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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5544441 | Muzzle loading weapon ignition system A radially loading ignition system for a muzzle loading weapon generally comprises a body having threads on its outer surface and a well sunk into one end for loosely holding a shotgun shell primer; a first opening through the side of the well for passing... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5488795 | Multi-caliber laser firing cartridge A multi-caliber laser firing cartridge (10) for use with a variety of different caliber conventional firearms (100) wherein the cartridge (10) employs an adjustable position switch housing member (71) which may be movably deployed within the cartridge bas... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5467549 | Firearm automatic safety system A break open firearm having an automatic safety system that can be easily converted to a manual safety, combined with a safety barrel selector mechanism that can also be locked in the fire position to always fire a preselected barrel first.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5448941 | Underwater delivery system Apparatus for launching a device from a vessel includes a launcher having a air of launch bay doors retractable within a launch bay, and first and second connection mechanisms for holding first and second ends of the device. The connection mechanisms exten... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5438906 | Unitized shock absorbing pad with looped fiber ring A shock absorbing pad system for a missile in a launch tube comprising a plurality of pads having inner and outer arcuate sheets separated by chevron shaped struts disposed in a circular array and having the inner arcuate sheets joined together by a circu... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5433132 | Electromagnetic radiation resistant missile launching system A missile and launcher system that shields a missile from external electromagnetic radiation. Shielding is accomplished by separating the shielding system of the missile from the shielding system of its launcher system. Unique and separate shielding of th... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5428915 | Detachable sight mount with elevation adjustment A detachable mount for a rifle telescope sight includes front and rear clamp support bases configured for attachment to a rifle, the bases having in their lateral side walls a plurality of detents arranged to receive the rounded ends of mounting screws ex... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5426880 | Elongated element for biasing the trigger bar and controlling the slide stop latch in an automatic pistol An elongated configured spring which biases the trigger bar of a pistol rearwardly and upwardly and engages the slide top latch to prevent its transverse movement. The spring is anchored in the frame and trigger bar under tension. The spring is long and n... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5423263 | Detonator-to-shock tube ignition transfer connector A detonator-to-shock tube ignition transfer connector for bi-directional explosive transfer from a detonator to one or more shock tubes is disclosed wherein the connector has a housing defining a barrel portion for enclosing a detonator assembly, the barr... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5423143 | Means for reducing the criminal usefulness of dischargeable hand weapons A method that limits the amount of time that a hand weapon can be discharged during use, an apparatus that limits the area of usefulness of a hand weapon, an apparatus for preventing the discharging of a hand weapon based on the weapon having been in an a... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5419232 | Elastomeric shutter mechanism An elastomeric shutter mechanism for opening and closing a passageway in wall of a vessel, such as a submarine hull. A single, unitary, retractable shutter member made of an elastomeric material is partially attached to the wall around a portion of a pa... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5416999 | Delta weapon system (DWS) This invention relates to a lightweight, shoulder-fired, flat-trajectory, disposable, multi-shot weapon system. In particular, this invention relates to a disposable weapon system which is designed to shoot ammunition rounds capable of penetrating one inc... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417139 | Delivery system and method for flexible array Apparatus and method are provided whereby a single rocket or other projectile can be used to deploy a flexible array such as a net. There is provided to the rocket, via a sleeve and an attached flexible nose cone cap, a pair of pivoted, telescoping arms. ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417001 | Firing mechanism for fire arms Firing mechanism for fire arms, includes a hammer (5) revolving between a "cocked" position and a "tumbled" position which makes contact with the striker (4), a tumbler (8) which can retain the hammer (5) in the cocked position, a trigger (13) which contr... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5415073 | Recoil reducer for rifle, handgun, or shotgun A recoil reducer (70) attachable to the muzzle end of a rifle (71), handgun (73, 75), or shotgun to reduce the recoil force produced when the weapon is discharged. An elongate, hollow recoil tube (74, 102) attaches either directly to the muzzle (recoil tu... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5415074 | Sub-caliber inbore weapon for tank cannons The inbore sub-caliber device has spaced apart front and rear adapter plate members, each of which has an opening formed therethrough. A plurality of spaced apart rods extend between the front and rear adapter plate members to locate the openings in the f... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5415099 | Mechanical ignition sensor In a push-type safety lever, a contact surface between a safety lever and a trigger lever is slanted. In a rotation-type safety lever, its circumferential surface is gradually increased in radiuses from an area in which a safety lever does not contact a t... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5415075 | Staggered camming machanism for a firearm A firearm having a moveable breech locking barrel supported on a receiver by an offset barrel cam lug which cooperates with a wall of the receiver to provide space between the lug and the receiver wall to receive therebetween portions of a trigger and an ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5413046 | Shock tube assembly A signal transmission tube assembly includes a signal transmission tube, such as a coil of shock tube on a spool, having opposite terminal ends and containing a reactive material. The open terminal ends of the shock tube provide the sole exits for the sig... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5413024 | Disposable flare dispenser magazine for infrared decoy flares A disposable flare dispenser magazine for infrared decoy flares providing the ability to quick load a plurality of infrared decoy flares to a flight aircraft during combat rearming. The magazine, in conjunction with a cover, is incorporated as a packaging... