Systems and Methods for Providing Information to Users of Hand-held Weaponry
AssigneeWrap Technologies, Inc.
InventorElwood Norris
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Abstract
A system for alerting a user to a state of a weapon includes a safety assembly, operably coupled to the weapon and operable to selectively render the weapon into either a safe mode or a firing mode. A motor is carried by the weapon and is operably coupled to the safety assembly so as to be engaged when the weapon is in the firing mode. The motor is operable to impart vibratory motion to the weapon of sufficient magnitude that a wielder of the weapon can tactilely sense the vibratory motion without visually inspecting the weapon to thereby sense that the weapon is in the firing mode without visually inspecting the weapon.
Claims15
A system for alerting a user to a state of a hand-held weapon, the system comprising:
- a weapon;
- a safety assembly, operably coupled to the weapon, the safety assembly operable to selectively render the weapon into either a safe mode or a firing mode;
- a motor carried by the weapon, the motor being operably coupled to the safety assembly so as to be engaged when the weapon is in the firing mode;
- the motor operable to impart vibratory motion to the weapon of sufficient magnitude that a wielder of the weapon can tactilely sense the vibratory motion to thereby sense that the weapon is in the firing mode without visually inspecting the weapon;
- a laser light source carried by the weapon, the laser light source operable to generate a laser light beam visible by a wielder of the weapon without visually inspecting the weapon, the laser light source being operably coupled to the safety assembly so as to be engaged when the weapon is in the firing mode to enable the wielder of the weapon to sense that the weapon is in the firing mode without visually inspecting the weapon;
- and
- the laser light source including a dispersing lens, operable to disperse the laser light beam into a targeting pattern.
2-4. (canceled)
A system for alerting a user to a state of a hand-held weapon, the system comprising:
- a weapon;
- a safety assembly, operably coupled to the weapon, the safety assembly operable to selectively render the weapon into either a safe mode or a firing mode;
- a laser light source carried by the weapon, the laser light source being operable to generate a laser light beam visible by a wielder of the weapon without visually inspecting the weapon;
- the laser light source being operably coupled to the safety assembly so as to be engaged when the weapon is in the firing mode to enable the wielder of the weapon to sense that the weapon is in the firing mode without visually inspecting the weapon;
- and
- the laser light source including a dispersing lens, operable to disperse the laser light beam into a targeting pattern.
8-9. (canceled)
A method of allowing a user to determine a safety condition of a hand-held launcher without visually inspecting the hand-held weapon, the method comprising:
- grasping a hand-held launcher in one or both hands of the user;
- manipulating a safety assembly operably coupled to the hand-held launcher to thereby render the hand-held launcher into either a safe mode or a firing mode;
- positioning the hand-held launcher out of line-of-sight of the user;
- and
- determining, based on visual stimulus generated by a light source carried by the launcher and operably coupled to the safety assembly of the launcher, the safety condition of the hand-held launcher without visually inspecting the hand-held weapon;
- wherein
- the light source comprises a laser light source operable to generate a light beam that resolves on a surface distal from the user and wherein the laser light source includes a dispersing lens, operable to disperse the laser light beam into a targeting pattern that resolves on the surface distal from the user.
17-19. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.