Ex Parte Sovine - Page 15


          Appeal No. 2004-0100                                                        
          Application No. 09/650,843                                                  


             7. The trap for receiving bullets according to claim 5,                  
         wherein the insert has at least one plate forming a lower end,               
         and wherein the at least one plate has at least one slot formed              
         therein.                                                                     
             8. A trap for receiving bullets, the trap comprising: a                  
         housing having a cavity defined by an outerwall surrounding a                
         void; and an insert forming a bullet deceleration chamber, the               
         insert being slidably insertable into and removable from the                 
         void of the housing, and wherein the insert has two bottom                   
         plates and wherein the bottom plates each have slots formed                  
         therein.                                                                     
              9. The trap for receiving bullets according to claim 8,                 
         wherein the plates are aligned such that the slots in the plates             
         do not overlap.                                                              
              10. The trap for receiving bullets according to claim                   
         1, wherein the insert further comprises a bullet                             
         deceleration medium disposed therein.                                        
              11. The trap for receiving bullets according to claim 10,               
         wherein the bullet deceleration medium is formed by pieces of                
         rubber.                                                                      
              12. The trap for receiving bullets according to claim 1,                
         wherein the housing is formed from a tube having a generally                 
         square cross-section.                                                        
              13. The trap for receiving bullets according to claim 1,                
         wherein the housing is formed from a material other than plate               
         steel.                                                                       







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