Patent ID: 9494396
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F41A,F41C,F42B

Claim Text:
1. Non-lethal projectile launchable by a fire arm, wherein the projectile is fitted in a barrel of the fire arm and is launched by firing a conventional bullet, the projectile comprising a body, the body contains a hollow space receiving at least a part of a bullet trap adapted to receive a fired bullet, wherein part of the projectile is insertable in a muzzle of the barrel and wherein the bullet trap consumes a considerable part of kinetic energy of the bullet and converts only a fraction thereof to kinetic enerdy of the projectile, wherein, in order to consume a considerable part of the kinetic energy of the bullet, the bullet trap comprises at least one plastically deformable element longitudinally shiftable in the body over a predetermined distance of the hollow space against frictional forces, and wherein the bullet trap comprises a plug and a catching piece, a rear part of the plug being a peg insertable into the muzzle of the barrel and a front part of the plug is a cylinder cooperating with the catching piece located in the hollow space, wherein the front part of the plug is a hollow cylinder whose inner diameter is equal or greater than an outer diameter of the peg, the hollow cylinder resting against a second circular ring-shaped shoulder of the catching piece and, because of its inner diameter constitutes a breaking zone at its transition to the peg.