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US 5,750,918 AGranted
Ballistically deployed restraining net
AssigneeFoster-Miller, Inc.
InventorsArnie Mangolds, Michael David Farinella, Daniel Rene Deguire, Robert Lee Cardenas
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Abstract
A ballistically deployed restraining net system including a projectile, a net packaged in the projectile, a net deployment device for unfurling the net in flight, and a fuze for triggering the net deployment device upon the occurrence of a preestablished criteria such as the impact of the projectile with an object, the expiration of a preestablished time period after launch or upon the projectile reaching a predetermined distance to an object.
Claims24
A ballistically deployed restraining net system comprising:
- a projectile for being fired from a hand held launcher, said projectile including:
- a packaged restraining net,
- net deployment means for unfurling the net in flight,
- means for triggering said net deployment means upon the occurrence of a preestablished criteria after the launch of said projectile from the hand held launcher,
- a power source,
- an open electrical circuit attached to said net and connected to said power source for disabling a target captured in said net, and
- means for starting the operation of the power source after the net is unfurled.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.