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( 12) United Sta tes Pa tent ( 10) Pa tent N 0. : US 7, 207, 130 B2

Rous s ea u et a l . ( 4 5 ) Da te of Pa tent: Apr. 24 , 2007
( 5 4 ) OVER-AN D-UN DER SHOTGUN APPARATUS 2, 4 66, 714 A * 4 /194 9 Kroeger et a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89/1. 703
AN D METHOD 2, 4 83, 4 21 A * 10/194 9 Kroeger et a l . 89/1. 705
2, 5 71, 132 A * 10/195 1 Ha rvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2/69. 03
( 75 ) Inventors : Jos eph F. N . Rous s ea u, Mounta in i i ginger ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ - , , oc a e a . .
Dwl ght M Potter 4 , 121, 364 A * 10/1978 Ka l tenegger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2/32
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( 73) As s ignee: Browning Arms Compa ny, Morga n, ( Onmue )
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( * ) N otice: Z Sub j ect to a ny dis cl a imer the: term of this Product b rochure of Da ma s teel AB, The N ew Genera tion Da ma
- - s cene Steel Ba rrel s , da te unknown.
pa tent is extended or a dj us ted under 35 P , ,
roduct b rochure of Fl odma n Guns Sweden, Fl odma n, da te
U. S. C. 15 4 ( b ) b y 0 da ys . unknown
Product l itera ture of Da ma s teel AB, Fl odma n, da te unknown.
( 21) Appl . N o. : 11/029, 767
Prima ry Exa mineriTroy Cha mb ers
( 22) Fil ed: Ja n. 5 , 2005 ( 74 ) Attorney, Agent, or F irmiHol l a nd & Ha rt
( 65 ) Prior Pub l ica tion Da ta ( 5 7) ABSTRACT
Us 2005 /026274 9 A1 Dec' 1 2005 An over-a nd-under s hotgun a ppa ra tus incl udes a ra dius tra ck
Rel a ted US Appl ica tion Da ta which s erves a s a hinge f or a rticul a ting the b a rrel portion of
_ _ _ _ the s hotgun a ppa ra tus rel a tive to the receiver/s tock portion
( 63) Commua non of a PPhCa UOn N O- 106073722, ? l ed On of the s hotgun a ppa ra tus . The ra dius tra ck is de? ned b y a
1336- 2, 2002, HOW Pa t- N 0~ 6, 907, 681 f ema l e or conca ve portion f ormed on the monob l ock
a tta ched to the s hot un b a rrel s , a nd a ma l e or convex ortion
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( 5 1) Int Cl f ormed on the f ra me or receiver s ection. The ra dius tra ck
F 4 1A 1 9/ 00 ( 2006-01) de? nes a pivot a xis tha t is s pa ced f rom the ra dius tra ck. The
U-S- Cl - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ra dius tra ck provides a Sub s ta ntia l Surf a ce a rea Su? icient to
( 5 8) Fiel d of Cl a s s i? ca tion Sea rch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2/ 69. 01, a b s orb a l l of the recoil f orce genera ted when the s hotgun is
4 2/4 1, 4 2. 01, 4 2. 02, 4 2. 03 dis cha rged. N o a dditiona l a b utment s urf a ces a re needed. A
See a ppl ica tion ? l e f or compl ete s ea rch his tory. f urther a s pect of the invention invol ves a novel trigger
( 5 6) Ref erences Cited a s s emb l y, rncl udl ng a s triker whl ch moves towa rd the f ront
U. S. PATEN T DOCUMEN TS
25 5 , 330 A 3/1882 Pierce
262, 5 21 A 8/1882 Whitmore
804 , 34 9 A 11/1905 Stendeb a ch
926, 4 5 6 A 6/1909 Behr
1, 4 60, 672 A * 7/1923 Hines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89/14 4
end of the ? rea rm when the ? rea rm is cocked, a nd moves
towa rd the b utt end of the ? rea rm when the trigger is pul l ed
to dis cha rge the ? rea rm. Y et a nother novel a s pect of the
invention rel a tes to a f our-pos ition s a f ety s witch f or s el ect
ing the ? ring s eq uence of the upper a nd l ower b a rrel s .
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US. PATEN T DOCUMEN TS 5 , 092, 068 A 3/1992 Rick
5 , 105 , 5 69 A * 4 /1992 Stra itif f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2/2
4 , 5 4 1, 192 A 9/1985 Fl odma n er a 1- ------------- -- 4 2/4 2 5 , 924 , 231 A * 7/1999 Kidd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2/69. 03
4 , 631, 779 A * 12/1986 ( 363116116 . . . . . . . . . 4 2/1. 12
4 , 74 4 , 166 A * 5 /1988 Ma tta rel l i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2/6901 * cited b y exa miner
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