Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162321 | Bullet trap A bullet trap is provided having a housing, a plurality of downward sloping ramps, and a bullet receptacle. The bullet trap may provide a low cost, easy to maintain and effective bullet trap solution for firing ranges. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8128094 | Bullet trap A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for f... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8091896 | Bullet trap A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for f... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7980561 | Paintball targeting system A paintball target holder includes a frame having plural parts that are movable relative to one another in order to fold the frame and thereby reduce a volume encompassed by the frame. The plural parts include a front part, a back part, and a bottom part. The paintb... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7967296 | Modular shooting system A shooting system comprising at least one roof panel coupled to at least one wall panel. At least one floor panel is coupled to the at least one wall panel to define a space between the at least one roof panel, the at least one wall panel, and the at least one floor... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7909331 | Modular shooting range Disclosed is a modular, expandable, and portable shooting range system. The system can include one or more shooting modules that mount together to provide different numbers of shooting lanes with various lengths. The shooting modules are pre-engineered with removabl... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7793937 | Bullet trap A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for f... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7775526 | Bullet trap A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for f... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7571912 | Bullet trapping medium, system for employing said medium and method of use of said medium A stable fire retardant mixture for use in a backstop for decelerating and trapping projectiles. The backstop generally includes a support structure having an inclined surface and the stable fire retardant mixture serving as a projectile trapping medium disposed on ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7434811 | Projectile trap and shooting range A shooting range that may include one or more of a shooting station, a projectile trap and or at least one range auxiliary. In one embodiment of the inventions, the projectile trap includes a trap chamber, an air injection system and an air collection system. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434810 | Airgun range A portable air gun range is provided to allow individuals to use in virtually any open space. The air gun range has a support frame, a central vertical pole, a curtain to be hung over the support frame behind the central vertical pole, and a target box removably att... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7361239 | High-density metallic-glass-alloys, their composite derivatives and methods for making the same The invention includes a method for producing high-density composites of metallic glass alloy powders in combination with a refractory metal powder, and includes related methods for producing metallic glass alloys. The invention, in one aspect, employs a system of m... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357394 | Modular shooting range Disclosed is a modular, expandable, and portable shooting range system. The system can include one or more shooting modules that mount together to provide different numbers of shooting lanes with various lengths. The shooting modules are pre-engineered with removabl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354044 | Partitioned particulate bullet trap A backstop for decelerating and trapping projectiles includes a support structure having at least one bin shielded from incoming rounds. A trapping medium, such as a resilient granular ballistic medium and a hydrated SAP gel, is disposed contiguously on an upper sur... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322771 | Joint for bullet traps An improved joint utilizes a facing strip which is configured to extend away from a pair of plates held by the facing strip as one moves toward the middle of the facing strip. When the steel plates are disposed at an angle to one another, the facing strip is prefera... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316238 | Tent with a repositionable floor A tent having a repositionable floor, the floor preferably including a pair of subpanels that mate together and form a water-resistant seam. The subpanels can be repositioned within the interior of the tent or exteriorly of the tent. Additionally, each floor subpane... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7306230 | Impact plate attachment system for bullet traps A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for f... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275748 | Inlet channel for bullet traps A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for f... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270608 | Collapsible net A collapsible net for stopping flying balls and for installing on a floor includes a collapsible center coil loop, collapsible first and second side coil loops, a vertical fabric portion, top and bottom fabric portions, and top and bottom straps. The collapsible cen... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264246 | Projectile retrieval system A projectile retrieval system includes one or more valves disposed to selectively release projectiles from a bullet stop and containment system. The valves are in pneumatic communication with a tube which utilized a negative air pressure generated by a vacuum to mov... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7246471 | Modular assault course A panel for field erecting an assault course with the panel supporting a bullet retaining member on at least one face with the panel erectable on a base member and securable to similar or identical panels to form an assault course and a method for field erecting of ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243921 | Method providing self-dispensing additive from buffer blocks for use with a medium in a bullet trap A method providing a self-dispensing additive for buffering a projectile trapping medium and passivating spent projectiles trapped therein. The additive is a buffering compound formed as blocks of low-density foamed-concrete that self-dispenses the additive when con... