Methods, Systems, and Products for Marking Concealed Objects
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
InventorMichael Daugherty
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Abstract
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and products are disclosed for locating concealed objects by discharging the contents of an aerosol container. A housing encloses an inner volume, and a hollow conduit extends along the housing. An elongate rod slides within the conduit. An actuator of the aerosol container is engaged between a discharge position and a non-discharge position by movement of the elongate rod.
Claims20
An apparatus for discharging the contents of an aerosol container, the aerosol container having an actuator that discharges the contents, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongate rod sliding within a conduit, the conduit having an upper end with an upper orifice through which an upper portion of the elongate rod slides, the conduit having a bottom orifice in a bottom floor through which a bottom portion of the elongate rod slides, the conduit having an inner wall defining a longitudinal axis;
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- means for actuating the actuator of the aerosol container such that movement of the elongate rod within the conduit moves the actuator between a discharge position and a non-discharge position.
An apparatus for locating a concealed object and for discharging the contents of an aerosol container, the aerosol container having an actuator that discharges the contents to indicate a location of the concealed object, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing enclosing an inner volume;
- a hollow conduit extending along the housing, the conduit having an upper end with an upper orifice to an outer surface of the housing, the conduit having a bottom floor with a bottom orifice in the bottom floor, the conduit having an inner wall defining a longitudinal axis;
- an elongate rod sliding within the conduit, the elongate rod having an upper portion extending through the upper orifice and a lower portion extending through the bottom orifice;
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- means for actuating the actuator of the aerosol container such that movement of the elongate rod within the conduit moves the actuator between a discharge position and a non-discharge position.
An apparatus for locating a concealed object and for discharging the contents of an aerosol container, the aerosol container having an actuator that discharges the contents to indicate a location of the concealed object, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing enclosing an inner volume;
- a hollow conduit extending along the housing, the conduit having an upper end with an upper orifice to an outer surface of the housing, the conduit having a bottom floor with a bottom orifice in the bottom floor, the conduit having an inner wall defining a longitudinal axis;
- an elongate rod sliding within the conduit, the elongate rod having an upper portion extending through the upper orifice and a lower portion extending through the bottom orifice;
- a liquid electromagnetic shield that bathes at least a portion of the elongate rod as the elongate rod slides within the conduit;
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- means for actuating the actuator of the aerosol container such that movement of the elongate rod within the conduit moves the actuator between a discharge position and a non-discharge position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.