Patent Application
20180193764
The example embodiments in general are directed to a craft kit for assembly, and instructions therefor, more particularly to a craft kit for assembling a non-lethal, handgun shaped article therefrom and to the assembly method thereof.
There are also two rear barrel sections 20a and 20b of substantially rectangular cross-section coupled to outer surfaces of barrel sections 12a and 12b to act as spacers for rubber band 90. A trigger section includes a trigger 42 and a trigger wedge 44. The first end 42a of trigger 42 forms the finger contact point for a user. The second end 42b is used as a band 80 contact point, with band 80 held by posts 19, 21. This angled end is designed to accommodate band 80 as it extends across a back end of the gun resulting from assembly of kit 10. The trigger wedge 44 can be coupled to stock 14 and used for an inside handle section 50.
The handle section 50 is in the form of multiple blocks which can be coupled together. First block 52 is a main block section that is trapezoidal in shape having two substantially parallel sides and two opposite ends that are not parallel to each other. There are also a plurality of outer blocks which 54a, 54b, 54c, and 54d which can form front and back blocks on both sides of first block 52. Additional bottom handle blocks 56a and 56b are coupled to a bottom section of main handle block 52 below outer blocks 54a, 54b, 54c, and 54d to form a butt of the gun. There are also inner cover blocks 58a and 58b which can be coupled to first or base block 52. Inner cover blocks 58a and 58b are shaped so that they can be coupled to main block 52 while still providing an area for a trigger to slide.
This conventional craft kit is quite complex to assemble by a person such as a youth, having over 19 individual pieces for assembly. Accordingly, what is desired is a simpler craft kit for an article that may be assembled much more easily, with less complexity.
An example embodiment is directed to a craft kit of separate parts adapted for assembly into an article. The craft kit includes a frame part in the form of a handgun shape, the frame part including a stock, a barrel, a hammer, and a trigger integral therewith, and a pair of grip-shaped parts, each fixedly attachable via first fastening means to a respective side of the stock on the frame part. The craft kit includes a pair of semi-cylindrical shaped firing cylinder halves, each firing cylinder half attachable via second fastening means different from the first to a respective side of the frame part. Each of the frame part, grip-shaped parts and firing cylinder halves, together with the first and second fastening means, comprise the entirety of the assembled article.
Another example embodiment is directed to a craft kit for assembling a non-lethal, handgun shaped article. The craft kit includes a frame part shaped in the form of a handgun profile, a pair of grip-shaped parts fixedly attachable to a handle portion of the frame part, a pair of semi-cylindrical shaped firing cylinder halves, each attachable to a respective side of the frame part, and a set of instructions for putting the frame part, grip-shaped parts and firing cylinder halves together.
Another example embodiment is directed to a method for assembling a non-lethal, handgun shaped article. In the method, each of a pair of handle grips is coupled to either side of a first portion of a frame part designed in the form of a handgun shape. Also, each of a pair of semi-cylindrical shaped firing cylinder halves is attached to respective sides at a second portion of the frame part in order to complete assembly of the non-lethal, handgun shaped article.
Example embodiments will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawings, wherein like elements are represented by like reference numerals, which are given by way of illustration only and thus are not limitative of the example embodiments herein.
In the following description, certain specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of various example embodiments of the disclosure. However, one skilled in the art will understand that the disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures associated with manufacturing techniques have not been described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the descriptions of the example embodiments of the present disclosure.
Unless the context requires otherwise, throughout the specification and claims that follow, the word “comprise” and variations thereof, such as “comprises” and “comprising,” are to be construed in an open, inclusive sense, that is, as “including, but not limited to.”
Reference throughout this specification to “one example embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, the appearances of the phrases “in one example embodiment” or “in an embodiment” in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Further, the particular features, structures or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more example embodiments.
As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the content clearly dictates otherwise. The term “or” is generally employed in its sense including “and/or” unless the content clearly dictates otherwise.
As used in the specification and appended claims, the terms “correspond,” “corresponds,” and “corresponding” are intended to describe a ratio of or a similarity between referenced objects. The use of “correspond” or one of its forms should not be construed to mean the exact shape or size. In the drawings, identical reference numbers identify similar elements or acts. The size and relative positions of elements in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
The example embodiment described more fully below envisions an attractive craft kit 100, the parts thereof adapted to be assembled into a non-lethal, handgun shaped article 200, and an assembly method therefor. Referring now to
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In an example, the second fastening means may be embodied as or further include (and/or as an alternative to the above friction-based configuration) an adhesive, such as a glue or epoxy, that is applied to one or more of the dowel 135 within the central hole 117 in the frame part 110, within the bores 133 of the firing cylinder halves 130, on the inner side faces 131 of the cylinder halves 130, and to a portion (also referred to as a “second portion”) of the frame part 110 to be in contact with the inner side face 131 of the cylinder half 130. In another example, one or both of the first or second fastening means may comprise magnetic elements placed within the stock 112, grip part 120, bores 133 of the cylinder halves 130 and exposed ends 137 of the dowel 135, each magnet having maximum magnetic attraction in the vicinity of its counterpart.
