# US 8,770,150 B2 · Restraint device

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- Number: US 8,770,150 B2
- Document ID: US8770150B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/074,336
- Filed: 2013-11-07
- Published: 2014-03-06
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2010-06-29
- Applicants: James R. Lash
- Inventors: James R. Lash
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770150B2

## CPC

- E05B 75/00: Handcuffs {; Finger cuffs; Leg irons; Handcuff holsters; Means for locking prisoners in automobiles (retaining devices for the body or body parts A61F5/37)}
- A01K 27/009: {with electric-shock, sound, magnetic- or radio-waves emitting devices}
- 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)}
- Y10T 70/404: Manacles and cuffs
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- F41H: ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A restraint device having a tubular body with a handle at one end and a telescopic extension rod at the other end which allows the overall length of the body to be selectively adjusted. A cuff is attached to a tether at the end of the rod in a non-deployed position. The tether can be released so a law enforcement officer can loosely control a detainee. Electrical circuitry in the body is connected to electrodes on the lower end of the handle and on the cuff so a disabling charge can be delivered. The device is also useful to civilians as a protective device when jogging, walking, bicycling or the like.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for restraining and controlling both humans and animals comprising:
an elongate pole having a release and a trigger;
a cuff having least one electrode, and secured at the lower end of the pole, and which is released from the pole by operation of the release;
an electrical circuit for providing a shock to subdue a detainee coupled to the electrode and activated by the trigger.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device for restraining and controlling both humans and animals of claim 1, in which the electrical circuit is attached to a lock body and activated wirelessly by a transmitter in the pole which is coupled to the trigger.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device for restraining and controlling both humans and animals of claim 1 in which the shock is an electrical shock of a substantially high voltage and substantially low enough current so that the detainee may be subdued without substantial harm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device for restraining and controlling both humans and animals of claim 1 in which the pole includes at least one electrode operable to deliver a second shock when the pole is used as a stunning device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device for restraining and controlling both humans and animals of claim 1 in which the cuff further comprises:
a lock body having internal ratchet teeth and a lock:
an fixed arm having a first end fixedly attached to the lock body and a second end;
an arm coupled to the second end of the fixed arm by a pivot and operable such that teeth on a second end of the arm may engage the internal ratchet teeth of the lock body such that cuff may be locked about an extremity.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device for restraining and controlling both humans and animals of claim 1 in which the pole is extendable.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The device for restraining and controlling both humans and animals of claim 6 further comprising a spring loaded detent for extending the pole.