Impact device and method
AssigneeTriadic Strategic Technologies, LLC
InventorJames Likens
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Abstract
An impact device and method for use in incapacitating an opponent. The device mounts on the lower part of the leg and is used by kicking the opponent with the impact device. A police version of the device has a rounded surface for exerting a measured blow on the opponent while a military version has a cutting edge for cutting the opponent. The device may be covered and obscured by the pant leg of the user.
Claims16
An impact weapon comprising a rigid main body having an elongated curved shape for mounting on the shin below the knee, said main body having an inside curved surface adapted to nest on the shin and having an outside surface, a retainer secured to said main body for retaining said main body on the shin, an elongated rigid member fixed to the outside surface of the main body and extending along the length of the main body.
A method for subduing an opponent which comprises:
- providing an impact weapon for the user of the weapon and including a main body having an elongated curved shape for mounting on the shin of the user and having an elongated rigid member secured to the outside surface of the main body and extending along the length of the main body;
- securing the weapon to the shin of the user;
- and
- striking the opponent with the elongated rigid member by kicking the opponent with the weapon.
An impact weapon comprising a main body having an inside surface adapted to nest on the lower part of the leg below the knee, a retainer arranged to secure said main body to the lower part of the leg, said main body having an outside surface, and a rigid member fixed to the outside surface of the main body, said rigid member having a relatively flat striking surface.
A method for subduing an opponent which comprises:
- providing an impact weapon including a main body having an inside surface adapted to nest on the lower part of the leg below the knee and having a rigid member secured to the outside surface of the main body, said rigid member having a relatively flat striking surface;
- securing the weapon to the lower part of the leg below the knee;
- and
- striking the opponent with the relatively flat striking surface of the rigid member by kicking the opponent with the weapon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.