Protective exploratory projectile for law enforcement maneuvers

Claim 2

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in law enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be manually thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing, said source comprising a high-intensity flash bulb, an intermittently operable bulb of relatively low light intensity, and a third bulb continuously and concurrently illuminable with the aforementioned bulbs; a source of electricity; and electrical circuit connecting said last-named course to said bulbs; a switch in said circuit; and time delay means responsive to the closing of said switch for deferring the energization of said circuit and the light source therein for a time interval immediately following said closing whereby the location of the thrower may be concealed during said interval.

Claim 3

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in low enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be manually thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing; an electrical power source; an unijunction transistor; means including a circuit and said power source for rendering said transistor conductive; a second circuit connecting said power source and said light source; a time delay means including a silicon-controlled rectifier responsive to the conductivity of said transistor for energizing said second circuit and the light source therein; and a pin-actuated switch controlling said circuits.

Claim 4

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in low enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be manually thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing; an electrical power source; an unijunction transistor; means including a circuit and said power source for rendering said transistor conductive; a second circuit connecting said power source and said light source; a time delay means including a silicon-controlled rectifier responsive to the conductivity of said transistor for energizing said second circuit and the light source therein; and a pin-actuated switch controlling said circuits.

Claim 5

An exploratory projectile as defined in claim 2 wherein said time delay actuating means includes a capacitor for triggering said rectifier.

Claim 6

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in law enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing, said source comprising a high intensity flash bulb and an intermittently operable buLb of relatively low light intensity; an electrical power source; an unijunction transistor; means including said circuit and said power source for rendering said transistor conductive; a second circuit connecting said power source and said light source; a time delay means including a silicon-controlled rectifier responsive to the conductivity of said transistor for energizing said second circuit and the light source therein; and a manually operable switch for controlling said circuits.

Claim 7

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in law enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing, said source comprising a high intensity flash bulb and an intermittently operable buLb of relatively low light intensity; an electrical power source; an unijunction transistor; means including said circuit and said power source for rendering said transistor conductive; a second circuit connecting said power source and said light source; a time delay means including a silicon-controlled rectifier responsive to the conductivity of said transistor for energizing said second circuit and the light source therein; and a manually operable switch for controlling said circuits.

Claim 8

An exploratory projectile as defined in claim 4 wherein said time delay actuating means includes a capacitor for triggering said rectifier.

Claim 9

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in law enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be manually thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing; means for illuminating said source; time delay means for actuating said illuminating means whereby the illumination of the location of the thrower may be deferred at least for a time interval immediately following the throwing of the projectile; means including the eccentric distribution of theprojectile mass for normally self-righting said casing in a predetermined position; means including a removable pin for actuating said time delay means; and means including a cavity in the bottom exterior surface of said self-righted projectile for releasably retaining a spare actuating pin substantially identical to said first pin.

Claim 10

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in law enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be manually thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing; means for illuminating said source; time delay means for actuating said illuminating means whereby the illumination of the location of the thrower may be deferred at least for a time interval immediately following the throwing of the projectile; means including the eccentric distribution of theprojectile mass for normally self-righting said casing in a predetermined position; means including a removable pin for actuating said time delay means; and means including a cavity in the bottom exterior surface of said self-righted projectile for releasably retaining a spare actuating pin substantially identical to said first pin.

Claim 11

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in law enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be manually thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing; an electrical power source; an unijunction transistor; means including a first circuit and said power source for rendering said transistor conductive; a second circuit connecting said power source and said light source; time delay means including said transistor; means including a rectifier responsive to the conductivity of said transistor for automatically energizing said second circuit and the light source therein; and a switch for controlling said first and second circuits.

Claim 12

A protective signalling exploratory projectile for use in law enforcement maneuvers, said projectile adapted to be manually thrown within a darkened area from one location to another, comprising: a translucent casing; a light source in said casing; an electrical power source; an unijunction transistor; means including a first circuit and said power source for rendering said transistor conductive; a second circuit connecting said power source and said light source; time delay means including said transistor; means including a rectifier responsive to the conductivity of said transistor for automatically energizing said second circuit and the light source therein; and a switch for controlling said first and second circuits.