Patent ID: 7210875

Claim:
A method for deflating a rear tire of a fleeing vehicle, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an entrapment snare which comprises a flexible cable, two projectile weights each of which is attached to one of two ends of said flexible cable; and a plurality of spikes disposed along said flexible cable, said snare being loaded for being shot from a pursuing vehicle towards said fleeing vehicle; (b) projecting said snare from said pursuing vehicle towards said rear tire of said fleeing vehicle such that one of said projectile weight passes to the left side of said rear tire and said remaining projectile weight passes to the right side of said rear tire; (c) contacting the rear side of said rear tire with said flexible cable; (d) wrapping said flexible cable around said rear tire by swinging said projectile weights around the front side of said rear tire; and (e) deflating said rear tire as said fleeing vehicle rolls over said spikes which puncture said rear tire so as to stop said fleeing vehicle.