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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfred V Carbone, Hopkinton, NH (US);
Assignee:
Academy of Applied Science, Concord, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102439 ; 102444 ; 102502 ; 102513 ; 102520 ; 102529 ; 102532 ;
Abstract
A novel cartridge for conventional shot gun and other weapons, suitable for training and other applications, and containing a thin-walled ball encapsulating a substance to be ejected upon the ball hitting the target, provided with a folded fan enclosure for the ball and its holder within the cartridge which, upon expulsion of the ball-holder-fan unit upon firing, causes the ball to separate and continue to the target, while the folded fan segments spring open in free flight into an air-resistant disc and then pinwheel with the holder harmlessly to the ground within a short distance of the gun.