Patent ID: 7950176

Claim:
A handheld multiple-charge weapon for remote impact on a target with an electric current, comprising: a housing including a launch power supply, a power source, a voltage converter, and a high voltage generator and triggered by a firing element; a clip on said housing carrying a plurality of unitary cartridges, each of said cartridges carrying an electrode for contact action on the target and delivering the electric current thereto, said cartridge including a wire connected to said electrode; said electrode being launched from each of at least two of said cartridges by said power source toward said target when said firing element is actuated in a firing position; means associated with said clip for moving said at least two cartridges to said firing position, and means operative after said firing element is actuated for extracting said cartridge and said wire from said clip; and means for connecting said wires of said actuated cartridges to said high voltage generator subsequent to said firing element being actuated after which the cycle of firing and extraction of spent cartridges can be repeated multiple times in manual, semiautomatic or automatic mode.