Adhesive-carrying entangling projectiles and systems for their use
AssigneeWrap Technologies, Inc.
InventorsElwood Norris, John Bailey
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Abstract
An entangling projectile for use in a projectile deployment system includes a pair of pellets, a flexible tether connecting the pellets, and an engagement adhesive. The engagement adhesive is applied to at least a portion of one of the pair of pellets or the tether and is operable to adhesively engage the skin or clothing of a subject engaged by the entangling projectile.
Claims12
An entangling projectile for use in a projectile deployment system, the entangling projectile comprising:
- a pair of pellets, at least one of the pair of pellets including a shank having a series of peaks and valleys formed in the shank;
- a flexible tether connecting the pellets;
- and
- an engagement adhesive applied to the series of peaks and valleys formed in the shank of the at least one of the pair of pellets, the engagement adhesive operable to adhesively engage skin or clothing of a subject engaged by the entangling projectile.
A method of loading an entangling projectile within a projectile deployment system, the method comprising:
- obtaining an entangling projectile, the entangling projectile including a pair of pellets and a flexible tether connecting the pellets;
- positioning each of the pellets within a socket associated with the projectile deployment system;
- positioning the tether in a tether storage compartment associated with the projectile deployment system;
- and
- applying an engagement adhesive to only portions of the tether exposed at a top of the tether storage compartment after positioning the tether in the tether storage compartment.
A method of loading an entangling projectile within a projectile deployment system, the method comprising:
- obtaining an entangling projectile, the entangling projectile including a pair of pellets and a flexible tether connecting the pellets;
- positioning each of the pellets within a socket associated with the projectile deployment system;
- positioning the tether in a tether storage compartment associated with the projectile deployment system;
- and
- applying an engagement adhesive to a shank of at least one of the pair of pellets while a head end of the at least one of the pair of pellets remains free of engagement adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.