Non-lethal modular crowd control munition

US6298788A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• John W. Woods · Sparta, US
• Brian E. Fuchs · Hackettstown, US
• Gerard Gillen · East Stroudsburg, US
• Gary G. Fairbanks · Newtown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B23/14
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A modular crowd control munition 10 fires a large number of non-lethal soft pellets into a crowd 100 using an explosive charge. The munition 10 contains a pellet matrix 22 that houses the soft pellets 40, and uses a low energy explosive sheet material 50 at the back of the munition 10 to disperse the soft pellets 40. The munition 10 is used for close-in, "last resort", crowd control to replace the necessity of using deadly force.