In one example, at least one or more of the frame part 110, grip-shaped parts 120, and firing cylinder halves 130 are composed of wood or a wood-based material. In another example, component parts 110, 120 and/or 130 may be composed of a plastic or synthetic material. As a specific example, component parts 110, 120 and/or 130 may be constructed primarily from lightweight moldable plastic materials such as moldable plastic, e.g., as a single or multiple parts formed by an injection molding process using a high impact plastic such as Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS). ABS is an easily machined, tough, low cost rigid thermoplastic material with high impact strength, and may be a desirable material for turning, drilling, milling, sawing, die-cutting, shearing, etc. Virgin ABS may be mixed with a plastic regrind of ABS or another lightweight, durable plastic material.
ABS is merely an example plastic or synthetic material, equivalent materials may include various natural or synthetic rubber, elastomeric materials, of thermoplastic and/or thermoset materials such as talc-filled polypropylene, high strength polycarbonates such as GE LEXAN®, or of blended plastics. There are many known injection molding machines for forming plastic injection molds, other plastic molding processes such as vacuum forming may be used.
In another example, one or more of the constituent parts of craft kit 100 may be formed of a metal such as steel, aluminum, and/or alloys of steel or aluminum using various know metalworking processes. These processes include but are not limited to CNC machining, sand casting, permanent mold casting, die casting, investment casting, ablation casting, closed-die forging, by extrusion, by cold heading, by stamping & deep drawing, via a screw machine, and through powder metallurgy, for example. It follows that the skilled artisan would recognize that the constituent parts of craft kit 100 may further be composed of a combination or one or more of wood, plastic, and/or metal materials, composites or alloys thereof, and the like.
Optionally, step S130 may include applying an adhesive to one, some or all of the inner side surface 131 of the cylinder half 130, the dowel 135 itself, within bores 133, on the opposed surface of the frame part 110, and/or within central hole 117, and then pressing the cylinder halves 130 along the dowel 135 against the frame part 110 for a given period of time to cure the adhesive. This completes the assembly method;
It should be understood that the profile of the non-lethal, handgun-shaped articles 200, 200′, 200″ assembled from the craft kit 100 can be of any handgun-shaped style, including but not limited to: single-shot pistols such as the DERRINGER™ and the Thompson/Center ENCORE®; multi-barreled handguns such as pepper box guns, the .577 SNIDER™ and the .476 ENFIELD®; single and double action revolvers such as the .44 MAGNUM®, .45 Long COLT®, COLY 1911 .45, and .357 MAGNUM; semi-automatic handguns such as the 92 BERETTA®, SMITH & WESSON® .45, ACP™, BROWNING® 9 MM High Power, TEC-9®, and the DESERT EAGLE®; and fully automatic handguns or machine pistols such as the BERETTA 93R.
The present invention, in its various embodiments, configurations, and aspects, includes components, systems and/or apparatuses substantially as depicted and described herein, including various embodiments, sub-combinations, and subsets thereof. Those of skill in the art will understand how to make and use the present invention after understanding the present disclosure. The present invention, in its various embodiments, configurations, and aspects, includes providing devices in the absence of items not depicted and/or described herein or in various embodiments, configurations, or aspects hereof, including in the absence of such items as may have been used in previous devices, e.g., for improving performance, achieving ease and\or reducing cost of implementation.
The foregoing discussion has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. The foregoing is not intended to limit the invention to the form or forms disclosed herein. In the foregoing Detailed Description for example, various features of the invention are grouped together in one or more embodiments, configurations, or aspects for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. The features of the embodiments, configurations, or aspects of the invention may be combined in alternate embodiments, configurations, or aspects other than those discussed above. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment, configuration, or aspect. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate preferred embodiment of the invention.
Moreover, though the description of the invention has included description of one or more embodiments, configurations, or aspects and certain variations and modifications, other variations, combinations, and modifications are within the scope of the invention, e.g., as may be within the skill and knowledge of those in the art, after understanding the present disclosure. It is intended to obtain rights which include alternative embodiments, configurations, or aspects to the extent permitted, including alternate, interchangeable and/or equivalent structures to those claimed, whether or not such alternate, interchangeable and/or equivalent structures disclosed herein, and without intending to publicly dedicate any patentable subject matter.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62444499 | Jan 2017 | US |
