DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE DANGER OF HARM CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A BULLET FROM A FIREARM

摘要

A device for reducing the danger of harm caused by the accidental discharge of a bullet from a firearm, comprising: attachment means adapted to engage the muzzle end of a firearm barrel; a substantially tubular body (12) having a cavity and coaxially attachable at one of its ends to said barrel via said attachment means; an impact disc (24) having upper and lower surfaces (30, 34), slidably disposed in the cavity of said tubular body; an energy-absorbing and storing means (28) interposed in said tubular body between the upper surface of said impact disc and an abutting means (32), said absorbing and storing means acting on said impact disc to maintain contact with said said abutting means inside said body, and a body (36) made of a material at least as hard as the material of the bullets to be used with the firearm, said body being 101 כ" ז בסיון התשס" א - May 20, 2001 affixed at the lower surface of said impact disc, for substantially preventing a bullet from piercing through said impact disc; whereby, upon the discharge of a bullet, said bullet impacts said body, transferring some of its kinetic energy to said energy- absorbing means and thereby reducing the danger of harm caused by the accidental discharge of said bullet from said firearm.