Patent ID: 9611054
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64F

Claim:
1. A method of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising: attaching a UAV launcher to a hand-held weapon; installing a UAV onto the UAV launcher while the UAV launcher is attached to the hand-held weapon; and activating the hand-held weapon to launch the UAV into flight from the UAV launcher; wherein the hand-held weapon is a firearm including a firearm barrel which defines a firearm bore; wherein the UAV launcher includes a UAV launcher barrel which defines a launcher bore; wherein attaching the UAV launcher to the hand-held weapon includes: wherein connecting the UAV launcher barrel to the firearm barrel includes threading the UAV launcher barrel onto the firearm barrel; wherein the method further comprises: wherein installing the UAV onto the UAV launcher includes: wherein the first end of the projectile member (i) has a first diameter which is larger than the UAV launcher barrel and (ii) fits into a cavity of the UAV; and wherein the second end of the projectile member (i) has a second diameter which is narrower than the first diameter and (ii) fits within the launcher bore defined by the UAV launcher barrel.