Method and apparatus for deploying an animal restraining net
OwnerHarry Mattoxinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method uses a central firing chamber, a plurality of pipes extending outwardly and slightly downwardly from the central firing chamber, means for actuating an explosive charge within the central firing chamber, a deployable net, and a plurality of net-anchoring weights attached to the perimeter of the net, each weight being releasably retained within a pipe until the explosive charge is detonated thereby deploying a net downwardly to live-capture an animal situated below the apparatus.
Claims20
An apparatus for remotely deploying a live capture net in close proximity to wild animals in a way that is safe for the animal, the user and any person or property that might be in the area where the apparatus is used, which comprises
- a frame,
- a suspension assembly for suspending the frame at a point above the ground that positions the frame high enough to be out of the animal's immediate visual field,
- a firing chamber member, the firing chamber member being supported within the frame and the firing chamber comprising a primary bore and a plurality of secondary bores,
- a spark plug holder positioned within the primary bore of the firing chamber member,
- a spark plug,
- an explosive placed within the primary bore of the firing chamber member, the explosive being detonated by electrical actuation of the spark plug,
- a plurality of pipes extending downwardly and outwardly from the firing chamber member, each pipe defining a pipe bore and each of said pipe bores forming a bore continuum with the secondary bore of the firing chamber member,
- a deployable net, the net defining a net perimeter, and
- a plurality of net-anchoring weights attached to the perimeter of the net, each weight being receivable within the bore of a pipe for discharge of the weight from the pipe bore,
- wherein one net-anchoring weight is removably secured within each of the pipe bores that extend from the firing chamber member until deployed which, when the plurality of weights is deployed, also deploys the net and the net perimeter in a generally outwardly and generally downwardly direction to live capture an animal positioned below the frame within the net.
A method for remotely deploying a live capture net in close proximity to wild animals in a way that is safe for the animal, the user and any person or property that might be in the area where the apparatus is used, which comprises the steps of
- providing a frame,
- providing a suspension assembly for suspending the frame at a point above the ground that positions the frame high enough to be out of the animal's immediate visual field,
- providing a firing chamber member, the firing chamber member being supported within the frame and the firing chamber comprising a primary bore and a plurality of secondary bores,
- providing a spark plug holder positioned within the primary bore of the firing chamber member,
- providing a spark plug,
- providing an explosive within the primary bore of the firing chamber member, the explosive being detonated by electrical actuation of the spark plug,
- providing a plurality of pipes extending downwardly and outwardly from the firing chamber member, each pipe defining a pipe bore and each of said pipe bores forming a bore continuum with the secondary bore of the firing chamber member,
- providing a deployable net, the net defining a net perimeter,
- providing a plurality of net-anchoring weights attached to the perimeter of the net, each night being receivable within the bore of a pipe for discharge of the weight from the pipe bore, and
- electrically actuating the spark plug,
- wherein one net-anchoring weight is removably secured within each of the pipe bores that extend from the firing chamber member until deployed which, when the plurality of weights is deployed, also deploys the net and the net perimeter in a generally outwardly and generally downwardly direction to live capture an animal positioned below the frame within the net.
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