Tactical telescoping shotgun

• US 8,584,391 B1
• Filed: 06/27/2013
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TTSG Associates, Trustee for TTSG Trust
• Original Assignee: TTSG Associates
• Inventors: Calvert, S. Mill
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes, Bret
• Assistant Examiner(s): MORGAN, DERRICK R
• Application Number:
  US13/928,917
• Time in Patent Office: 145 Days
• Field of Search: 42/760.1, 42/77, 42/79, 89/140.5
• US Class Current: 42/79
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 11/06 Telescopic guns
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/04 Folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts articulated or collapsible guns F41A11/04

Abstract

A shotgun has a telescoping barrel made of concentric barrel sections slidably engaged together. These include at least an inner barrel section and an outer barrel section. A grip on the outer barrel section aids telescopic movement. A locking pin secures or releases the barrel sections. The barrel sections have protrusions that interfere with further outward movement once fully telescoped out. The grip may have a channel to permit a pistol grip to slide onto the grip. A second pistol grip may be connected to the trigger. The butt of the gun may slide out to make a shoulder rest. A butt plate is connected to a rod that slides into and out of the shotgun. The rod has teeth that engage a spring-loaded arm to secure the rod in an extended position. A compression or tension spring may bias the concentric barrel sections in an extended or shortened configuration.

Claims

1. A shotgun having a trigger and a muzzle, the shotgun comprising:

a telescoping barrel;

the telescoping barrel comprising a plurality of concentric barrel sections slidably engaged together;

the plurality of concentric barrel sections comprising;

an inner barrel section that is nearer to the trigger than any of the other barrel sections in the plurality of barrel sections; and

an outer barrel section forming the muzzle;

the inner barrel section having a first diameter smaller than a second diameter of the outer barrel section;

a grip attached to the outer barrel section, such that a shooter may telescope the outer barrel section by grasping the grip and exerting force to slide the outer barrel section in a direction that is either outward with respect to the inner barrel section setting the telescoping barrel in an extended position, or inward with respect to the inner barrel section setting the telescoping barrel in a contracted position; and

a locking pin that may be manipulated to secure or release one or more concentric barrel sections in the plurality of concentric barrel sections for telescopic movement; and

a spring to bias the plurality of concentric barrel sections in an extended or shortened configuration once the locking in is released.

2. The shotgun of claim 1, wherein each concentric barrel section in the plurality of concentric barrel sections comprises a proximal end closest to the trigger and a distal end furthest from the trigger;

the shotgun further comprising;

a first protrusion near the distal end of the inner barrel section; and

a second protrusion near the proximal end of the outer barrel section that engages the first protrusion to stop outward movement of the outer barrel section.

3. The shotgun of claim 1, wherein the plurality of concentric barrel sections further comprises a middle barrel section slidably fitting over the inner barrel section and slidably fitting within the outer barrel section.

4. The shotgun of claim 1, wherein the grip comprises a channel and the shotgun further comprises a pistol grip that secures to the grip by sliding into the channel.

5. The shotgun of claim 1, further comprising a second pistol grip connected to the trigger.

6. The shotgun of claim 5, further comprising:

a rod slidably engaged within the shotgun and configured to slide and extend out from the shotgun, the rod comprising teeth;

a butt plate connected to the rod such that the butt plate fits against the second pistol grip when the rod is fully retracted within the shotgun; and

a spring-loaded arm biased to engage the teeth and lock the rod in a fixed position when the rod is extended out from the shotgun.