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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166690 | Systems and methods for indicating properties of a unit for deployment for electronic weaponry An electronic weapon may be used with a unit for deployment to cause skeletal muscle contractions in a human or animal target. The unit for deployment when electrically coupled to the electronic weapon, may include at least two electrodes, an indicator, and a propel... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7984579 | Systems and methods for electronic weaponry that detects properties of a unit for deployment An electronic weapon, when combined with a unit for deployment, causes skeletal muscle contractions in a human or animal target. According to the present invention, a launch controller for an electronic weapon includes a detector, a stimulus signal generator, and a ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7950176 | Handheld multiple-charge weapon for remote impact on targets with electric current A handheld multiple-charge weapon for remote impact on a target with an electric current includes a housing including a launch power supply, a power source, a voltage converter, and a high voltage generator and triggered by a firing element. A clip on the housing ca... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7900388 | Systems and methods for a user interface for electronic weaponry An apparatus, according to various aspects of the present invention, produces contractions in skeletal muscles of a target to impede locomotion by the target. The apparatus is used with a provided deployment unit that deploys an electrode away from the apparatus. Th... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7676972 | Portable self-defense device A non-lethal self-defense device that ejects two electrically charged streams of conductive fluid at a biological target for a period of time sufficient to have the liquid contacting both the target and the electrically charged device until incapacitation of the tar... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673411 | Systems and methods for electrode drag compensation A method is performed by an electronic weapon system. The electronic weapon system is aimed in a first direction toward a target. The method includes, deploying an electrode of the system in a second direction different from the first direction, to compensate for dr... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7631452 | Systems and methods for electronic weaponry with deployment unit detection A launch device, according to various aspects of the present invention, stuns a target. The launch device includes a detector and a processing circuit. The detector detects indicia from a provided deployment unit. The deployment unit deploys an electrode to stun the... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7600337 | Systems and methods for describing a deployment unit for an electronic weapon A method is performed by a deployment unit for an electronic weapon. The method includes describing the apparatus to a launch device of the weapon; and propelling the electrode in response to the launch device. The electrode conducts a current through a provided tar... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7520081 | Electric immobilization weapon An improved electric weapon immobilizes a target by conducting a current through an electrode and through the target. The weapon includes a circuit that outputs a pulse pattern having a first pulse, a second pulse of opposite polarity compared to the first pulse, an... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7434517 | Stun gun dart having a retractable spear A stun gun dart includes a base, having an interior cavity, an energy storage assembly and an actuator. Also, a spear is supported by the base and the actuator, when actuated, causes the energy storage assembly to retract the spear into the cavity. In a preferred em... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7409912 | Systems and methods having a power supply in place of a round of ammunition An apparatus for use in place of a round of percussion primed ammunition in a weapon includes a power supply and a switch. The switch is responsive to the mechanism in the weapon that fires the ammunition. Operation of the switch may enable the power supply to suppl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7350466 | Electricity-inducing immobilization cartridge attachment An attachment to an electricity-inducing immobilization cartridge has a body with a plurality of converging sections, a strike plate affixed at a front end of the body and a plurality of hinges formed on each of the converging sections. The hinges serve to allow the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325495 | Hot gas deployment devices A hot gas deployment device for safely deploying a “hot” tear-gas canister to flush out barricaded law-resisters. The device includes an internal chamber for inserting the tear-gas canister therein, securing means to secure the canister in place during deploymen... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325350 | Firearm for extinguishing a fire from a position remote from the fire A firearm for extinguishing a fire from a position remote from the fire. A cartridge is disposed in, and is selectively discharged from, a pistol. The cartridge includes a head containing a pressurized fire extinguishant and a casing containing a propellent. The cas... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316090 | Defense device, preferably self-defense device and storage unit used therein A storage unit includes a nozzle unit, a storage space holding an active substance, an openable closure element sealing the storage space, a store output that includes the nozzle unit and a nozzle entry space having a circumferential inner wall arranged between a no... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310902 | Personal safety device A personal safety device (10) includes at least one housing containing a quantity of a marking substance (30), an explosive charge (36), and a triggering apparatus (22) which is operative to detonate the explosive charge (36) to pr... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305788 | Battering ram with explosive discharge A noise generation device is taught which is used in conjunction with a shotgun generating a blast which has a) at least one chamber for receiving the blast from the barrel; b) a connecting bolts for joining the one chamber to the barrel; c) at least one exhaust por... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305787 | Systems and methods for incapacitation using biofeedback A system and method provide immediate monitoring of a physiological function, such as ECG, of a subject before, during, or after application of an electric shock intended to temporarily incapacitate the subject. The electric shock may be delivered via at least one e... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7278358 | Non-lethal marking bullet for related training cartridges A projectile of non-lethal composition includes an outer casing that is substantially sealed prior to impact with a target both when the projectile is in a static condition and when the projectile is in a dynamic condition. A marking material is encapsulated within ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264143 | Aerosol product dispenser The apparatus is designed to dispense an aerosol product from a pressurized cylindrical cannister having a depressible nozzle at one end. The dispenser is pistol-shaped, formed of a generally cylindrical body and a downwardly extending handle with a trigger. The bod... