Stun gun dart active retrieval system
AssigneeGlobal Pathogen Solutions, Inc.
InventorCarson L. Linker
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Abstract
A stun gun dart acquiring, removing and housing device and method of using this device to remove a dart. The device provides a container, such as a tube, and a slider supported at least partially inside the container and is adapted to grasp a stun gun dart. The user places the slider over the dart, thereby engaging the dart into the distal end of slider and then moves the device away from subject, removing the dart. Then, the user moves the slider rearward into the container to store the dart in a safe location. The dart once locked in place inside the container can now be handled and viewed without concern of inadvertent contamination.
Claims22
A stun gun dart removal assembly, comprising:
- (a) a tube, having a front end, and defining an opening at said front end;
- (b) a slider set in said tube and having forward projecting, resilient arms;
- (c) a slider mover, adapted to permit a user to move said slider forward and backward within said tube;
- (d) an arm closing feature, adapted to move said arms laterally inwardly as said slider is moved from front to back in said tube;
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- (e) whereby said slider can be placed in a position forward in said tube, said assembly can be moved so that said arms laterally surround a portion of a stun gun dart, said slider can be retracted backwardly into said tube causing said arms to close laterally inwardly, capturing said dart and moving it backwardly so that it is contained in said tube.
A method of removing a stun gun dart from a subject, comprising:
- (a) providing a stun gun dart removal assembly, including:
- (i) a dart container, having an open front end and a back end;
- (ii) a stun gun dart-engaging slider, slidably engaged to and generally within said container, but having a portion outside said container, adapted to be grasped and moved by a human hand;
- (b) placing said slider in a position forward relative to said container;
- (c) placing said assembly so that said slider engages said stun gun dart;
- (d) removing said dart by moving said assembly away from said subject;
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- retracting said slider backward into said container, thereby moving said dart into said container, where it can be safely stored.
A method, to be performed by a public safety agency, for removing stun gun darts from subjects who have been subjected to a stun gun dart by a law enforcement officer, comprising:
- (a) providing law enforcement officers with specialized stun gun dart removing tools, adapted to decrease the possibility of accidental puncture to a dart removing person;
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- (b) directing said law enforcement officers to themselves remove said stun gun darts after using a stun gun on a subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.