Weapon for preventing locomotion of remote living target by causing repeated rapid involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles
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1. Apparatus for preventing locomotion by a living target by causing repeated involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles of the target, said apparatus including (a) a housing;
- (b) first conducting means for transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target;
(c) second conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus;
(d) power supply means for generating energy and including (i) transformer means for delivering electrical energy in impulses to said first conducting means, and (ii) capacitor means for delivering energy in impulses from said capacitor means to said transformer means,
said capacitor means producing and delivering to said transformer means from 0.75 to ten joules in each of the impulses from said capacitor means;
(e) delivery means for contacting said target with at least a portion of each of said first and second conducting means such that impulses delivered from the first conducting means to the target (i) travel through at least a portion of the skeletal muscles to said second conducting means, and (ii) produce contractions in said portion of the skeletal muscles which prevents the use by the target of said portion of the skeletal muscles.
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Abstract
A dart weapon prevents locomotion by a human being or other animal by generating pulses with a select profile and by applying the pulses to the human being to cause contractions of skeletal muscles sufficient to prevent the normal voluntary use of the skeletal muscles.
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1. Apparatus for preventing locomotion by a living target by causing repeated involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles of the target, said apparatus including
(a) a housing; -
(b) first conducting means for transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target;
(c) second conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus;
(d) power supply means for generating energy and including (i) transformer means for delivering electrical energy in impulses to said first conducting means, and (ii) capacitor means for delivering energy in impulses from said capacitor means to said transformer means,
said capacitor means producing and delivering to said transformer means from 0.75 to ten joules in each of the impulses from said capacitor means;
(e) delivery means for contacting said target with at least a portion of each of said first and second conducting means such that impulses delivered from the first conducting means to the target (i) travel through at least a portion of the skeletal muscles to said second conducting means, and (ii) produce contractions in said portion of the skeletal muscles which prevents the use by the target of said portion of the skeletal muscles.
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2. Apparatus for preventing locomotion by a living target by causing repeated involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles of the target, said apparatus including
(a) a housing; -
(b) first conducting means for transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target;
(c) second conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus;
(d) power supply means for producing electrical pulses which, when passing through a 1000 ohm resistor, have a pulse width greater than about ten microseconds and a current in excess of one hundred milliamps;
(e) delivery means for contacting said target with at least a portion of each of said first and second conducting means such that impulses delivered from the first conducting means to the target (i) travel through at least a portion of the skeletal muscles to said second conducting means, and (ii) produce contractions in said portion of the skeletal muscles which prevents the use by the target of said portion of the skeletal muscles.
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3. A method for preventing locomotion by a living target by causing repeated involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles of the target, said method including the steps of
(a) providing apparatus including (i) a housing, (ii) first conducting means for, when activated, contacting the target and transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target, (iii) second conducting means for, when activated, contacting the target and transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus, (iv) power supply means for, when activated, generating energy and including transformer means for delivering electrical energy in impulses to said first conducting means, and capacitor means for delivering energy in impulses from said capacitor means to said transformer means, - said capacitor means producing and delivering to said transformer means from 0.75 to ten joules in each of the impulses from said capacitor means,
(v) delivery means for, when activated, cohtacting said target with at least a portion of each of said first and second conducting means such that impulses delivered from the first conducting means to the target travel through at least a portion of the skeletal muscles to said second conducting means, and produce contractions in said portion of the skeletal muscles which prevents the use by the target of said portion of the skeletal muscles, and (vi) activation means operable to activate said power supply means, said first conducting means, said second conducting means, and said delivery means;
(b) operating said activation means to (i) contact the target with the first contacting means and the second conducting means, and (ii) deliver from said capacitor means to said transformer means pulses each containing 0.75 to ten joules, and (iii) deliver from said transformer means to said first conducting means electrical energy in impulses.
- said capacitor means producing and delivering to said transformer means from 0.75 to ten joules in each of the impulses from said capacitor means,
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4. A method for preventing locomotion by a living target by causing repeated involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles of the target, said method including the steps of
(a) providing apparatus including (i) a housing, (ii) first conducting means for, when activated, contacting the target and transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target, (iii) second conducting means for, when activated, contacting the target and transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus, (iv) power supply means for, when activated, generating energy and including transformer means for delivering electrical energy in impulses to said first conducting means, and capacitor means for delivering energy in impulses from said capacitor means to said transformer means, - said capacitor means producing and delivering to said transformer means impulses which, when passing through a 1000 ohm resistor, have a pulse width greater than about ten microseconds and a current in excess of one hundred milliamps,
(v) delivery means for, when activated, contacting said target with at least a portion of each of said first and second conducting means such that impulses delivered from the first conducting means to the target travel through at least a portion of the skeletal muscles to said second conducting means, and produce contractions in said portion of the skeletal muscles which prevents the use by the target of said portion of the skeletal muscles, and (vi) activation means operable to activate said power supply means, said first conducting means, said second conducting means, and said delivery means;
(b) operating said activation means to (i) contact the target with the first contacting means and the second conducting means, (ii) deliver from said capacitor means to said transformer means electrical impulses, and (iii) deliver from said transformer means to said first conducting means impulses which, when passing through a 1000 ohm resistor, have a pulse width greater than about ten microseconds and a current in excess of one hundred milliamps.
- said capacitor means producing and delivering to said transformer means impulses which, when passing through a 1000 ohm resistor, have a pulse width greater than about ten microseconds and a current in excess of one hundred milliamps,
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5. Apparatus for preventing locomotion by a living target by causing repeated involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles of the target, said apparatus including
(a) a housing; -
(b) first conducting means for transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target;
(c) second conducting means operatively associated with said first conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus;
(d) first transformer means for delivering electrical energy in impulses to said first conducting means;
(e) third conducting means for transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target;
(f) fourth conducting means operatively associated with said third conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus;
(g) second transformer means for delivering electrical energy in impulses to said third conducting means;
(h) power means for delivering electrical energy to said first and second transformer means; and
,(i) switch means operatively associated with said power means for delivering electrical energy to both of said first transformer means and said second transformer means.
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6. Apparatus for preventing locomotion by a living target by causing repeated involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles of the target, said apparatus including
(a) a housing; -
(b) first conducting means for transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target;
(c) second conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus;
(d) power supply means for generating energy and including (i) transformer means for delivering electrical energy in impulses to said first conducting means, and (ii) capacitor means for delivering energy in impulses from said capacitor means to said transformer means; and
,(e) memory means for storing data concerning the use of said apparatus.
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7. Apparatus for preventing locomotion by a living target by causing repeated involuntary contractions of skeletal muscles of the target, said apparatus including
(a) a housing; -
(b) first conducting means for transmitting electrical energy in impulses from the conducting means to the target;
(c) second conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from the target to the apparatus;
(d) at least one light source mounted on said apparatus for sighting the apparatus on the target;
(e) power supply means for generating energy and (i) including transformer means for delivering electrical energy in impulses to said first conducting means, (ii) including capacitor means for delivering energy in impulses from said capacitor means to said transformer means, and (iii) providing power for said light source.
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