US 11,913,764 B2
Cartridge case having a neck with increased thickness
Charles Padgett, Vero Beach, FL (US); and Lanse Padgett, Vero Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to PCP TACTICAL, LLC, Vero Beach, FL (US)
Filed by PCP TACTICAL, LLC, Vero Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/068,285.
Application 17/068,285 is a division of application No. 15/956,051, filed on Apr. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,809,043.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/487,086, filed on Apr. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0223008 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. F42B 5/30 (2006.01); F42B 5/307 (2006.01); F42B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 5/025 (2013.01) [F42B 5/30 (2013.01); F42B 5/307 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A high strength polymer-based cartridge casing enclosing a volume, comprising:
a first end having a mouth;
a neck extending away from the mouth;
a shoulder extending below the neck and away from the first end;
a cartridge body formed below the shoulder;
an insert attached to the cartridge body opposite the shoulder; and
a projectile disposed in the mouth having a particular caliber;
the neck comprises a neck thickness that is about 25% to about 125% greater than a standard neck thickness for the particular caliber as detailed by a standards organization,
the neck, the shoulder, and the cartridge body are formed from a polymer, and
the standards organization is at least one of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI), the Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'epreuve des armes a feu portatives (CIP), and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).