# US 8,740,026 B2 · Safety system and method for remotely disabling a weapon > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,740,026 B2 - Document ID: US8740026B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/998,088 - Filed: 2008-10-15 - Published: 2011-07-07 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2008-10-04 - Applicants: Wayne Kenneth Osborne; Dennis Harold Pitts; Donald Eugene Chance - Inventors: Wayne Kenneth Osborne; Dennis Harold Pitts; Donald Eugene Chance - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740026B2 ## CPC - F41A 17/063: {comprising a transponder} - F41A 17/46: Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence) - F41C 33/0209: {Pouch or pocket like containers for small arms covering all or most of the small arm} - F41H 13/0018: {for nearby electrical discharge, i.e. the electrodes being positioned on the device and the device brought manually or otherwise into contact with a nearby target (batons with electric discharge capability F41B15/04; electric shock devices for animals A01K15/02)} - F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE - F41C: SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B); ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - F41H: ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A weapon including a first portion of a disarming protection circuit integrated into a removable magazine clip. The first portion of the disarming protection circuit is integrated into the magazine clip and includes, a high voltage source, a receiver for receiving a signal from a transmitter and an output. A second portion of the disarming protection circuit includes a conductor assembly including an electrode that extends adjacent to an inside wall of a magazine compartment. The first end of the electrode is electrically connected to a conductor connection adjacent to the output of the first portion of the circuit. A second end of the electrode is disposed through the handle and is exposed from outside the handle. An actuator generates the signal that connects the high voltage source in the circuit to the electrode in response to the output from the receiver. In response to the actuator being activated, the high voltage current source produced is electrically communicated through the electrode into the handle of the weapon with a sufficient shock to cause a person to release the weapon. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A holster assembly for a weapon, including a belt and a pouch for receiving the weapon, comprising: a holster including a high voltage circuit comprising: an actuator that generates an instruction signal to provide a high voltage current source to an output in the high voltage circuit with a sufficient shock to cause a person to release the weapon; and an electrode electrically connected to, and extending from, the output in the high voltage circuit to a conductor connection having conductor ends attached to, and disposed inside of, the pouch of the holster that holds the weapon, wherein, in response to a switch on the holster assembly being activated, the high voltage current source actuator generates the instruction signal that produces the high voltage current source through the electrode to the conductor ends of the conductor connection disposed in the pouch. ### Claim 2 A holster assembly, having a belt and a pouch for receiving a weapon, comprising: a holster including a high voltage circuit comprising: an actuator that generates an instruction signal to provide a high voltage current source to an output in the high voltage circuit with a sufficient shock to disable a person and cause the person to release the weapon; and an electrode electrically connected to, and extending from, the output in the high voltage circuit to a conductor connection having conductor ends attached to, and disposed inside of the pouch of the holster that holds the weapon. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The holster assembly recited in claim 2, wherein: in response to a switch on the holster being activated, the high voltage current source actuator generates the instruction signal that produces the high voltage current source through the electrode to the conductor connection disposed in the pouch. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The holster assembly recited in claim 2, wherein the actuator is located remote on the belt securing the holster. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The holster assembly recited in claim 2, wherein the actuator is located on the holster. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The holster assembly recited in claim 2, wherein the electrode is insulated through the belt or the holster. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The holster assembly recited in claim 2, wherein the actuator is located remote and is wirelessly connected to the high voltage circuit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The holster assembly recited in claim 2, wherein the high voltage source has the capacity to deliver voltage in the range from approximately 25,000 volts to 1,000,000 volts. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The holster assembly recited in claim 2, where, in response to the actuator on the holster assembly being activated, the high voltage current source produced is electrically connected through the conductor ends of the conductor connection disposed in the pouch into an external conductor to provide a disabling extreme shock to the person or animal. ### Claim 10 A holster that delivers a high voltage shock, comprising: a pouch adapted to receive a weapon; and a high voltage circuit that delivers a high voltage current source to the pouch, the high voltage circuit comprising: an actuator that generates an instruction signal to provide the high voltage current source to an output with a disabling shock to cause a person to release the weapon holstered in the pouch; and an electrode electrically connected to, and extending from, the output in the high voltage circuit to a conductor connection having conductor ends attached to, and disposed inside of, the pouch of the holster. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The holster recited in claim 10, wherein, in response to activation of a switch provided in the high voltage circuit and connected to the holster, the high voltage current source actuator generates the instruction signal that produces the high voltage current source through the electrode to the conductor ends of the conductor connection disposed in the pouch. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The holster recited in claim 11, wherein the actuator is located remote and is wirelessly connected to the high voltage circuit.