Patent ID: 6463688
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: F41A,F41B,F41C

Abstract:
An apparatus for launching a projectile including a barrel body, a breech body pivotally coupled at one end to the barrel body, a handle coupled at one end to the breech body, a firing mechanism including a first tubular member securely coupled within the breech body and having a spring-loaded firing pin at a front end, a second tubular member slidably coupled within the breech body proximate to a back end of the first tubular member and adapted to slide longitudinally over the first tubular member, a tubular stop securely coupled to a front end of the second tubular member between the front and back ends of the first tubular member within the breech body, and a spring-loaded hammer disposed within the second tubular member and adapted to forcibly impinge on the spring-loaded firing pin of the first tubular member when the second tubular member is slidably pulled forward over the first tubular member toward the firing pin from a first uncocked position to a second cocked position, said apparatus characterized by a trigger base coupled to the second tubular member and adapted to push the tubular stop forward toward the firing pin, a trigger plate pivotally coupled at one end to said trigger base and adapted to pivot relative to the breech body between a first substantially horizontal position in which said trigger plate is at rest and a second substantially vertical position for pushing the tubular stop forward toward the firing pin to trigger the firing mechanism, and a trigger lock securely coupled to the breech body opposite said trigger base for latching said trigger plate when said trigger plate is in said first position.