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US 8,689,695 B2Granted
Area denial device
OwnerRobert Van Burdine, Dorothy Devine Burdineinventors
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Abstract
A propelled lance provides a wounding non-lethal anti-insurgent action when stepped on by piercing an enemy insurgent's foot with a lance penetrator. The lance penetrator lodges in the foot and further penetration is impeded by a stop plate. The lance penetrator may insert an RFID or other identifiable device or other payload into the insurgent. The lance penetrator provides anti-personnel, anti-vehicle and anti-robot action.
Claims15
The method of an area denial device comprising,
- a. an enclosure with an opening,
- b. a lance penetrator contained within an enclosure,
- c. the lance penetrator protruding from the enclosure opening,
- d. lance penetrator propellant means within the enclosure,
- e. an outside object applying force to the tip of the penetrator lance,
- f. the lance penetrator depressed into the enclosure,
- g. the propellant initiating,
- h. the propellant propelling the lance penetrator through the opening,
- i. the lance penetrator capturing a stop plate on the lance penetrator,
- j. the lance penetrator impacting and penetrating the outside object,
- k. the stop plate being brought against the outside object by the penetrator lance,
- l. the stop plate impacting the outside object,
- m. the stop plate capturing the lance penetrator,
- n. the further penetration of the outside object by the lance penetrator being prevented by the stop plate,
- o. the lance penetrator embedded in the outside object.
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