Patent ID: 9228810
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B23K,F41J,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A bullet trap comprising: a bullet containment chamber comprising a plurality of rows of impact plates forming a generally cylindrical shape having a bullet inlet and a bullet outlet, wherein one or more rows of impact plates comprises a plurality of elongate impact plates disposed in a horizontally extending row forming one or more joints between the ends of adjacent impact plates; and a support configured to support the elongate impact plates at the position of the one or more joint between adjacent ends of the elongate impact plates, wherein the support is external to the containment chamber and does not extend into the containment chamber to form an interior sidewall which divides the containment chamber, thereby providing a bullet containment chamber that is substantially uninterrupted by an interior sidewall at the position of the one or more joint between adjacent ends of the elongate impact plates.