edges that abut one another so movement of adjacent vanes occurs in response to one of these vanes being struck by a projectile. Vanes are biased inwardly toward normal, or rest positions, but can move outwardly when impacted by a projectile. The number of vanes selected to establish angles of incidence for adjacent vanes less than 12 degrees in chamber. | 11-21-2013 |
20130328269 | Stand-Alone Target Trap For Absorbing High Velocity Projectiles - A projectile absorption target for absorbing multiple projectiles moving at high speed includes, a first layer made from a resilient material to allow penetration of the multiple projectiles, and the first layer further includes a first top surface and a first bottom surface. The target further includes a second layer having a density and thickness sufficient for absorbing and trapping kinetic energy of the multiple projectiles, and the second layer further includes a second top surface and a second bottom surface. The target further includes a projectile casing for securely encasing the first layer and the second layer in position and the projectile casing includes a first surface. The first layer and the second layer are stacked over each other and positioned in a manner such that the first bottom surface of the first layer engages the second top surface of the second layer. | 12-12-2013 |
20140042701 | FIRING RANGE - Shooting range ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140159311 | BULLET TRAP - A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for facing plates while providing a removable attachment mechanism, to enable repair on the trap, to reduce bullet adhesion to the trap and to provide improved containment of lead and improved access to the trap. | 06-12-2014 |
20140203510 | BALLISTIC PANELING FOR BULLET TRAPS - A ballistic wall includes a facing material having destructible material with at least one side having a resilient material attached thereto to help provide additional integrity to the wall and to reduce the risk of ricocheting projectiles passing through the facing material. | 07-24-2014 |
20140284881 | BULLET DEFLECTING BAFFLE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a releasable clamp assembly for supporting one or more bullet deflecting plates, comprising: a first plate holder having a channel for receiving an outer lateral edge of a first deflecting plate; a second plate holder having a channel for receiving an outer lateral edge of a second deflecting plate; and a bridge comprising a bridge connecting the first plate holder and the second plate holder and one or more releasable clamp integral with the bridge, wherein the one or more releasable clamp is adapted to apply a clamping force in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first plate holder channel and second plate holder channel. The releasable clamp assembly, when disposed over the outer lateral edges of the first and second deflecting plate, positions the releasable clamp over the first and second deflecting plate to apply a clamping force to the one or more deflecting plate, thereby holding the releasable clamp assembly in secure engagement with the first and second deflecting plate. | 09-25-2014 |
20140346734 | Clearing Trap - A clearing trap for decelerating bullets including a housing and bullet deceleration material disposed within the housing. The bullet deceleration material may include a plurality of layers of rubber material and metal for safely decelerating a bullet. Further, the layers of rubber material may have different densities and different types of metal may be used to decelerate a bullet. The clearing trap may also include vent holes for dissipation of the force generated from discharging a firearm in the housing and diverters which channel vented gasses away from a shooter. | 11-27-2014 |
20150028546 | PROJECTILE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - Converging hardened steel plates are loosely mounted in a frame, with neoprene pads between them to better absorb the noise and impact from projectiles. The upstream end of the bullet trap is a target area, and a containment chamber communicates with the downstream ends of the plates defines a throat area. A transition area connects the chamber entry with the throat area. An impact plate between them has end portions fitted loosely in openings defined by the support frame. A plurality of vanes define the cylindrical chamber, and have loosely supported ends. These vanes have edges that abut and over-lap one another so movement of adjacent vanes will occur in response to one of these vanes being struck by a projectile. These vanes are normally restrained but can move radially outwardly when hit by a projectile. The number of vanes is less than 20 degrees in the chamber. | 01-29-2015 |
20150084284 | PROJECTILE RECOVERY CHAMBER - A chamber for the recovery of projectiles, or a bullet trap, which uses a gel having rheopectic properties in order to stop the bullet and which also uses a gel recirculation system in order to increase viscosity such that it stops the passage of the bullet. In addition, the recirculation system attracts the bullet towards the lowest part of the chamber and directs same towards a basket type filter from where the bullet is recovered. The dimensions of the projectile recovery chamber are such that it is easy to transport and the chamber includes a raising mechanism that can be used to adjust the height of the chamber according to the height of the shooter, as well as including a positioning device and a distributed logic control system for stopping and starting a recirculation pump. | 03-26-2015 |
20150123347 | A LEACHING PROTECTOR FOR OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGES - The object of the present invention is to provide a leaching protector at outdoor shooting ranges comprising an elastic covering layer arrangement ( | 05-07-2015 |
20160003584 | PORTABLE BULLET TRAP - A portable bullet trap includes a trailer having a hitch. A bullet trap box is removably placed on the trailer. The bullet trap box is formed by a pair of spaced side walls interconnected by a back wall and having a front face. A bottom wall is below the side walls and the front face and back wall. A top wall is hinged to the back wall and is movable from a closed position covering the interior of the box and to an open position exposing the interior of the box. Baffles made from energy absorbing material, such as rubber, are detachably mounted within the box. | 01-07-2016 |
20160076860 | LUBRICATED PROJECTILE TRAP AND SHOOTING RANGE - A fluid lubricated projectile trap includes a substantially cylindrical chamber defined by a forward concave wall and a rearward concave wall. A bullet funnel extending forwardly therefrom. The funnel having a lower panel connecting to the forward concave wall in conjunction with an end plate defines a pressurized fluid containment with discharge outlets directed to the rearward concave wall. All plumbing may be secured below the ramp and forward of the chamber. | 03-17-2016 |
20160116260 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING WARHEADS - A bullet head-collecting apparatus capable of easily collecting bullet heads and of controlling the extent to which the force of impact is absorbed depending on the kind of bullet head is disclosed. The bullet head-collecting apparatus includes a case configured to have a hexahedral shape with open front and upper faces, a cover plate removably mounted on the open upper face of the case, a buffer unit disposed in the case so as to absorb the force of impact of a bullet head, and a bullet head impact control unit, which includes at least one pair of first fixed brackets internally mounted on both lateral side surfaces of the case in front of the buffer unit and at least one first bullet head control plate removably fitted into the pair of first fixed brackets. | 04-28-2016 |
20160187108 | BULLET TRAP - A plate-type bullet trap provides an adjustable angle upper and lower plate system which facilitates adjustment of the individual angles of each plate as well as the mutual and relative angles between the plates. In this manner, the geometry presented by the plate-type bullet trap system may be varied to present a maximized efficiency and effectiveness of the plate trap geometry for various entrance paths and characteristics for bullets and other projectiles. | 06-30-2016 |
20160195371 | BULLET TRAP | 07-07-2016 |
20170234659 | BARRIER FOR ABSORBING VERY HIGH POWER BULLETS AND USES THEREOF | 08-17-2017 |