Vehicle stopping method and apparatus
AssigneeBoltek Corporation
InventorWilliam Robert Boll
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Abstract
A vehicle stopping apparatus for stopping a target vehicle has a capture loop large enough to loop over a vehicle tire, attachment means provided over a portion of the capture loop to attach the portion of the capture loop to the vehicle tire, and a tether coupled to the capture loop. The vehicle stopping apparatus may have an anchoring device coupled to the tether, the anchoring device adapted to apply a resistive force on the tether. Furthermore, the vehicle stopping apparatus may have a deployment mechanism adapted to transfer the capture loop from a set position wherein said capture loop is folded in a bundle, to a deployed position wherein said capture loop is extended across the path of said vehicle tire.
Claims35
A vehicle stopping apparatus for stopping a target vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a capture loop, said capture loop being large enough to loop over a vehicle tire for coupling said capture loop to said target vehicle;
- b. attachment means provided over a first portion of the capture loop to attach said first portion of the capture loop to said vehicle tire;
- at least while looping said capture loop over said vehicle tire;
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- c. a tether having a first end coupled to the capture loop and a second end spaced horizontally away from said target vehicle when said capture loop is coupled thereto, the tether being adapted to be gripped at its second end for transmitting a resistive force on the the capture loop, when coupled to said target vehicle.
A method of stopping a targeted vehicle, the method comprising:
- a) providing a tire snare, the tire snare having at least one capture loop wherein the capture loop is large enough to loop over a vehicle tire and wherein the capture loop has attachment means provided over a portion of the capture loop to attach said portion of the capture loop to said vehicle tire, and the tire snare having a tether coupled to the capture loop;
- b) deploying the capture loop in front of the path of the tire of the targeted vehicle;
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- c) after the tire of the targeted vehicle has engaged the capture loop, applying a resistive force on the tether to resist further travel of the targeted vehicle.
A vehicle stopping apparatus for stopping a target vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a capture loop, said capture loop being large enough to loop over a vehicle tire for coupling said capture loop to said target vehicle;
- attachment means provided over a first portion of the capture loop to attach said first portion of the capture loop to said vehicle tire at least while looping said capture loop over said vehicle tire;
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- a tether having a first end coupled to the capture loop and a second end spaced away from the first end, the tether constructed of high-strength material for transmitting a resistive force on the capture loop when coupled to said target vehicle;
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- an anchoring device coupled to the second end of the tether, the anchoring device adapted to arrest further travel of said target vehicle by applying said resistive force on said capture loop through the tether.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.