Patent ID: 7377715
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. In a tire deflation tool deployment device for depositing a spiked deflation tool from a command vehicle into the pathway of a moving target vehicle so as to cause puncturing of at least one tire of said target vehicle, said deployment device including a housing defining a first deflation tool restraining member for temporary storage of said deflation tool, said housing further including a wall movable from a closed position to an open position respectively for retaining and releasing said deflation tool, and said housing having a latch mechanism for temporarily latching said wall in said closed position, the improvement comprising: a secondary deflation tool restraining member having a first end and a second end; said secondary restraining member fixedly attached only at said first end thereof to said movable wall; said second end of said secondary restraining member free of fixed attachment and configured to wrap about said deflation tool; whereby, upon release of said latch mechanism and movement of said wall to its open position, said deflation tool wrapped within the second end of said secondary restraining member is eased from said housing in a manner controlled by said secondary restraining member.