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US 4,382,714 AGranted
Vehicle disabling means
OwnerWalter G. Hutchisoninventor
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Abstract
This invention is a vehicle disabling means in the form of a plurality of spike-like devices adapted to project perpendicular to a road surface to puncture one or more tires of a fleeing vehicle. A plurality of the devices are preferably interconnected for ease of putting in place and removing as well as creating a flailing effect when engaged.
Claims7
A vehicle disabling means comprising:
- a plurality of tire deflating means in the form of a relatively flat base with a hollow, spike like member perpendicularly disposed therefrom whereby when said spike like member penetrates the tire of a vehicle, the air within such tire will escape through the hollow in the spike;
- and means interconnecting said deflating means to allow rapid deployment and retrieval of said disabling means.
A vehicle disabling means comprising;
- a plurality of tire deflating means;
- means interconnecting said deflating means to allow rapid deployment and retrieval of said disabling means;
- and flailing means secured to said deflating means whereby an unnerving sound is created by such means beating against adjacent parts of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.