Joseph P Corso, Age 98979 Blanch Ave, Norwood, NJ 07648

5642847, Jul 1, 1997

Jul 3, 1996

8/674899

Attilio Alexander DeMeo - Brooklyn NY
Joseph Corso - Staten Island NY

Rapid Draw Inc. - Staten Island NY

A45F 500
F41C 3302

224623

An improved firearm support is disclosed, comprising a base assembly and a harness secured thereto which is worn by a user to secure said base assembly firmly adjacent to the user's chest. A plurality of support pins protrude outward from the base assembly for receiving and supporting a weapon thereupon. Typically, a weapon having a barrel area and a trigger guard is supported upon the support pins by resting the barrel area of the weapon upon a first support pin and resting the trigger guard of said weapon upon a second support pin. A detachable fastening strap extends from an edge of the base assembly, around the supported weapon, and engages the base assembly on the other side of said weapon, cinching the weapon against the base assembly and holding it firmly thereat, providing the user with hands-free support and permitting said user to move about in an unencumbered manner. Actuation of a trigger located upon the base assembly allows the user to silently disengage the fastening strap and bring the firearm to a ready-to-use position. A safety lock prevents accidental releases of the firearm from the support pins.

4835593, May 30, 1989

May 7, 1986

6/860408

Anthony F. Arnold - Poughkeepsie NY
Joseph A. Corso - Stormville NY
Shukla Kapur - Fishkill NY
Walter F. Lange - Longmont CO
Da-Yuan Shih - Poughkeepsie NY

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H01L 2348

357 71

A multilayered thin film structure for attaching input/output pins to a ceramic substrate, and method of making the thin film structure are disclosed. A thin adhesion layer, which can suitably be a refractory metal such as titanium, vanadium, chromium or tantalum, is first formed on the surface of the substrate. A thick stress reducing layer of soft metal such as copper, silver, nickel, aluminum, gold or iron is subsequently formed over the adhesion layer. To prevent the soft metal from reacting with subsequently brazed gold-tin pin eutectic alloy, a reaction barrier layer which can be titanium or zirconium is then deposited over the soft stress reducing metal cushion layer. The process is completed by finally depositing a gold layer over the reaction barrier layer.