This class includes all the portable firearms, i.e., those which
are supported by hand when operated, such as shoulder guns, pistols,
toy firearms and cane guns, except the automatic or explosion-operated
firearms. This class also has such firearms combined with cleaners,
intrenching devices, bayonets, and other cutters (including specifically
pistol-swords). The following devices are likewise found here either,
per se, or in combination with the firearm; ram rods, gun-rests
and some body supported arm rests.
Cutlery, pertinent subclasses, for hand manipulable cutters (including
bayonets), per se, and
subclasses 142+ for the combination of two or more cutters.
Ordnance, for heavier mounted guns,
subclass 14.1 for all barrels with heat exchangers, and subclasses
125+ for automatic or explosion-operated firearms.
Article Dispensing,
subclass 24 for article dispensers shaped to simulate various
figures and which may include firearm simulations. Also, see the
class definition of Class 221 for article dispensers in other classes
related to magazine feed in general.
Dispensing,
subclass 79 for dispensers simulating firearms, e.g., water
pistols, and subclass 192 for dispensers combined with firearms where
only so much of the firearm as is necessary to support or operate
the dispenser is claimed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.01. Devices comprising a compartment which holds ammunition
ready for chambering and having means for indicating the presence
or absence of ammunition or for indicating the number of ammunition
rounds left or spent from the compartment.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.01. Devices having means for either indicating the total number
of shots discharged from the firearm or whether a projectile has
been fired.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.01. Devices having means to designate the position of that part
of the firing mechanism of a gun that strikes the firing pin or
cartridge primer.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.01. Devices having means to designate the presence or absence
of ammunition in that part of a gun in which the ammunition is placed
for firing.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices having adjustable means to compensate for the distance
between the face of the locked bolt or breech block of a firearm
and some specified point in the chamber.
(1)
Note. With guns designed for rimless, bottlenecked cartridges,
head space is the space between the bolt face and specified point
on the shoulder of the chamber; with guns using rimmed cartridges, the
head space between the bolt face and the ridge or abutment in the
chamber against which the rim rests; and with guns using rimless
straight-case cartridges, the space between the bolt face and the
ridge or point in the chamber where the mouth of the cartridge case rests.
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.07. Subject matter includes enlarging the headspace or the space
between the bolt face and specified point on the shoulder of the
chamber with a metal working tool.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Firearms specifically designed to fire a projectile containing
a gas or other medium so as to render physical insensibility to
any one of the senses.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Firearms concealable in such a manner as to appear as an
object normally worn, or carried by person, e.g., pen gun, watch,
etc.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Firearms specifically designed to discharged a projectile
solely for the purpose of the humane slaughter of animals.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices including hidden means attached to a firearm device
which can discharge the firearm from a remote area when the hidden means
are disturbed.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Firearms adapted to be used and/or discharge in
subaqueous conditions, e.g., spear guns, share cartridges, etc.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Firearms particularly adapted to discharge a pyrotechnic
medium designed to produce a source or light.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Miscellaneous firearms adapted for loading at the breech.
The subclasses under this title, except those of the spring-motor
guns, and the grip-magazine pistols, are based on the movements
of the breechblock or barrel in opening the breech. Features of
magazine structure may be found in any of the magazine subclasses.
for frame and barrel fastenings for take-down purposes
only. Where the barrel must be separated from the frame for the
purpose of loading and unloading, the patent is in this subclass
(2).
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Firearms in which a spring, which is wound up, is utilized
to furnish the power for opening the breech, usually by sliding
the breechblock rearward, ejecting the shell, reloading and closing the
breech. Usually one winding of the spring is sufficient for a magazine
full of cartridges.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Miscellaneous breech-loading magazine-guns not classifiable
in any of the other subclasses of magazine-guns.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. The magazine is placed in the handle or grip of the pistol.
Usually the breech-block slides rearward or the barrel forward
to open the breech.
Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, etc.),
subclass 111.1 and the notes thereto appended for handles which
also serve as receptacles.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. The breechblock turns about a central fixed axis, which
is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the barrel like a faucet
valve, to open and close the breech. The charge is sometimes received
in this block and there retained when fired. In other cases the
block closes the breech containing the charge.
This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Magazine-guns in which the barrel slides forward to open
the breech, this movement also operating to reload the gun from
the magazine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 12. The barrel, to open the breech, is made to swing to one
side on a pivot, or axis parallel to the length or axis of the barrel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Firearms having a chamber which is movable relative to the
barrel and surrounds or holds a cartridge or load in firing position,
and which may be integral with, connected to, or separate from,
the sliding breechblock.
(1)
Note. This subclass also includes sectional chambers if at
least one section is movable relative to the barrel.
(2)
Note. A magazine as distinguished from a chamber, does not
hold the cartridge or load in firing position.
for all firearms, whether breech or muzzle loaded,
having a revolving cylinder adapted to hold two or more cartridges
and to bring each successively to firing position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Firearms in which a rotary magazine, like a revolver-cylinder,
is employed to bring the cartridges successively to position in
line with the breech, where they are pushed into the barrel by the
returning breechblock. In revolvers the cartridges are retained
in the cylinder when fired.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Guns of this type in which a pivoted hammer is employed
to strike the charge or a firing-pin which transmits the blow to
the charge.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Firearms having a chamber which is movable relative to the
barrel and which surrounds or holds a cartridge or load in firing
position, and which may be integral with, connected to, or separated
from, the swinging breechblock.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. The breech-block being pivoted at its rear end, its front
end swings downward and to the rear to uncover the breech.
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Magazine-guns in which the breech-block is pivoted at its
rear end, so its front end swings downward and to the rear.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. The breech-block, pivoted at its forward end, swings outward
and forward at its rear end to open the breech.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. The breech-block is pivoted at its rear end, and its front
end swings outward and to the rear to open the breech.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. The breech-block, to open the breech, swings on a pivot
or hinge which is parallel with the gun-barrel axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Magazine-guns in which the breech-block, to open the breech,
swings on a pivot or hinge which is parallel to the gun-axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. The breech-block is pivoted below the gun- axis, and the
upper part of the block, to open the breech, swings rearward and
downward.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. The breech-block is pivoted at its forward part, and, to
open the breech, its rearward part swings upward and forward.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Magazine-guns in which the breech-block is pivoted at its
forward part and, to open the breech, swings the rearward part upward
and forward.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. The breech-block is pivoted at the rear end, and to open
the breech, its forward end swings upward and to the rear.
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Magazine-guns in which the breech-block is pivoted at its
rear end. To open the breech, its forward end swings upward and
to the rear.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Firearms having a chamber which is movable relative to the
barrel and which surrounds or holds the cartridge or load in firing
position.
(1)
Note. Plural chambers carried by endless carriers and moved
by star wheels or formed by tangential contact of two cylinders
having complementary grooves, are in this subclass rather than subclasses 59+.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. The barrel is pivoted to the stock at a point in advance
of the breech, and, to open the breech, the barrel swings on this
pivot, the muzzle downward and breech upward. These are often styled "breakdown" guns.
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Devices having a single trigger that is interconnected to
two or more firing train mechanisms of a firearm which is comprised
of plural barrels and may be discharged either simultaneously or
sequentially.
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.01. Devices wherein the plural triggers are interconnected to
a firing train mechanism and plural triggers are operated by a single
trigger actuator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 42.01. Devices wherein a single trigger actuator is utilized to
operate the firing train mechanism device which discharges each
of the plural barrels.
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Mechanism, usually operated by the breakdown of the gun,
for throwing out or ejecting the cartridge-shells.
