Patent Publication Number: US-6213022-B1

Title: Cartridge for hunting or the like

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a cartridge for hunting or the like. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved cartridge for hunting or the like. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     Numerous innovations for projectiles for hunting or the like have been provided in the prior art that will be described. Even though these innovations may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, however, they differ from the present invention. 
     A FIRST EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 4,044,685 to Avcin teaches a jacketless hunting projectile or bullet of the mushrooming-tip, high cutting-type that has a projectile body including a solid cylindrical guide part and a hollow head tapering toward a point. The hollow head has a progressively increasing wall thickness toward the solid part of the bullet and defines a cylindrical hollow space which receives a filling of a spreading material forming the tip of the projectile. This material rolls back the head after splitting it along notches formed in the hollow wall with sharp edges. 
     A SECOND EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 4,938,147 to Czetto, Jr. teaches a collapsible bullet that is provided which rapidly expands upon impact and possesses excellent penetration characteristics. The bullet includes at least two separate parts which form an integrated unit, i.e., a nose part having a central bore therethrough and a base or rear part which includes a central collapse column that projects through the opening in the nose part. The distal end of the collapse column is peened over to help hold the parts together. After initial impact by the leading end of the nose part, successive impacts are produced by the rear part, and any intermediate parts, as these parts are driven into the nose part, thereby causing an outward expansion of the nose part and possible complete penetration of the nose part by the rear part or parts. 
     A THIRD EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 5,185,495 to Petrovich et al. teaches an improved partially jacketed projectile intended for small arms use. The projectile includes a central stem integral with a rear wall of the projectile, the rear wall in turn being integral with the partial jacket. A core surrounding the stem and encased by the jacket is softer than the material forming the stem, rear wall and jacket. The jacket retards core petalling during initial projectile impact whereas the rear wall configuration enhances petalling when the projectile achieves subsequent target penetration. 
     A FOURTH EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 5,834,683 to Benvegnu&#39; teaches a projectile for firearms that has a body consisting of a plurality of disc-shaped elements coaxially fitted in a holding cup forcedly filled therewith. 
     It is apparent that numerous innovations for projectiles have been provided in the prior art that are adapted to be used. Furthermore, even though these innovations may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, however, they would not be suitable for the purposes of the present invention as heretofore described. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     ACCORDINGLY, AN OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an improved cartridge for hunting and the like that avoids the disadvantages of the prior art. 
     ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an improved cartridge for hunting and the like that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. 
     STILL ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an improved cartridge for hunting and the like that is simple to use. 
     BRIEFLY STATED, YET ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an improved cartridge of a type having a casing and a bullet with a tip expellable from the casing for entering a target. The improvement includes the bullet having a pair of throughbores bored through different levels thereof for causing the bullet to expand violently and over a wide diameter and mushroom halfway in the target so as to cause severe damage, destruction, and hemorrhage to internal organs of the target for a quick kill, with the mushrooming being regular up to a first throughbore of said pair of throughbores and then splitting causing not only a wider mushroom but a sudden extra shock to the target due to more energy transfer caused by more tissue displacement of the target due to the wider mushroom, and with the bullet then splitting again at a second throughbore of said pair of throughbores so as to further widen the mushroom for even more shock and damage to the internal organs of the target causing a quicker kill by virtue of the bullet expanding and peeling back to nearly inside out. 
     The novel features which are considered characteristic of the present invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of the specific embodiments when read and understood in connection with the accompanying drawing. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING 
     The figures on the drawing are briefly described as follows: 
     FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of the present invention in use; 
     FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of the present invention; 
     FIG. 3 is an enlarged diagrammatic side elevational view of the area generally enclosed by the dotted curve identified by arrow  3  in FIG. 2 of a first embodiment of the present invention; 
     FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic side elevational view taken generally in the direction of arrow  4  in FIG. 2; 
     FIG. 5 is an sectional view taken along line  5 — 5 FIG. 2; 
     FIG. 6 is an enlarged diagrammatic side elevational view of the area generally enclosed by the dotted curve identified by arrow  5  in FIG. 2 of a second embodiment of the present invention; and 
     FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic perspective view of a spent bullet of the present invention. 
    
    
     LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS UTILIZED IN THE DRAWING 
     First Embodiment 
       10  improved cartridge of the present invention 
       11  target 
       12  casing 
       13  tip of bullet  14   
       14  bullet 
       16  pair of throughbores bored through different levels of bullet  14  for causing bullet  14  to expand violently and over wide diameter and mushroom halfway in target  11   
       18  first throughbore of pair of throughbores  16  bored through different levels of bullet  14   
       20  second throughbore of pair of throughbores  16  bored through different levels of bullet  14   
     Second Embodiment 
       110  improved cartridge 
       122  dimple in tip  13  of bullet  14   
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Referring now to the figures, in which like numerals indicate like parts, and particularly to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the improved cartridge of the present invention is shown generally at  10  entering a target  11 . 
     The configuration of the improved cartridge  10  can best be seen in FIGS. 1-5 and  7 , and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto. 
     The improved cartridge  10  comprises a casing  12  and a bullet  14  with a tip  13  expellable from the casing  12 . 
     The improvement comprises the bullet  14  having a pair of throughbores  16  bored through different levels thereof for causing the bullet  14  to expand violently and over a wide diameter and mushroom halfway in the target  11  so as to cause severe damage, destruction, and hemorrhage to internal organs of the target  11  for a quick kill, with the mushrooming being regular up to a first throughbore  18  of the pair of throughbores  16  and then splitting causing not only a wider mushroom but a sudden extra shock to the target due to more energy transfer caused by more tissue displacement of the target  11  due to the wider mushroom, and with the bullet  14  then splitting again at a second throughbore  20  of the pair of throughbores  16  so as to further widen the mushroom for even more shock and damage to the internal organs of the target  11  causing a quicker kill by virtue of the bullet  14  expanding and peeling back to nearly inside out. 
     The improvement further comprises the bullet  14  being soft lead for facilitating the bullet  14  to violently mushroom halfway in the target  11 . 
     The improvement further comprises the bullet  14  being hollow for facilitating the bullet  14  to expand faster and more violently and over a wider diameter and mushroom halfway in the target  11 , as shown in FIG.  6 . 
     The improvement further comprises the first throughbore  18  in the bullet  14  being laterally disposed therethrough, in close proximity to the tip  13  of the bullet  14 . 
     The improvement further comprises the second throughbore  20  in the bullet  14  being laterally disposed therethrough, below, separate from, and perpendicular to, the first throughbore  18  in the bullet  14 , between the first throughbore  18  in the bullet  14  and the bottom of the bullet. 
     The configuration of a second embodiment of the improved cartridge  110  can best be seen in FIG. 6, and as such, will be discussed with reference thereto. 
     The improved cartridge  110  is identical to the improved cartridge  10 , with the addition of a dimple  122  in the tip  13  of the bullet  14 . 
     It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together, may also find a useful application in other types of constructions differing from the types described above. 
     While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in an improved cartridge for hunting and the like, however, it is not limited to the details shown, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention. 
     Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention.