Sound Reducing Systems for Use with Projectile Launchers

Abstract

An entangling projectile for use in a projectile launcher is provided. The entangling projectile includes an anchor including a head segment, a tail segment, and a shank segment intermediate the head and tail segment. One or more hook segments are carried adjacent the head segment, the one or more hook segments operable to engage the person of a subject about which the entangling projectile has been deployed. An attachment bay is formed in the shank segment and a tether is coupled to the anchor within and extends from the attachment bay. A tether attachment is carried by the anchor distally from the attachment bay, the tether attachment operable to engage the tether and maintain the tether in a taught condition between the tether attachment and an end of the anchor.

Description

Claims

1. An entangling projectile for use in a projectile launcher, the entangling projectile comprising: an anchor including a head segment, a tail segment, and a shank segment intermediate the head and tail segment;one or more hook segments carried adjacent the head segment, the one or more hook segments operable to engage the person of a subject about which the entangling projectile has been deployed;an attachment bay formed in the shank segment;a tether coupled to the anchor within and extending from the attachment bay; anda tether attachment carried by the anchor distally from the attachment bay, the tether attachment operable to engage the tether and maintain the tether in a taught condition between the tether attachment and an end of the anchor.

2. The projectile of claim 1, wherein the tether attachment includes a pair of arms defining an internal receiving space, a distance between ends of the pair of arms being smaller than an internal diameter of the internal receiving space.

3. The projectile of claim 2, wherein the internal diameter of the internal receiving space substantially corresponds to an external diameter of the tether.

4. The projectile of claim 1, wherein the anchor includes a tether port, the tether port being in communication with the attachment bay to allow the tether to extend from the attachment bay to the tether port and extend from the tether port to the tether attachment.

5. The projectile of claim 4, further comprising a centric opening formed in an end of the tail segment, the tether extending from the attachment bay and out of the tether port without traveling through the centric opening.

6. The projectile of claim 1, wherein the attachment bay is open on only one side of the shank segment of the anchor.

7. The projectile of claim 1, wherein the tether attachment is disposed between two hook segments on an end of the head segment of the anchor.

8. An entangling projectile for use in a projectile launcher, the entangling projectile comprising: an anchor including a head segment, a tail segment, and a shank segment intermediate the head and tail segment;one or more hook segments carried adjacent the head segment, the one or more hook segments operable to engage the person of a subject about which the entangling projectile has been deployed;a centric opening formed in an end of the tail segment;an attachment bay formed in the shank segment;a tether coupled to the anchor within and extending from the attachment bay and out a tether port formed in a side of the anchor without passing through the centric opening.

9. The projectile of claim 8, further comprising a tether attachment carried by the anchor distally from the attachment bay, the tether attachment operable to engage the tether and maintain the tether in a taught condition between the tether attachment and an end of the anchor.

10. The projectile of claim 9, wherein the tether attachment includes a pair of arms defining an internal receiving space, a distance between ends of the pair of arms being smaller than an internal diameter of the internal receiving space.

11. The projectile of claim 10, wherein the internal diameter of the internal receiving space substantially corresponds to an external diameter of the tether.

12. The projectile of claim 9, wherein the tether attachment is disposed between two hook segments on an end of the head segment of the anchor.

13. An entangling projectile for use in a projectile launcher, the entangling projectile comprising: an anchor including a head segment, a tail segment, and a shank segment intermediate the head and tail segment;one or more hook segments carried adjacent the head segment, the one or more hook segments operable to engage the person of a subject about which the entangling projectile has been deployed;an attachment bay formed in the shank segment;a tether coupled to the anchor within and extending from the attachment bay;a stiffening agent applied to the tether in a location adjacent the anchor, the stiffening agent maintaining the tether is a substantially taught configuration as it extends along the shank segment of the anchor.

14. The projectile of claim 13, wherein the anchor includes a tether port, the tether port being in communication with the attachment bay to allow the tether to extend from the attachment bay to the tether port and toward the head segment.

15. The projectile of claim 14, further comprising a centric opening formed in an end of the tail segment, the tether extending from the attachment bay and out of the tether port without traveling through the centric opening.

16. The projectile of claim 13, wherein the stiffening agent includes a chemical agent applied to the tether to increase a stiffness of the tether.

17. The projectile of claim 16, wherein the stiffening agent includes a hardenable adhesive.

18. The projectile of claim 13, wherein the stiffening agent is carried by the tether only in an area between opposing ends of the anchor.

19. The projectile of claim 13, wherein the stiffening agent includes a mechanical agent applied to the tether to increase a stiffness of the tether.

20. The projectile of claim 19, wherein the stiffening agent includes at least one strand of material stiffer than the tether.