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. The ejector is struck by an ejector hammer, usually in breaking
down the gun, and thus throws out the cartridge-shells.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices comprising a dtructure or compartment for storing
ammunition or explosives ready for chambering and which may be detachable
or nondetachable to the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49.01. Devices including structure which provides for the feeding
and firing of difference size caliber rounds within the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49.01. Subject matter includes a step of fabricating a structure
or compartment for storing ammunition or explosives ready for chambering.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices--such as toy pistols, cannon, etc., -- made to imitate
firearms and which either fire an explosive, like a cap or match,
by means of some sort of a lock or which have a barrel in which
an explosive is placed and fired.
Dispensing,
subclass 79 for simulated firearms, e.g., water pistols, and subclass
192 for dispensers (other than cartridge magazines) combined with
firearms where only so much of the firearm as is necessary to support or
operate the dispenser is claimed.
Amusement Devices: Toys,
subclasses 398+ for cap-exploding toy which do not simulate firearms;
and subclass 473 for toy firearms which do not explode caps.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Devices made in imitation of cannon, mortars, etc., and
adapted to hold an explosive charge, generally a firecracker. A
projectile may or may not be used.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. The device is adapted to receive a "ribbon" of the
explosives or caps and feed this ribbon as the caps are successively
exploded by the hammer.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Pistols or rifles in which there is a revolving cylinder
adapted to carry a plurality of loads and bring each load successively
to firing position.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices having devices which enable the firing train mechanism
or any part thereof to be actuated to discharge the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 69.01. Devices wherein the firearm has a rearwardly sliding breech
bolt for closing the rear part of the barrel during firing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70.01. Devices wherein the security mechanism for rendering the
firearm inoperative is operated by the magazine or some element
thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70.01. Devices wherein a hand held firearm includes mechanism in
the butt end of the firearm that is activated from a security condition
to an operative condition by bracing the butt end against the shoulder
of a person firing the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70.01. Devices wherein the security mechanism prevents movement
of the firing train by preventing the operation of both the trigger
and the sear device.
(1)
Note. Sear is the part or device which engages the hammer,
striker or other firing device and holds it in the cocked position
until firing is desired. The sear is disengaged to cause firing
by trigger movement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70.01. Devices wherein the security mechanism prevents movement
of the firing train by preventing the operation or movement of the
sear device.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70.01. Devices wherein the firearm includes a protective device
over the trigger and further includes means to cover the protective
device so as to prevent access to the trigger.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70.01. Devices wherein the security mechanism is located on or
engages that part of the firing mechanism that strikes the firing
pin or percussion cap to prevent discharging the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70.01. Devices having means which prevent the firearm from being
discharged unless the firearm is disposed at a particular elevation.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices comprising supporting framework or structure which
is normally attached to a firearm for supporting the barrel and
receiver of the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71.01. Devices wherein the framework or structure is designed to
support a small caliber firearm which is held and fired with one
hand.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71.01. Additional or auxiliary stocks to be attached usually to
pistol-handles to convert them into shoulder-guns.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71.01. Rubber, spring, air, or other cushioned gunbutt to diminish
the effect of the recoil or "kick" of the gun.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices having means for fastening the stock of a firearm,
the receiver and/or the barrel to each other.
(1)
Note. A receiver is that part of the gun which contains the
firing mechanism and the stock and barrel are connected thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 75.01. Devices wherein the barrel may be moved in any direction
about an axis relative to the stock and/or receiver.
This subclass is indented under subclass 75.01. Subject matter includes fabricating a projectile delivery
tube together with a handle, usually as one piece.
This subclass is indented under subclass 76.01. Subject matter comprising the substance of which the barrel
is made of compositions for treating the surface or the barrel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 76.01. Subject matter includes (a) a step of fabricating or (b)
a step of altering by reshaping using, e.g., a lathe, a boring device,
machine, or other tools or devices used in the art.
This subclass is indented under subclass 76.01. Barrels some of which are adapted to be placed within the
usual barrel to make a rifle in place of a shotgun or for some other
reason to reduce the usual bore; some barrels adapted to be placed
by and removed from the side of the usual barrel to make a double-barreled
gun or one with a shot and also a rifle barrel.
Ammunition and Explosives,
subclasses 444+ for auxiliary barrels having a subcaliber bore
and adapted to be loaded or otherwise handled like a practice cartridge.
This subclass is indented under subclass 76.01. Gun barrels in which the novelty resides in the rifling.
This subclass includes rifling for heavy ordnance as well as for
the lighter firearms.
This subclass is indented under subclass 76.01. Gun muzzle constructions or muzzle attachments designed
to prevent the shot scattering when the charge leaves the gun.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Nipple structures and also guards either carried by the
stock or by the hammer and adapted to prevent the hammer prematurely striking
the nipple.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Principally electric firing devices. Some alarms for indicating
when the guns of the "hammerless" type are set
at "unsafe".
(1)
Note. For electrical releasing devices for mechanical projecting
devices, see Class 124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, subclass
32.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Hands, clips, hooks, etc., combined with the gun, for sling-strap
attachment, gun-stacking, and ram or wiper rod attachment.
Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclass 2.5 for bands which hold the barrel of a gun to its
stock and in addition perform some other function, e.g., support
a hook and/or one or more loops, and subclass 265 for strap-end-attaching
devices.
Exercise Devices, particularly
subclass 12 for exercise apparatus involving thrusting a pointed
weapon, e.g., a fencing foil, etc., or a simulation thereof.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices for temporarily holding a series of cartridges or
gun charges and inserting them in the gun-magazine.
Package and Article Carriers,
subclasses 196 , 199, 223, 239, 600+, 660+,
and cross-reference art collect 931 for cartridge holders combined with
carrying means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 87. Cartridge-holding clips or packs for temporarily holding
the loads and inserting them in the gun-magazine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Devices for temporarily holding cartridges in such position
as to readily insert them in the cylinder of a revolver.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Various implements intimately associated with the use of
firearms, such as cartridge-openers, loaders for muzzle-loading
guns, wire-fence-cutting attachments when combined with the gun,
etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Devices including means which are utilized to preserve or
safeguard the outer or inner parts of the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Devices including means which are attached to portions of
the firearm to equalize or to compensate for imbalance in the firearm
weight.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Subject matter including an aiming enhancing attachment
for a hand-held firearm (e.g., pistol, rifle, etc.) or hand-carried
firearm (e.g., mortar, tripod mounted machine gun, etc.) wherein
the attachment defines a line from a user s eye to a target or point
on a target.
(1)
Note. This subclass and the indented subclasses are reclassified
from 33/233, 234, 241-261 area.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter in which the attachment is a protrusion
or projection, extending from a firearm barrel, designed to allow
gas to escape the barrel during firearm discharge or allow heat from
the barrel to radiate to the atmosphere.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter in which the aiming enhancing attachment
comprises a small circle of light projected on a larger, usually
transparent, surface pointed in the direction of an aimed-at object.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter in which a coherent light type generator,
or other light concentrating means, directs a ray at the target.
(1)
Note. Laser aiming devices included in this subclass also
include devices for directing a light beam for target practice.
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Subject matter in which (1) the light is refocused or
redirected via, e.g., moving the prism, etc., or (2) the generator
is capable of being realigned relative to the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Subject matter wherein the attachment is so structured
or shaped as to permit installation within the firearm barrel and
in which the imaginary line travels the same path as one round of
ammunition.
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Subject matter in which the coherent light generator is
actuated by a device for making, breaking, or changing connections
in an electrical circuit.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter in which the aiming attachment consists
of at least one mirror that reflects an image to the user, usually
to allow the user to aim the firearm while out of the target s view.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter wherein the aiming enhancing attachment
comprises a usually tubular optical instrument providing a magnified
view of a target.
This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Subject matter in which the instrument has a system of
lines, dots, cross hairs, wires, or the like, in the focal plane
and, in addition, may have structure to allow for windage and elevation
correction.
