US 12,222,176 B2
Suppressor design
John McCartney Hibbitts, Dallas, TX (US); and Robert Randall Mace, Jr., Laurens, SC (US)
Assigned to Gladius Suppressor Company, LLC, Laurens, SC (US)
Filed by Gladius Suppressor Company, LLC, Laurens, SC (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,095.
Application 17/992,095 is a continuation of application No. 17/132,015, filed on Dec. 23, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/132,015 is a continuation of application No. 16/512,817, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,921,080, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Application 16/512,817 is a continuation of application No. 15/876,397, filed on Jan. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,480,886, issued on Nov. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/448,412, filed on Jan. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0288163 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 21/30 (2006.01); F41A 21/44 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 21/30 (2013.01) [F41A 21/44 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking lug system for a suppressor comprising:
a muzzle brake comprising at least one thread and a plurality of alignment blocks;
a muzzle brake cover that is slidably engaged over the muzzle brake;
a triple wave washer positioned between the muzzle brake and muzzle brake cover;
a lug muzzle end cap comprising at least one thread wherein the muzzle brake and the lug muzzle end cap are joined to one another via engagement of the at least one thread and at least two adjacent alignment blocks of the muzzle brake and the at least one thread on the lug muzzle end cap;
and
a lock latch plate having a locking tab, the lock latch plate slides within the lug muzzle end cap, wherein the lock latch plate locking tab engages between at least two adjacent alignment blocks to prevent rotation of the lug muzzle end cap.