Compressed gas personal protection device
AssigneeScarr Research and Development Co., LLC
InventorKimball Rustin Scarr
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Abstract
A hand carryable, non-lethal personal protection device using compressed gas for operation. In some embodiments the device uses the compressed gas to create and shoot a vortex of air at the target. In other embodiments, the compressed gas can be used to shoot a burst of atomized water at the attacker. In still other embodiments the device uses the compressed gas to shoot ammunition, such as a ring airfoil, O-ring, bean bag, or other non-lethal blunt trauma munitions at the target. In still further embodiments, the device is modular in its construction, and can be used to apply the compressed gas to various different attachments.
Claims13
A non-lethal weapon, comprising:
- a pressurized assembly including a pressure vessel, a separable first plug, and a separable second plug, said second plug being located at least in part within said pressure vessel and attached to said first plug;
- a handle with an actuatable trigger mechanism for the hand of a user, said handle being adapted and configured to permit travel of said pressurized assembly relative to said handle between a safe location and a firing location, said trigger mechanism being actuatable between a safe position restraining the travel of said pressurized assembly and a firing position permitting the travel of said pressurized assembly;
- said pressure vessel having a distal end with a first opening and a proximal end with a second opening and a first chamber therebetween adapted and configured to hold therein gas under pressure;
- said first plug having a forward end that sealingly couples to the opening of the proximal end of said pressure vessel and an aft end, the aft end including a passageway providing fluid communication from the first chamber to the exterior of said first plug;
- said second plug having a forward end that seals with the opening of the distal end of said pressure vessel in the first position and an aft end that attaches to said first plug;
- and further comprising:
- means for biasing said pressurized assembly from the safe location to the firing location,
- wherein said biasing means moves said pressurized assembly from the safe location toward the firing location when said trigger mechanism is actuated to the firing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.