Patent ID: 8950332
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A non-lethal grenade, comprising: (a) a rigid internal grenade frame, having an upper and a lower hoop and a plurality of 3 or 4 vertical bars spacing said hoops apart; (b) a flexible multipocket form that fits about said rigid internal frame, (c) which flexible form is in the general shape of an hourglass; (d) wherein said hourglass form has an upper conical section and a lower conical section, aligned along a central elongated axis, with a short, central cylindrical section also aligned along said central elongated axis and located between said upper and lower conical sections; (e) the sides of said hourglass having a plurality of walls extend therefrom, (f) which walls extend to and about the vertical bars; (g) whereby, a plurality of pockets are formed by and between the flexible walls and the central cylindrical section, (h) which pockets are packed with at least one of pellets, a powder, or a fluid; (i) said upper conical section is packed with at least one of pellets, a powder, or a fluid; (j) wherein the lower conical section contains a fuze and propellant; (k) such that, when the grenade fuze is activated and the grenade delivered to its target, the propellant in the lower conical section will be ignited and explode, and the flexible multipocket form will be expanded by the explosion and the propellant's expanding gases, such that the pellets, powder, or fluid will be ejected in a wide distribution about the grenades center—against the desired targets, and (l) the ignition by-products are contained within the flexible multipocket.