Patent ID: 8607742

Claim:
A restraint device comprising: an elongate, generally tubular body having an upper and lower end; a lockable cuff having a non-deployed position at the lower end of the body, the cuff including at least one electrode; a tether coupled at one end to the cuff; a retractor coupled to the other end of the tether, the retractor being configured to wind up and pay out the tether; the cuff and tether both having a deployed position in which the cuff remains coupled to the tether and is released from the lower end of the body; a release for releasing the tether to be deployed; and at least one conductor coupled to a an electronic stunning circuit, and the conductor operatively coupled at the other end of the tether to the at least one electrode so that a charge may be delivered by the electrode to stun a detainee; and wherein the tether includes conductors connected to the circuit and to electrodes on the cuff.