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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7506467 | Childproof and accident-proof rotating percussion handgun The present invention relates to a small-calibre defence system, characterised by the use of an unconventional process, with the following main characteristics: the absence of a trigger and hammer, which are replaced by firing mechanisms in the form of a handle (B) ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7143537 | Firing pin assembly A firing pin assembly is provided that includes a firing pin and a firing pin shaft. The firing pin is received in a slot of the end of the firing pin shaft to be retained therein with a spring retaining sleeve, a main spring, and a main spring sleeve. The firing pi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6778811 | Electronic device with concealed firearm system An electronic device with a concealed firearm. The device includes a housing having an interior face and an exterior face and with a cavity therein. The housing has a plurality of buttons and digital electronics. A tubular wall with a rigid central bore is adapted t... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6729061 | Coupling device for adding a shoulder stock to a handgun A coupling device for enabling an elongated item of police equipment to be rapidly employed as a shoulder stock for use with a handgun includes a rigid mounting ring having a forwardly directed rigid prong, and a diametrically located set screw for adjustable engage... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6578463 | Automatic machine gun Miniature machine gun in which all components are housed within a cylindrical tube, the barrel being disposed axially of the tube and the magazine surrounding the barrel. Barrel and magazine is a removable unit which may be replaced by an identical unit w... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6463688 | Bean bag baton The Less Lethal (TM) police baton invention, which is capable of firing projectiles, is presented. The baton has a front barrel body, a rear breech body pivotally coupled to the front barrel body, a handle perpendicularly secured to the rear breech body, ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 5685636 | Eye safe laser security device This invention provides a fixed or portable non-lethal laser security device and method for use of such device as a non-damaging weapon and security system to provides warning and visual impairment upon an intruder. At a predetermined laser wavelength and... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5529300 | Self-powered extensible projectile launching police baton A baton-like device is provided with a hollow telescopic ram or bolt member which can be driven to extend out of a barrel or trunk portion of the baton. The driving force is produced by a source of gas under pressure, which in preferred embodiments, takes... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5388361 | Nightstick with shell-firing mechanism A nightstick and shell-firing device having a club portion and a handle portion. The club portion has an internal barrel, and the handle portion is movable to actuate a shell-firing mechanism contained within the handle portion. The shell-firing mechanism... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5364097 | Baton with integral projectile launcher A police baton sidearm having a baton main body and a crosshandle which is ttached in a perpendicular manner to the baton main body at a position longitudinally displaced from the geometric center of the baton main body. The baton main body also houses a r... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5361524 | Gas powered weapon system including an improved gas seal A gas powered weapon including a housing for holding a pressurized gas cartridge and a projectile. A hammer mechanism is utilized to drive the cartridge into a stationary firing pin to cause the discharge of the cartridge thus providing a pulse of pressur... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5085433 | Auxiliary folding handle An auxiliary folding handle for a police baton, club or tactical firearm is described. The auxiliary folding handle includes a mechanism allowing the handle to fold along side the shaft of the baton, club or firearm when the handle is not in use. The hand... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4893815 | Interactive transector device commercial and military grade A multiple task user based weapons system capable of neutralizing a variety of designated target types within a real time interval well below conventional systems faced with equivalent tasks. Said weapon system is described as a transector device. Target ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4884809 | Interactive transector device A non-lethal multivariant device utilized by one or more individuals at close range (1.0-100 plus meters) to disperse crowds which exhibits a propensity towards violence, disposed to creating a public danger by inflecting bodily injury, loss of life or ex... | 12/05/1989 |
