Patent ID: 6382071
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: F41C,F41H,F42B

Abstract:
Apparatus for capturing fleeing animals or persons comprising:a gun having a barrel and stock; a pair of elongated tubular members attached to said gun, one on each side of said gun barrel and substantially parallel thereto; a guide assembly attached to the end of a said gun barrel including a central tube coaxially aligned with said gun barrel and on each side of which extends guide members; a pair of retainer assemblies, one at the rear end of each of said tubular members, each having a chamber in fluid communication with the interior of said gun barrel; and a bola assembly comprising a central plug from each side of which extends a cord at the end of which are weights, said plug being insertable into said central tube of said guide assembly, each of said weights being insertable through a respective one of said elongated tubular members for releasable engagement with a corresponding one of said retainer assemblies so that subsequent firing of a shell in said gun directs gases to said retainer chambers activating said retainer assemblies to release said weights as said bola plug is struck by a slug portion of said shell, propelling said bola assembly toward said fleeing animal or person.