Handgun-discharge suppressor for shot-containment system

Abstract

A handgun-shot suppressor has a housing with an outer shell with a rear end adapted to fit with a shot-containment device and an opposite front end. A mass of sound-deadening material within the housing forms a passage and is formed at the front end with a front cavity fittable with a muzzle of a handgun so that a shot fired by a handgun fitted to the front cavity passes through the passage. A gas-permeable cover lining the passage and the cavity lies against the mass of sound-deadening material. A rear wall penetrable by the projectile closes the rear end of the housing.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A handgun-shot suppressor comprising:
 a housing having an outer shell extending along an axis and with a rear end adapted to fit with a shot-containment device and an opposite front end;   a mass of sound-deadening material within the housing, forming a passage, and formed at the front end with a front cavity fittable with a muzzle of a handgun, whereby a shot fired by a handgun fitted to the front cavity passes through the passage;   a gas-permeable cover lining the passage and the cavity and lying against the mass of sound-deadening material; and   a rear wall penetrable by the projectile and closing the rear end of the housing.   
     
     
         2 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1 , wherein the cavity is frustoconical and tapers away from the front end into the passage. 
     
     
         3 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1  wherein the cover is a net, mesh, woven fabric, or knitted fabric. 
     
     
         4 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1 , wherein the cover is flame retardant and self-extinguishing. 
     
     
         5 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1 , wherein the cover externally fully surrounds the mass. 
     
     
         6 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1 , wherein the outer shell of the housing is externally cylindrical. 
     
     
         7 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 6 , wherein the rear end of the housing fittable in the shot-containment device is also cylindrical. 
     
     
         8 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1 , wherein the passage has a closed rear end wall transverse to the axis. 
     
     
         9 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 8 , wherein the rear wall is made of plastic or rubber. 
     
     
         10 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1 , wherein the sound-deadening mass is formed by a strip of sound-deadening material wound around the passage. 
     
     
         11 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a guide for a muzzle of the firearm at the front end.   
     
     
         12 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 1 , wherein the passage is formed with a constriction reducing a cross-sectional area of the passage. 
     
     
         13 . The handgun-shot suppressor defined in  claim 12  wherein the constriction is at or rearward toward the rear end of a center of the passage.