Portable bullet trap

Abstract

A portable bullet trap includes a trailer having a hitch. A bullet trap box is removably placed on the trailer. The bullet trap box is formed by a pair of spaced side walls interconnected by a back wall and having a front face. A bottom wall is below the side walls and the front face and back wall. A top wall is hinged to the back wall and is movable from a closed position covering the interior of the box and to an open position exposing the interior of the box. Baffles made from energy absorbing material, such as rubber, are detachably mounted within the box.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable bullet trap comprising a support member, said support member being mounted on wheels for movability of said support member, a bullet trap box mounted on said support member, said bullet trap box comprising a pair of spaced side walls interconnected by a front face and a back wall, a bottom wall below said side walls and said front face and said back wall, a top wall above said side walls and said front face and said back wall, said top wall being selectively movable from a closed position covering the interior of said box and to an open position exposing said interior of said box, baffle structure in said box extending from one of said side walls to the other of said side walls, and said baffle structure being made from energy absorbing material to absorb the impact of a bullet shot through said front face. 
     
     
         2 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 1  wherein said baffle structure comprises a plurality of spaced baffles. 
     
     
         3 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 2  wherein at least some of said spaced baffles decrease in thickness from back to front of said box. 
     
     
         4 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 3  wherein said baffle structure comprises a front most baffle and a first interior baffle and a second interior baffle and a third interior baffle, said front most baffle being located at, but spaced inwardly, from said front face of said box, and the thickness of said interior baffles decreasing from back to front. 
     
     
         5 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 3  wherein each of said baffles is made of a rubber material which comprises said energy absorbing material. 
     
     
         6 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 5  wherein said walls of said box are lined with rubber. 
     
     
         7 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 3  wherein said baffles are detachably mounted in said box by being inserted in sets of spaced slots located at said side walls. 
     
     
         8 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 7  wherein said slots are created by spaced parallel strips of rubber mounted to said side walls. 
     
     
         9 . The portable bullet box of  claim 8  wherein said top wall is hinged to said back wall. 
     
     
         10 . The portable bullet box of  claim 9  wherein said support member is a trailer having a hitch. 
     
     
         11 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 10  wherein said trailer includes an upstanding wall around at least a portion of its periphery, said box having feet extending downwardly below said bottom wall, and said feet being mounted within the peripheral upstanding wall of said trailer. 
     
     
         12 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 2  wherein said top wall is hinged to said back wall. 
     
     
         13 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 2  wherein said baffles are detachably mounted within said box by being  20  inserted in sets of spaced slots at said side walls. 
     
     
         14 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 13  wherein said support member is a trailer having a hitch. 
     
     
         15 . The portable bullet trap of  claim 14  wherein said energy absorbing material is rubber, said walls having a rubber lining, and said top wall being hinged to said back wall.