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7240448 | Bean bag baton A projectile weapon, preferably adapted to fire non- and less-lethal munitions. An elongate tubular body includes a barrel portion and a receiver portion, with a breech assembly disposed in the receiver portion adjacent the barrel portion. A handle is affixed to and... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237352 | Projectile for an electrical discharge weapon An electrical discharge weapon projectile for immobilizing a live target that includes a shock circuit having a low power consumption, a high power efficiency, and/or a low weight. In one embodiment, the projectile includes a high efficiency circuit that would reduc... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234399 | Deployable bullets having high voltage electrodes A method for non-lethal crowd and personal protection. The method includes: firing non-lethal bullets towards a person; and deploying portions on the non-lethal bullets prior to impacting the person to decrease its impact pressure on the person. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231875 | Deployable bullets having a tranquilizer A method for non-lethal crowd and personal protection. The method includes: firing non-lethal bullets towards a person; and deploying portions on the non-lethal bullets prior to impacting the person to decrease its impact pressure on the person. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225741 | Reduced energy training cartridge for self-loading firearms A two piece, two-stage, rechargeable, reusable, reduced-energy mechanically operating cartridge is provided for launching a bullet of various compositions from a dedicated or modified firearm. The cartridge unit is comprised of a primary case, a piston sleeve, a pro... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7180426 | Incapacitating flashing light apparatus and method Apparatus and method for using an light source to incapacitate a subject in which the light source strobes by a spatial scanning through a pattern and a temporal flashing at a rate sufficient to cause incapacitation. The strobing (meaning both spatial scanning and t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7158362 | Less lethal weapons for multiple shots An apparatus for interfering with locomotion by one or more targets being animal or human, uses a plurality of delivery circuits that each deliver current through any target of the one or more targets. The apparatus includes a capacitance, a switch, a trigger; and a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145762 | Systems and methods for immobilizing using plural energy stores An electronic disabling device includes first and second electrodes positionable to establish first and second spaced apart contact points on a target having a high impedance air gap existing between at least one of the electrodes and the target. The power supply ge... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143539 | Electric discharge weapon A weapon, according to various aspects of the present invention, includes a receiver, a trigger, and a cartridge store. The receiver receives a cartridge. The cartridge applies a deterrent force to the target. The trigger activates the cartridge. The cartridge store... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134234 | Mounting device A mounting device for removably mounting a tactical flashlight along side a firearm includes: a receiving member having a base and an offset flashlight receiver coupled thereto; and a clamping member removably coupled with the base. A method for removably mounting a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7100602 | Self-defense flashlight equipped with an aerosol dispenser A flashlight for dispensing a substance from an aerosol canister includes an elongated housing having a front end, a rear end, and a central longitudinal axis, the aerosol canister being slidably received within the housing. The flashlight also includes at least one... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100514 | Piezoelectric incapacitation projectile An incapacitating piezoelectric projectile comprises a projectile body housing a piezoelectric element, at least one electrically conductive contact surface, and a means for coupling said piezoelectric element to said at least one electrically conductive contact sur... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096792 | Sub-lethal, wireless projectile and accessories The invention is a circuit capable of being positioned in a variety of wireless projectile and of delivering a series of pulsed electric discharges in two wave frequencies so as to stun and disable a target individual. The projectiles are adapted to be discharged fr... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7075770 | Less lethal weapons and methods for halting locomotion A hand-held stun gun incapacitates a human target by generating a series of powerful electrical output pulses of pulse energy of from 0.9 Joules to 10 Joules which generate a series of output current pulses have an RMS current flow of from 100 milliamps to 500 milli... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069926 | Flashlight and canister interconnection system and method A flashlight for dispensing a substance from an aerosol canister, the flashlight including an elongated housing having a front end, a rear end, and a central longitudinal axis, the aerosol canister being slidably received and fixedly positionable within the housing.... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7036260 | Method and system to prevent firing live rounds of ammunition during miles exercises A safety system for preventing a handheld firearm from discharging an inadvertently loaded live ammunition projectile or bullet during a training exercise or the like by safely venting through a series of substantially perpendicular vent holes in the barrel, the pre... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6951070 | Defense device, preferably self-defense device and storage unit used therein A storage unit includes a nozzle unit, a storage space holding an active substance, an openable closure element sealing the storage space, a store output that includes the nozzle unit and a nozzle entry space having a circumferential inner wall arranged between a no... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6922931 | Weapon system comprising a firearm and a non-lethal means for selectively ejecting a stream of fluid A weapon system comprising a firearm having a barrel through which a projectile may be propelled and further comprising a non-lethal means for selectively ejecting a stream of fluid, such as an incapacitant, in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the b... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6898887 | Safe and efficient electrically based intentional incapacitation device comprising biofeedback means to improve performance and lower risk to subjects Disclosed is a system and method providing immediate monitoring of physiological parameters, such as cardiac function, during or after application of electric shock to temporarily incapacitate a subject via at least one electrode ballistically implanted into the sub... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6880466 | Sub-lethal, wireless projectile and accessories The invention is a circuit capable of being positioned in a variety of wireless projectile and of delivering a series of pulsed electric discharges in two wave frequencies so as to stun and disable a target individual. The projectiles are adapted to be discharged fr... | 04/19/2005 |
