US861385A

US861385A - Gun hand-protector.

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Publication number: US861385A
Application number: US37093907A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lacy M Norwood; John H Willink
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-04-29
Filing date: 1907-04-29
Publication date: 1907-07-30
Anticipated expiration: 1924-07-30

Description

No. 861,385. PATENTIID JULY 30, 1907.

Y L. M. NORWOOD 6r. J. H. WILLINK. N H NI) PROTECTOR.

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Hummm skilled in the art to which it appertains to make andv UNITED STATES PATENT ortica LACY M. NORWOOD AND JOHN H. WILLINK, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

GUN HAND-PROTECTOR.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed .April 29', 1907. Serial No. 370,939.

To all whom it may concern: Y i Be it known that we, LACY M. N oRwooD and JOHN H. WrLLINK, citizens of the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gun Hand-Protectors; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others use the same.

This invention relates to gun hand protectors, and more particularly to improvements for securing the same in position upon the gun to prevent its movement longitudinally thereof, caused by the recoil of the gun in being red.

It has for its object to provide a device of this kind which will be extremely simple, and can be adapted for use upon different makes or styles of guns, by properly forming the retaining member when the protector is manufactured.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure l is a longitudinal, sectional. view of a portion of a gun showing the protector applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the protector detached.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l indicates a hand protectorr to be used on guns to prevent the excessive heat generated by rapid firing from burning or hurting the hand of the gunner.

The protector is formed from thin sheet metal, preferably steel, which is substantially semi-oval in cross section and of suflcient size for its edges, 2, to engage with the barrels, 3, of the gun upon which it is to be used. A suitable covering, 4, `of non conducting material, is preferably applied to the protector, and, especially to the exterior or outer portion. l

The protector is of sulcient length to give a suiicient grasp for the hand of the gunner, and its center portion is provided with a shoulder 5, which is adapted to engage with a forearm, 6, of the gun stock, and thereby prevent the forward movement of the protectbr from the recoil of the gun when it is red. This shoulder is formed upon the protector by bending or stamping it when the protector is bent into shape before it is tempered, and is given such shape as to engage with the peculiar formation of the forearm of the style of gun to which it is to be applied.

To secure the necessary exibility of the shoulder in applying the same to the gun, the protector is preferably provided with a tongue, 7, in which the shoul* der may be formed and which will thereby permit of considerable movement of the shoulder in being seated, but will not permit of such movement as to release the same and permit the forward movement of the protector when in use. This tongue is preferably formed integral with the rest of the protector, as by separating the sides therefrom by slots as shown at 8, to enable it to readily slip over the forward end of the forearm when the protector is being slipped back upon the barrels in position for use. The tongue may be formed of any desired length so as to terminate before or extend beyond the rear end of the protector, it being shown even therewith in the drawings.

By constructing a protector as above described, the shoulder' can be provided with but trilling additional cost, if any, to the style of protectors now upon the market, and, at the same time, the protector will be securely retained in its position irrespective of the amount of expansion that may take place thereinfrom the excessive heat ofthe barrel, and from the tendency to be pushed forward by the grasp of the hand of the gunner when the gun recoils on being red. As the protector `and its lock orshoulder are necessarily formed from tempered metal, which must be bent into shape before being tempered, the different protectors must be given such form and shape as will adapt them for application to the different style of guns upon which they are to be used.

Having described our invention, we claim:

l. A hand protector 4for guns having the rear portion of its lower side slotted longitudinally to form a locking member for yieldingly engaging with the forearm.

2. A hand protector for guns comprising a sheet of material bent into a substantially semi-oval shape in cross section and having the rear portion of its lower side slotted longitudinally to form a tongue therebetween, said tongue being provided with a shoulder for engagement With the forearm of the gun.

3. A hand protector for guns formed from a thin sheet of tempered steel bent into substantially a semi-oval shape in cross section and having the rear portion of its lower side slotted longitudinally to form a tongue therebetween, said tongue being shouldered to form a lock for engaging with the forearm o'f the gun.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

LACY M. NORWOOD. JOHN H. WILLINK. Witnesses v JAMES F. EvANs, EDMUND H. ABRAHAMS.