Seal-carrying entangling projectiles and systems for their use

A system for launching an entangling projectile, comprising:

• an entangling projectile, including a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets, the pellets each having a head portion and a tail portion;
• a projectile casing, including:
• a pair of sockets, each socket sized to carry one of the pair of pellets;
• a selectively activatable pressure source, carried by the projectile casing, the pressure source being capable of expelling the entangling projectile from the projectile casing toward a subject;
• the head portion of each of the pellets carrying a gasket, the gasket suitable to provide a sealed interface between the head portion of the pellet and a socket within which the pellet is carried in the launcher.

An entangling projectile, comprising:

• a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets, the pellets each having a head portion and a tail portion;
• at least one gasket, carried by the head portion of at least one of the pellets, the gasket suitable to provide a sealed interface between the head portion of the at least one pellet and a socket within which the at least one pellet is fired from a launcher;
• and
• a hook assembly, carried adjacent the tail portion of the at least one of the pellets.

An entangling projectile, comprising:

• a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets, the pellets each having a head portion and a tail portion;
• and
• at least one gasket, carried by the head portion of at least one of the pellets, the gasket suitable to provide a sealed interface between the head portion of the at least one pellet and a socket within which the at least one pellet is fired from a launcher;
• at least one of the pellets including a shank portion intermediate the head portion and the tail portion, the shank portion having a reduced diameter relative to the head portion of the at least one of the pellets.