초록 ▼

A stun gun having an electrically insulated protuberance that extends to a height above the line between the vertical terminations of the exposed electrical target contacts. Before the weapon's target probes can be brought in contact with the target, the insulative protuberance compresses the target

A stun gun having an electrically insulated protuberance that extends to a height above the line between the vertical terminations of the exposed electrical target contacts. Before the weapon's target probes can be brought in contact with the target, the insulative protuberance compresses the target's muscle. This action shortens the length of the muscle while increasing the area of tissue involved in a subsequent shocking discharge. This, in turn, increases the likelihood of a sustained involuntary flexing or extending contraction of the muscle. A rectangular ammunition bay may be placed in the weapon with a portion of one partially exposed probe touching the ammunition's negative contact and a portion of the other partially exposed probe touching the ammunition's positive contact. In the event of a ballistic deployment failure, without the addition of any circuitry, the weapon can still act as a manual contact weapon.

대표청구항 ▼

[ Having thus disclosed a preferred, but nevertheless illustrative embodiment of the invention, it being understood that the scope of the protection hereof may not necessarily limited such disclosure, what is claimed is:] [1.]1. A stun gun having a head portion and a handle portion, and having elect

[ Having thus disclosed a preferred, but nevertheless illustrative embodiment of the invention, it being understood that the scope of the protection hereof may not necessarily limited such disclosure, what is claimed is:] [1.]1. A stun gun having a head portion and a handle portion, and having electronics for generating a high voltage applied to a pair of spaced-apart target contacts positioned at externally exposed locations in the head portion, the head portion comprising a non-conductive protuberance extending beyond a plane intersecting said contacts for increasing the effective discharge gap distance between said probes;wherein said head portion comprises a trapezoidally-shaped cross-section having four corners and wherein said contacts are located adjacent respective non-adjacent ones of said four corners.