Patent ID: 6289623
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A device for reducing the danger of harm caused by the accidental discharge of a bullet from a firearm, comprising:attachment means adapted to engage the muzzle end of a firearm barrel;a substantially tubular body having a cavity and coaxially attachable at one of its ends to said barrel via said attachment means;an impact disc having upper and lower surfaces, slidably disposed in the cavity of said tubular body;spring means interposed in said tubular body between the inside top surface of said tubular body and the upper surface of said impact disc, the lower surface of said impact disc retained by an abutment in said tubular body, said spring means acting on said impact disc to maintain contact with said impact disc with said abutment inside said tubular body, anda body made of a material at least as hard as the material of the bullets to be used with the firearm, said body being affixed at the lower surface of said impact disc, for substantially preventing a bullet from piercing through said impact disc;whereby, upon the discharge of a bullet, said bullet impacts said body, transferring some of its kinetic energy to said spring means and thereby reducing the danger of harm caused by the accidental discharge of said bullet from said firearm.