Patent ID: 6640721
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: F42B,F42C

Abstract:
A non-lethal airbag munition comprising:a top; a base; an initiator body containing at least one gas vent and containing means for initiating a propellant material, said initiator body being fixed to and sealed within said base and positioned above said propellant material, said initiation means comprising a firing pin disposed on top of said initiator body and a primer disposed within said initiator body; a holder, located within a bottom portion of said initiator body, said propellant material located therein; and, a flexible sleeve attached to and sealing said top and said base, said sleeve being capable of compressing when said top and said base are in a compressed state and expanding in an axial direction when said propellant is initiated, wherein upon application of pressure by a target pedestrian on said top lowers said firing pin into said primer, igniting said propellant, producing gases which act upon said top.