Shooting patch

• US 5,629,673 A
• Filed: 05/28/1996
• Issued: 05/13/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Douglas Juhasz
• Original Assignee: Douglas Juhasz
• Inventors: Juhasz, Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US08/654,077
• Time in Patent Office: 350 Days
• Field of Search: 340/540, 340/573, 340/665, 340/693, 340/323 R, 340/686, 2/94, 2/267
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0151 Shooting jackets with a recoil pad
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 33/00 Adaptations for training adaptations of barrels for recoil reinforcement F41A21/26; Gun simulators teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26 ; shooting games A63F9/02; military simulation G09B9/003
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold

Abstract

A device positions the butt end of a firearm. The device functions to assist the user in properly positioning and aiming the firearm. In its broadest context, the present invention includes a cushioning member adapted to be worn approximate the shoulder of the user and a positioning device. This positioning device includes a pressure sensor, a microprocessor and a sounding element. The sounding element gives the user an audible signal when a predetermined amount and distribution of pressure have been applied to the sensor.

Claims

1. A device for positioning the butt end of a firearm, the device functioning to assist the user in properly positioning and aiming the firearm, the device comprising, in combination:

a rectangular cushioning member having a front face, a rear face, a peripheral extent and an interior region, a plurality of eyelets formed within the peripheral extent;

a pressure sensor centrally disposed within the interior region of the cushioning member, the pressure sensor functioning to sense pressures applied to the front face of the cushioning member, a microprocessor associated with the pressure sensor functioning to calculate the amount and distribution of pressure applied to the pressure sensor, sounding means associated with the microprocessor functioning to produce an audio signal when the microprocessor determines that a predetermined amount and distribution of pressure have been applied to the sensor; and

clothing to be worn by the user of the device, the shirt having two shoulder regions, the rear face of the cushioning member being affixed to one of the shoulder regions by way of the eyelets, a filament interconnecting the eyelets of the cushioning member to one of the shoulder regions of the shirt.

2. A device for positioning the butt end of a firearm, the device functioning to assist the user in properly positioning and aiming the firearm, the device comprising:

a cushioning member having a front face, a rear face, a peripheral extent and an interior region; and

a pressure sensor centrally disposed within the interior region of the cushioning member, the pressure sensor functioning to sense pressures applied to the front face of the cushioning member by the butt end of a firearm, a microprocessor associated with the pressure sensor functioning to calculate the amount and distribution of pressure applied to the pressure sensor, sounding means associated with the microprocessor functioning to produce an audio signal when the microprocessor determines that a predetermined amount and distribution of pressure have been applied to the sensor.

3. The device as described in claim 2 and further comprising:

a plurality of eyelets formed within the peripheral extent of the cushioning member, the eyelets for use in securing the cushioning member to a shirt of the user.

4. The device as described in claim 2 wherein:

the cushioning member is rectangular in shape.