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5412894 | Inertia driven striker for a firearm An inertia striker assembly including a striker and a U-shaped spacer straddling the striker, both the striker and the spacer being free to slide axially and independently within a cylindrical bore in a slide body. The U-shaped spacer transfers energy fro... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5410834 | Rifle with interchangeable barrel Rifle with interchangeable barrel having an interchangeable barrel formed by attachment of a barrel to a receiving block which has locking lugs and is provided with alignment structure for aligning the interchangeable barrel with other components of the r... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5410942 | Percussion ignition device for a mortar or the like and a mortar comprising such a device A device for percussion firing of a mortar or similar comprises a translationally mobile firing pin and means for actuating it. Said firing pin is part of a firing assembly (10) housed in a casing (23) secured to the base plate (27) of the mortar (M), sai... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5410835 | Firearm bipod A bipod support for a firearm comprises a first strut and a second strut angularly related to each with one of the struts having an elongated projection serving as the rest for the barrel of a rifle or a pistol when the two struts are positioned upright o... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5410874 | Method and apparatus for increasing combustion chamber pressure in a high pressure expander cycle rocket engine Disclosed is a method and apparatus for producing combustion chamber pressure in excess of 1500 psia at thrust levels in excess of 100,000 pounds in an expander cycle rocket engine.... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5408777 | Grip lock assembly A grip lock assembly for firearms includes a lock having a locked position preventing operation of the firearm, and an unlocked position permitting operation of the firearm. A portion of the lock, when in the locked position, is adapted to operatively eng... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5408778 | Extended-range gun sight mounting system A gun sight mount used in association with a gun barrel, such gun sight mount positioned on a axially rotatable shaft member disposed at an acute angle to the axis of the gun barrel, offsetting such sight mount to a side of such gun barrel. A handle cause... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5408915 | Shell feeder for an automatic gun An automatic cannon, especially for cylindrical, telescoped shells, comprises a receiver in which is rotatably mounted an interconnected gun barrel and barrel extension or rotor. The rotor is connected to a power source, which may be an external source, f... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5407133 | Cooled thin metal liner A first metal sheet (34) has openings (46) in registration with depressions (40) in a second contacting metal sheet (36). Each depression has a downstream wall (42) at an angle of 24° from the plane of the sheets. A metering hole (56) in the depression a... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5406731 | Handgun of improved ergonomic construction An ergonomic semi-automatic handgun includes a pivotable trigger with a concave face portion disposed in front of the grip portion whereby when the trigger is pivoted, the center of the concave portion will travel in a generally straight line towards the ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5406730 | Electronic ammunition counter A method and apparatus for counting the rounds expended from a firearm. When a non sound-suppressed firearm is discharged, two things occur: A strong sound wave is produced due to the quick expansion of the gases produced by the ignition of the powder in ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5404812 | Mechanical acceleration sensor and gas-pressure activating apparatus employing the same A mechanical acceleration sensor having a weight movably supported on a casing, a latch lever loaded with a set load and disposed to face the weight, and a firing pin spring-loaded and engaged with the latch lever. The latch lever is disengaged from the f... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5404814 | Connecting device for the dome of a missile A connecting assembly serves for connecting a dome covering a seeker head with the structure of a missile. A holding ring extends over the rim of said dome, positively holding this dome and connected with the structure of the missile. An annular recess is... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5405242 | Cooled vane An air cooled stator vane or the like for a gas turbine engine is constructed to include a plurality of axially and radially spaced pockets formed on the outer surfaces of the airfoil sections. Air is directed into the pocket on one end of a passage defin... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5402595 | Shooting device A new and improved shooting device comprising a hollow cylindrical vertical support member for supporting the rifle from underneath. A two-piece rotatable cap and ball tilt mechanism enables adjustment of declination and inclination of the rifle supported... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5400713 | Stage separation and thrust reduction apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for stage separation and thrust termination in a multi-stage missile having an upper stage detachably connected to a lower stage rocket motor. The apparatus includes a piston located at the forward end of the lower stage rocket m... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400688 | Missile defense system A missile defense system generates a change in density in the air path of a missile. The density change is created by a high-pressure water system which can be generated by a water jet or a body of water explosively created from a water surface. When oper... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400689 | Device for storing a missle in a launcher tube A device for storing a missile 8 includes at least one adjustable and spring-loaded support point 11, 31 and at least two fixed support points 12 and 32 each are present in a launcher tube in the front and in the rear. The front support points 11, 12 act ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400691 | Rigid thermal sleeve for a gun barrel A rigid thermal sleeve 5 mountable over at least part of a gun barrel 3 in such a way that it is symmetrical about a longitudinal plane A--A to provide a reduced thermal image and radar cross section. The sleeve 5 comprises thermally insulating material 1... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400692 | Bullet stop and containment chamber A bullet stop and containment chamber for stopping the forward momentum of projectiles traveling in a generally horizontal zone of projectile travel. The bullet enters the wide end of a channel having plates which guide the bullet into a narrow opening wh... | 03/28/1995 |
