Remotely activated electrical discharge restraint device using biceps' flexion of the leg to restrain

• US 5,841,622 A
• Filed: 02/04/1998
• Issued: 11/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stinger Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: James F. Mcnulty Jr
• Inventors: McNulty, James F. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): FLEMING, FRITZ M
• Application Number:
  US09/018,268
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• Field of Search: 70/15-18, 361/232, 231/7, 463/47.3, 119/816, 119/859, 119/908
• US Class Current: 361/232
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H05C 1/04 providing pulse voltages mechanical self-interrupters H01H; electronic pulse-generators H03K
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/402 Fetters

Abstract

An electrical restraint device which, while compact and convenient for guards to install on often resistive prisoners, can accommodate a spacing of the opposed circuit contacts through a specific critical portion of the human body, so an adequately brief shock from the circuit can temporarily arrest function in the involved portions of the coordinated human muscular skeletal system and, thereby compromise the shocked individual'"'"'s ambulation with the individual experiencing pain for only an extremely brief period and without causing deep burns to any significant area of his/her body. Shocking current discharged from the circuit, completes a minimal path between the prisoner'"'"'s legs through a significant area of his/her legs and torso. Preferably, one contact is located at the right leg where the biceps muscle terminates into the knee and the opposing contact is located at the left leg where the biceps muscle terminates into the knee. The shocking discharges complete through a minimal path of at least two feet along the plane of function of the biceps through both biceps and the torso. During the discharge, both biceps muscles temporarily shorten, and as the prisoner attempts to step forward, both knee joints rigidly fixate with the legs in a flexed position and the prisoner collapses.

Claims

1. A remotely activated electrical discharge restraint device configured for attachment to a human body;

the device comprising;

an electrical circuit for generating a selected high voltage signal;

a housing for containing said circuit and attaching said circuit to a human body;

a first contact connected to said circuit and available exterior of said housing for contacting a first location on a human body;

a second contact connected to said circuit and available exterior of said housing for contacting a second location on a human body;

the respective positions of and spacing between said first and second locations being selected to induce involuntary flexing contractions of the biceps of both legs upon transfer of said signal to said human body.

2. The restraint device recited in claim 1 wherein said first and second locations are at upper and lower terminations respectively, of a leg biceps muscle.

3. The restraint device recited in claim 1 wherein said first and second locations are at terminations of respective leg biceps muscles.

4. The restraint device recited in claim 1 further comprising a belt for securing said housing to a human body thigh.

5. The restraint device recited in claim 1 wherein said housing is configured to extend substantially the entire length of a leg biceps muscle of a human body.

6. A remotely activated electrical discharge restraint device configured for attachment to a human body;

the device comprising;

an electrical circuit for generating a selected high voltage signal;

a housing for containing said circuit and attaching said circuit to a human body;

a first contact connected to said circuit and available exterior of said housing for contacting a first location on a human body;

a second contact connected to said circuit and available exterior of said housing for contacting a second location on a human body;

the respective positions of and spacing between said first and second locations being selected to induce involuntary flexing contractions of the biceps of at least one leg upon transfer of said signal to said human body;

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wherein said first contact is located on one leg and said second contact is located on another leg, said first contact being on said housing, said second contact being spring loaded at said housing and extending therefrom to said another leg.

7. The restraint device recited in claim 6 wherein said second contact comprises an insulated wire cable terminating in a non-insulated end.