Firearms inventions 08/07

20070199224 - Recoil system for the forend of a firearm: A recoil reduction system for the front end of a firearm, such as a shotgun or a rifle. In a first embodiment, the recoil reduction structure is mounted in a handgrip member secured to the bottom surface of the forend member. Various types of springs and cylindrical elastomer members can... Agent: Charles C. Logan Ii

20070199225 - Accessory rail assembly for firearms: An accessory rail assembly includes an accessory rail and mounting members that can be mounted to the accessory rail in a variety of rotational and axial orientations.... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070199227 - Adjustable rear pistol sight: An adjustable rear pistol sight has a sight base and a sight block. The sight block is secured in a recess in the sight base and has both windage and elevation adjustment capabilities. The sight base has a dovetail that will be receivable in a cooperatively shaped notch in a... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20070193101 - Safety mechanism for a rifle: A bolt locking housing (16) on a gun, behind the chamber (4) thereof, for receiving abolt (6) including an extractor (10) having an extractor hook that grips a corresponding extractor groove (21) of a cartridge (2) within said chamber (4), characterized by said bolt locking housing (16) being asymmetrically machined... Agent: Jeffrey A. Pine Baniak Pine & Gannon

20070193102 - Composite firearm barrel: A composite barrel for a firearm and method for forming by forging. The barrel includes at least two materials joined together by forging. In a preferred embodiment, at least one material is preferably lighter in weight than the other material. The barrel may include an inner tube and an outer... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070193103 - Gun system and accessory thereof: A gun accessory includes a main body having an upper surface having two sides, a first side wall and a second side wall extending upwardly from each of the two sides, first and second slide members provided on the first and second side walls, respectively, and a first locating hole... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070186457 - Shooting device: A paintball marker (10) comprises a barrel (11), through which paintballs may be fired by a firing mechanism (not shown). A handle (12) is provided to allow a user to comfortably grip the marker (10) and a trigger (13) is provided, for activating the firing mechanism. A trigger guard (14)... Agent: Pearson & Pearson, LLP

20070186458 - Interchangeable barrel system for rifles: A system for use with firearms which permits the ready exchange of barrels on a single action and stock assembly. The barrels may be quickly and easily exchanged under field conditions using a single simple tool and without removing the action and receiver from the firearm stock. Barrels of different... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070186459 - Front interfacing detachable scope mount: A detachable mount for a telescopic sight which can be operated using only one latching mechanism. The mount uses a front base attached to the ring of a rifle receiver and a rear base attached to the bridge of a rifle receiver. The upper surfaces of both the front and... Agent: John Wiley Horton, Attorney Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20070180748 - Automatic rifle converted for non-military use: In an automatic rifle which has been converted for non-military purposes to be semi-automatic by the removal of parts that allow its automatic function, additional suppressing elements are provided to ensure that the interrupter remains depressed until the bolt carrier fully passes the striker catch before the striker catch is... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070180749 - Weapons firing safeties and methods of operating the same: Weapons safety systems and methods of operating the system are described. An example weapons safety system in which the enabling of a weapon to shoot is controlled by means of an exchange of identification between the weapon and an enabling apparatus. An example weapon includes a weapon identification code and... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070180750 - Long gun stock: A long gun stock for a sniper's rifle includes a longitudinally extending support member for supporting a gun barrel and a hollow portion for receiving a firing mechanism. The gun stock also includes front and rear handgrips extending downwardly and rearwardly toward the rear of the gun stock with the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070180751 - \"moving red dot\" sighting device: Improved “moving red dot” sighting device, characterized in that it comprises a fixed light source (4) and a reflecting blade (17), whereby the light source (4) produces a collimated light beam (5) which is projected onto the reflecting blade (17) so as to obtain a red dot or reticle which... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070175077 - Rifle stock with recoil absorption facility: A rifle stock has an elongated body with a forward end and a butt and. The upper and lower edges of the stock are solid and continuous from front to rear. A slot generally parallel to the butt plate is formed adjacent to the butt plate to allow limited flexing... Agent: Langlotz Patent Works, Inc.

20070175078 - Process for manufacturing double barrel shotgun barrels, and the resulting double barrels: A method for manufacturing double barrel shotgun barrels, including the steps of providing an elongated metal stock material having a first end and a second end, forming two index holes in both the first end and the second end of the material, forming a first and second bore hole through... Agent: Karl C. Lippard

20070175079 - Integral scope and mount: A scope formed integral with a mount which may be used on rifles or similar weapons utilizing telescopic sights.... Agent: The Intellect Law Group

20070175081 - Gun sight with continuously measuring rangefinder: A gun sight includes a rangefinder that operates in a continuous-measuring mode as soon as the rangefinder is activated. Because the rangefinder is continuously determining the distance to the target when in the continuous-measuring mode, the user does not have to take any time to press any buttons in order... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC