Barbed wire deployment apparatus
OwnerSamuel R. Loweryinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a viable, practical and useful alternative to conventional metal barbed wire that is both portable and easily deployed and has a long storage shelf life. This alternative is a cost effective alternative to metal barbed wire that is reusable, recyclable and unaffected by climactic conditions. There present invention also provides a means for rapid deployment of a permanent or temporary barrier for situations as varied as repairing a breach in a fenced enclosure or providing a no-cross zone in event of civil disturbance. This means is a self-deploying storage canister for the plastic barbed wire which uses a explosive charge for deployment.
Claims15
A self-deploying storage canister for barbed wire comprising:
- a male half forming one half of said canister;
- a female half forming another half of said canister and being in contact with said male half to form said canister;
- a male sleeve attached to said male half;
- a female sleeve attached to said female half;
- said male sleeve being located within said female sleeve:
- at least one securing device to hold said male and female halves together;
- an impact detonator which includes an explosive charge mounted inside said ale sleeve;
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- a barbed wire having a first end attached to said male sleeve and a second end attached to said female sleeve, said barbed wire being coiled around said female sleeve and contained within said canister.
A method of deploying barbed wire comprising the steps of:
- a. impacting a self-deploying storage canister for barbed wire having a male half forming one half of said canister;
- a female half forming another half of said canister and being in contact with said male half to form said canister;
- a male sleeve attached to said male half;
- a female sleeve attached to said female half;
- said male sleeve being located within said-female sleeve;
- at least one securing device to hold said male and female halves together, an impact detonator which includes an explosive charge mounted inside said male sleeve;
- and a barbed wire having first end attached to said male sleeve and a second end attached to said female sleeve with a solid surface, said barbed wire being coiled around said female sleeve and contained within said canister;
- b. activating the impact detonator, thereby detonating the explosive charge, where the force from the charge releases the at least one securing device holding said male and female halves together and blows the male and female halves in opposite directions from each other;
- and where, the barbed wire is deployed between the halves as the halves move away from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.