Impact release stun gun dart

• US 8,074,573 B1
• Filed: 08/27/2008
• Issued: 12/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Global Pathogen Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Global Pathogen Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Linker, Carson R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Carone, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tillman, Jr., Reginald
• Application Number:
  US12/229,967
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• Field of Search: 102/502, 102/504, 102/512, 42/10.8
• US Class Current: 102/502
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 13/0025 for remote electrical discharge via conducting wires, e.g. via wire-tethered electrodes shot at a target
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 13/0031 for remote electrical discharge by means of a wireless projectile

Abstract

A stun-gun dart has a bullet shaped body that defines both a cavity and a front aperture. A spear is disposed within the cavity, is aligned to the aperture and has a sharp, barbed front tip and a rear mass-piece that is wider than the aperture, to prevent the spear from entirely passing through the aperture. Also, a spring has a first end attached to the body and a second end attached to the rear mass-piece of the spear, and is properly tensioned to entirely retain the spear within cavity until the dart undergoes rapid deceleration. But when the dart, after being fired into air and hitting a target, undergoes rapid deceleration, the spring permits the tip of the spear to protrude from the aperture to engage with and barb to flesh.

Claims

1. A stun-gun dart, comprising:

(a) a bullet shaped body, defining a cavity and a front aperture;

(b) a spear disposed within said cavity, aligned to said aperture, having a sharp, barbed front tip and a rear mass-piece that is wider than said aperture, so as to prevent said spear from entirely passing through said aperture;

(c) a spring having a first end attached to said bullet shaped body and a second end attached to said rear mass-piece of said spear, said spring having proper tension to entirely retain said spear within cavity until said dart undergoes rapid deceleration, but when said dart, after being fired into air and hitting a target, undergoes rapid deceleration, said spear has sufficient momentum, due in part to the mass of said mass piece, that said tip of said spear protrudes from said aperture to engage with and barb to flesh;

(d) wherein after said dart has hit flesh and said spear has protruded from said dart and been engaged with and barbed to said flesh and said barb has been subsequently removed from said flesh, said spring automatically retracts said spear fully back into said cavity; and

(e) wherein said dart is electrically connected to a source of electricity.

2. The stun-gun dart of claim 1, wherein said aperture is covered by a membrane, to prevent said aperture from interfering with bullet travel.

3. The stun-gun dart of claim 1, wherein said body has an exterior coating of resiliently deformable material to facilitate manipulation.

4. The stun-gun dart of claim 3, wherein said resiliently deformable material is rubber.

5. The stun-gun dart of claim 3, wherein said resiliently deformable material is silicone.

6. The stun-gun dart of claim 1, wherein said spring is a coil spring.

7. The stun-gun dart of claim 1, wherein said spring is a resiliently deformable article.

8. The stun-gun dart of claim 1, further including a closure, adapted to seal said spear in said dart, once retracted.