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234890 | Joint for bullet traps An improved joint utilizes a facing strip which is configured to extend away from a pair of plates held by the facing strip as one moves toward the middle of the facing strip. When the steel plates are disposed at an angle to one another, the facing strip is prefera... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210685 | Sporting good structure A sporting good structure including a frame and a target board with resilient straps attached at four lateral edges and being led and joined to a bracket unit of the frame so as to locate the target board onto the frame. The target board has a transparent hook side ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198274 | Portable net device Disclosed is a portable net device comprising a main member forming a first closed loop, a base member forming a second closed loop and defined by front and non-front sections where a main member bottom section is attached to the base member front section, a fabric ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194944 | Bullet trap A bullet trap is disclosed which is formed without intervening sidewalls to enable cross-shooting and the like with reduced risk or ricochet or damage to the bullet trap. Furthermore, the bullet trap can be configured in a variety of ways to eliminate the need for f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185892 | Apparatus for shooting ranges The apparatus is for installation at shooting ranges and has a housing that has a resilient top layer and a flexible bottom layer. The bottom layer extends along an inclined bottom surface and over an upwardly protruding support member to a front side. The top layer... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163205 | Recovery apparatus for fragmented ballistic materials and method for collection of the same The present invention provides a ballistic testing recovery apparatus and method for allowing post impact analysis of pyrophoric projectile debris wherein the apparatus comprises a containment chamber having an interior volume filled with a solvent-soluble granulate... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153225 | Ambidextrous pitching screen system A pitching screen which provides a first pitching lane and a second pitching lane in a single pitching screen configuration to allow both left-handed pitchers and right-handed pitchers to pitch without repositioning the pitching screen. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140615 | Projectile retrieval system A projectile retrieval system includes one or more valves disposed to selectively release projectiles from a bullet stop and containment system. The valves are in pneumatic communication with a tube which utilized a negative air pressure generated by a vacuum to mov... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134233 | Acoustically tuned cartridge casing catcher A catcher, in combination with a firearm having an ejection port, for receiving and retaining expended magnetically attracted shell casings through the ejection port as the firearm is discharged. The catcher includes a hollow housing having a plurality of rigid wall... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134664 | Modular bullet trap cover A modular bullet trap cover element generally includes a shell filled with a projectile trapping medium, preferably a mixture of a resilient granular ballistic medium and a hydrated super absorbent polymer (SAP) gel. The shell may be made of any of a number of fabri... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118487 | Inflatable sport ball arresting structure A sport ball arresting structure may be characterized in one aspect as including an inflatable quadra-pod mounted on a substantially rectangular flexible planar base for placement on the ground. The quadra-pod includes four legs formed, when the quadra-pod is inflat... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111847 | Self-dispensing bullet trap buffer block An additive for buffering a projectile trapping medium and spent projectiles trapped therein is a buffering compound formed as a low density foamed concrete block that will self-dispense via fragmentation or pulverization when subjected to incoming fire. The block c... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7077147 | Collapsible and foldable canvas structure A collapsible and foldable canvas structure has only two structural panels, each formed by a piece of fabric material spread across and secured about its periphery to a resiliently flexible wire frame. One of the panels is laid flat on the ground or other supporting... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7021630 | Portable ball retriever A portable ball retriever comprises a first member forming a first closed loop, a second member forming a second closed loop with the first member foldably attached to the second member, supports fitted between the first and second members to sustain the first membe... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6837496 | Bullet trapping medium and system A backstop for decelerating and trapping projectiles generally includes a support structure having an inclined surface and a projectile trapping medium disposed on the inclined surface. The projectile trapping medium may be either a resilient granular ballistic medi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6808178 | Clearing trap A clearing trap for decelerating bullets includes a housing and a bullet decelerating insert disposed within the housing. Preferably, the insert is slidably removable from the housing and is provided with a plurality of vents which help dissipate the force associate... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6722195 | Systems and methods for projectile recovery A method and apparatus for trapping projectiles so that the projectiles are not damaged is disclosed. An elongated trough is typically filled with alternating layers of a foam substance and a fibrous substance. Alternatively, the trough can be filled with just a foa... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6715761 | Apparatus for shooting ranges The apparatus is for installation at shooting ranges and has a housing that has a resilient top layer and a bottom support surface. The bottom support surface has a movable cleaning arrangement that may move the granulate material and projectiles in a channel. The b... | 04/06/2004 |
