Hand gun with remotely controlled safety system

• US 5,603,180 A
• Filed: 09/11/1995
• Issued: 02/18/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wade L. Houze
• Original Assignee: Wade L. Houze
• Inventors: Houze, Wade L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jordan, Charles T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHELLIAH, MEENA A
• Application Number:
  US08/526,439
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 42/70.11, 42/1.01, 42/70.01, 42/84, 89/1.11
• US Class Current: 42/70.11
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/063 comprising a transponder
• CPC Class Codes: 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

Abstract

A safety system for a hand gun includes an electrode exposed through the handle. A high voltage source inside the handle connects to the electrode through a switch controlled by a receiver activated by a transmitter carried by an authorized person. If the authorized person loses possession of the hand gun, the transmitter is actuated thereby energizing the electrodes. If an unauthorized person is holding the hand gun within range of the transmitter, a high voltage shock is delivered through the electrodes. The unauthorized person thereupon drops the hand gun and it is no longer a threat to the authorized person.

Claims

1. A hand gun comprising

a handle, a barrel having a muzzle and a breech, means for delivering bullets to the breech and a trigger;

an electrode exposed through the handle;

a high voltage source inside the hand gun;

a receiver, inside the hand gun, for receiving a signal from a transmitter and providing an output; and

means for connecting the high voltage source in circuit with the electrode in response to the output from the receiver.

2. The hand gun of claim 1 comprising a plurality of electrodes exposed through the handle.

3. The hand gun of claim 1 wherein the high voltage source has the capacity to deliver in excess of 25,000 volts to the electrode.

4. The hand gun of claim 1 wherein the high voltage source has the capacity to deliver in excess of 100,000 volts to the electrode.

5. The hand gun of claim 1 wherein the hand gun is a revolver.

6. A control system for a handgun of the type including a handle, a barrel having a muzzle and a breech, means for delivering bullets to the breech and a trigger, the control system comprising

an electrode exposed through the handle;

a high voltage source out of circuit with the electrode;

a receiver for receiving a signal from a transmitter and providing an output; and

means for connecting the high voltage source in circuit with the electrode in response to the output from the receiver.

7. The control system of claim 6 wherein the high voltage source has the capacity to deliver in excess of 25,000 volts to the electrode.

8. The hand gun of claim 6 wherein the high voltage source has the capacity to deliver in excess of 100,000 volts to the electrode.

9. A hand gun including a handle, a barrel having a muzzle and a breech, first means for delivering bullets to the breech, a trigger, and second means for selectively delivering a high voltage current through the handle sufficient to cause a person to drop the hand gun, the second delivering means comprises radio receiver means for receiving an input signal and energizing the delivering means in response to the signal.

10. The hand gun of claim 9 wherein the delivering means comprises means for selectively delivering in excess of 25,000 volts through the handle.

11. A method of controlling the operation of a firearm by an authorized person to prevent operation by an unauthorized person which comprises the steps of:

providing at least one normally deenergized high voltage electrode in a handle of the firearm;

generating a distinctive high frequency electromagnetic wave signal in response to action by the authorized person;

equipping the firearm with radio receiver means designed to receive the distinctive high frequency signal; and

delivering high voltage current through the electrode when the handle is grasped by the unauthorized person in response to the radio receiver means receiving the distinctive high frequency signal.