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AssigneeEngineering Science Analysis Corporation
InventorsMartin A. Martinez, Patrick J. Barnhill, Steven A. Floyd
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An immobilization device and method of restraining vehicles, persons and animals uses tendrils attached to various devices to engage the target. The immobilization device, system and method includes a housing containing launchable tendrils that are launched from the housing by a propellant. The tendrils may be attached to straps or other elements carried by the immobilization device. The tendrils will engage the target and restrain it if it is a vehicle such as a car, truck, boat, submarine, or like vehicle. In stopping a person or animal the tendrils will deliver a marking package, a shocking package or a snare package to mark, shock or snare the target. Straps may be pulled off the housing leaving the housing near the point of deployment.
A method of entangling a target vehicle having a wheel and tire assembly and rotating components on the underside of the vehicle, the method comprising:
A method of entangling a target vehicle with a device positioned along an expected path of the target vehicle, the target vehicle having a tire and rotating components on the underside of the vehicle, the method comprising:
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