Road structure – process – or apparatus – Traffic steering device or barrier
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-01
2007-05-01
Hartmann, Gary S. (Department: 3671)
Road structure, process, or apparatus
Traffic steering device or barrier
C404S072000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11589553
ABSTRACT:
An entrapment snare, consisting of two small but heavy weights connected by a flexible cable covered with spikes, is designed to be launched from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle at one of the rear tires of a fleeing vehicle. One heavy weight is attached to each end of the flexible cable. The weights are forcefully projected, at ground level, in a forward direction at one of the rear tires of the fleeing vehicle such that the weights bracket the tire. Initially, the two projectile weights have forward linear momentum and the cable connecting them is slack. The middle of the cable hits the target tire at or near where the rubber meets the road and the cable goes into tension. Very quickly, the two ends of the cable attached to the projectile weights pull tightly into place in front of the target tire.
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Goodman Michael C.
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