Patent ID: 8162321
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: F41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bullet trap comprising: a housing having a bottom, a rear wall and two side walls; a ramp extending substantially horizontally between the two side walls, the ramp being angled downward towards the rear wall of the housing, and constructed and arranged to direct a bullet fired from a firearm along a lower surface; wherein the ramp has a sharpened leading edge, a substantially flat center portion, a downward arcing portion at a rear of the ramp and a smooth transition between the sharpened leading edge, the center portion, and the arcing portion; an arced section formed in the housing along an intersection of the rear wall and the bottom of the housing; a bullet receptacle at the bottom of the housing, positioned in front of the arced section; wherein the bullet fired from the firearm is received within the bullet trap and contacts surfaces of the ramp, housing and arced section of the housing at angles of less than 20 degrees, the bullet having a direction of travel altered approximately 180 degrees from an angle of firing by travel along the ramp and the arced section of the housing, being finally received, while the bullet is travelling at approximately 180 degrees from an angle of firing, by a granular bullet receiving material within the bullet receptacle; wherein the bullet receiving material is constructed and arranged to absorb a majority of a kinetic energy of the bullet while the bullet is travelling at approximately 180 degrees from the angle of firing; and the bullet trap being configured as a dry trap such that the housing, the ramp, and the bullet receptacle are dry when in operation.