(1)
Note. Included in this subclass are means to displace or
selectively move the lines, cross hairs, etc., relative to each
other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 122. Subject matter in which the reticle is highlighted by
(1) the combination of a source of visible radiant energy and means
to modify the distribution or composition of the radiant energy
emanating from the source or utilizing the combination to cast light
in at least one direction or (2) a white, glowing, or luminous source.
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Device wherein the structure allows the entire instrument
to be moved with respect to the gun barrel or a gunstock.
This subclass is indented under subclass 125. Subject matter wherein the structure allows the instrument
to be movable both in a direction transverse to the line of sight
and in an up or down direction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Subject matter wherein the structure allows the instrument
to be installed on or removed from a gun barrel or stock without
the necessity of removing bolts, screws, fasteners, etc., or without
the use of tools.
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Subject matter wherein the instrument fastening structure
allows relocating from an operative condition to an out-of-the-way
or nonfunctional condition, sometimes to facilitate placing another
round in the firearm.
This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Subject matter wherein the instrument has a protective
lid, cap, shroud, etc., for the optics or to prevent glare from
the device being reflected into the eye of the user.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter including a system of lines, dots, cross
hairs, wires, etc., in the focal plane of the device.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Subject matter in which the reticle is highlighted by
(1) a white, glowing, or luminous source or (2) the combination
of a source of visible radiant energy and means to modify the distribution
or composition of the radiant energy emanating from the source or
utilizing the combination to cast light in at least one direction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter in which the aiming enhancing attachment
includes the combination of a source of visible radiant energy and
means to modify the distribution or composition of the radiant energy
emanating from the source or utilizing the combination to cast light
in at least one direction plus transmitting light through a glass
or plastic filament to render the attachment visible.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter provided with means permitting adjustment
of the size of the aiming enhancing opening or the aiming enhancing
device is in the profile of a circular planar base and line segments
connecting an imaginary elevated point to the base with the opening
at the elevated point.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter wherein the attachment is so structured
or shaped as to permit installation within the firearm barrel and
in which (1) an imaginary line travels the same path as one round
of ammunition or (2) crooks or other imperfections in the barrel
are revealed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Device wherein the aiming enhancing attachment may be
moved with respect to the gun barrel or stock upon which it is mounted.
(1)
Note. Included in this and indented subclasses are patents
to sights which are movable to compensate for range, windage, or
the velocity of a moving target.
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Device wherein the sight may be moved upwardly or downwardly
relative to the longitudinal axis of the barrel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Subject matter wherein the aiming enhancement attachment
is rotatable upwardly or downwardly about a line which is normal
to the longitudinal axis of the barrel.
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Subject matter wherein the aiming enhancing attachment
is moved in a direction transverse to the line of sight sometimes
for aiming at a moving target, e.g., flying birds, etc.
(1)
Note. Included in this subclass are devices that allow for
windage correction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter comprising at least two aiming enhancing
devices that are configured (1) in an L shape about a pivot in which
the desired device is rotated to a use position or (2) with one
device moved, in line, in front of another or (3) as a disk to be
rotated to bring a desired device into use position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter comprising a single aiming enhancing attachment
having structural elements spaced at a predetermined distance or angle
with respect to each other, which elements may be selectively used
without adjustment of parts, creating a plurality of lines useful
for aiming at e.g., flying birds, etc.
(1)
Note. This type of sight is most commonly used on a smoothbore
shoulder weapon for firing shot at short range.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter including means to protect the device from
damage or to prevent glare from the device being reflected into
the eye of the user.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter in which the attachment has the property
of a phenomenon of light or visual perception that enables one to
differentiate otherwise identical objects such as to distinguish the
barrel from the sight or the sight from the target.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter in which visible radiant energy is aimed
in the direction of a mark to shoot at in order to render the mark
perceptible to vision.
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Subject matter wherein the aiming enhancement attachment
is moved from an operative site to (1) an out-of-the-way or (2)
a nonfunctioning site, or (3) allow the instrument to be installed
on or removed from a gun barrel or stock without the necessity of
removing bolts, screws, fasteners, or the like, or without the use of
tools.
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