Bola launcher
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorJohn P. Murphy
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Abstract
A bola deployment device for launching a bola from a firearm has a housing member, a plurality of tubular segments with pockets for inserting a bola weight and a stowage area for placing the bola cord. The bola deployment device is attached to the end of a firearm and when fired, the weighted ends of the bola effectively separate from each other as the bola departs from the bola deployment device.
Claims19
A bola deployment device for launching a bola from a firearm, comprising:
- a housing member forming a chamber therein;
- a plurality of tubular segments forming hollow cylinders therethrough between a first and second end, the tubular segments attached to the housing member at the first end forming an open conduit between the hollow cylinders and housing member chamber, the second end forming an open conduit with the outside of the tubular segment wherein the housing member provides an angular separation of the tubular segments;
- and,
- means for stowing connecting cords comprising storage chambers fixed to the sides of the tubular segments.
A method for launching a bola device from a firearm, comprising the steps of:
- providing a bola deployment device for launching a bola from a firearm comprising a housing member forming a chamber therein, a plurality of tubular segments forming hollow cylinders therethough between a first and second end, the tubular segments attached to the housing member at the first end forming an open conduit between the hollow cylinders and housing member chamber, the second end forming an open conduit with the outside of the tubular segment, wherein the housing member provides an angular separation of the tubular segments and means for stowing connecting cords comprising storage chambers fixed to the sides of the tubular segments;
- attaching the housing member onto the end of the firearm;
- combining a bola having a plurality of weighted ends connected by cord to the bola deployment device, wherein each weighted end is inserted into the second end of one of the tubular segments and the cord is stowed by the means for stowing connecting cords;
- and,
- firing a blank charge from the firearm, wherein the force of the blank charge transits through the housing member and forces the bola out of the tubular segments, causing the weighted ends of the bola to effectively separate from one another prior to target contact.
A deployed bola product produced by the process comprising the steps of:
- providing a bola deployment device for launching a bola from a firearm comprising a housing member forming a chamber therein, a plurality of tubular segments forming hollow cylinders therethough between a first and second end, the tubular segments attached to the housing member at the first end forming an open conduit between the hollow cylinders and housing member chamber, the second end forming an open conduit with the outside of the tubular segment, wherein the housing member provides an angular separation of the tubular segments and means for stowing connecting cords comprising storage chambers fixed to the sides of the tubular segments;
- attaching the housing member onto the end of the firearm;
- combining a bola having a plurality of weighted ends connected by cord to the bola deployment device, wherein each weighted end is inserted into the second end of one of the tubular segments and the cord is stowed by the means for stowing connecting cords;
- and,
- firing a blank charge from the firearm, wherein the force of the blank charge transits through the housing member and forces the bola out of the tubular segments, causing the weighted ends of the bola to effectively separate from one another prior to target contact, wherein contact with the target results in an entangled object with the bola.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.