Systems, methods and apparatus for use in distributing irritant powder

A method of providing an individual with protection, the method comprising:

• Providing the individual with an apparatus for use in launching an inhibiting powder, the apparatus comprising,
• a source of impulse pressure that induces a propellant pressure in gas form;
• the source of impulse pressure comprising a cartridge;
• a frame housing the source of impulse pressure;
• a barrel stationarily secured to the frame and cooperated with the source of impulse pressure to receive the propellant pressure the inhibiting powder being positioned within the barrel;
• a burst diaphragm secured between the source of the impulse pressure and the inhibiting powder;
• an actuator that activates the source of impulse pressure to deliver the gas to an expansion chamber;
• and
• a driver having a first arm and a second arm articulated one to the other at a joint, the joint being disposed adjacent to the cartridge, the actuator causing a lateral translation of the joint toward the cartridge that moves the cartridge toward a puncture pin,
• wherein a bursting of the burst diaphragm results in a release of the gas into the barrel to drive the inhibiting powder from the barrel in substantially an aerosol form generating a cloud of the inhibiting powder extending from an exit end of the barrel and out a distance from the exit end of the barrel;
• activating, in response to an actuation, the source of impulse pressure;
• launching the inhibiting powder from the apparatus;
• and
• generating a powder cloud comprising the inhibiting powder, the powder cloud having dimensions larger than a human torso.