Patent ID: 8356438

Claim:
An electronic weapon for providing at least one of an arcing display and a stimulus signal through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target, the weapon for cooperating with one or more provided cartridges, each cartridge including at least two wire-tethered electrodes for launching toward the target to provide the stimulus signal and at least two terminals for providing the arcing display, the electronic weapon comprising: a first user-operated control that: does not initiate a launch of wire-tethered electrodes from any cartridge; and when operated for a first duration, selects one cartridge of the one or more cartridges as a selected cartridge; a second user-operated control that, if the selected cartridge is unused, initiates a launch function to launch the at least two wire-tethered electrodes of the selected cartridge toward a target; and a signal generator that: when the second control is operated, provides the stimulus signal via the launched electrodes of the selected cartridge to impede locomotion by the target; and when the first control is operated for a second duration longer than the first duration: provides the stimulus signal via the launched electrodes of any cartridge whose electrodes are launched; and provides the display between the terminals of any unused cartridge.