Irritation member

Abstract

An irritation member having a housing, wherein the housing has a front side and a rear side, as well as lateral surfaces connecting the front side and the rear side. The front side and rear side are larger than the lateral surfaces, thereby producing a parallelepipedal housing. The irritation member has blow-out openings on the lateral surfaces and an actuation element that is provided in a recess of the housing. In the event of non-actuation, the actuation element is thereby received in the recess of the housing and thus does not increase the size of the housing. As a result, the irritation member does not look like a conventional irritation member.

Claims

1. A stun grenade comprising: a housing; at least one blowout opening; an actuating element; at least one effect charge; and at least one detonator head, wherein the housing has a front and a rear side and also side faces which connect the front and rear sides, wherein the housing has a parallelepipedal design, and wherein the at least one blowout opening is arranged on one of the side faces.

2. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein a recess is provided in the housing in which the actuating element is adapted to be received at least partially.

3. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one cylindrical chamber is provided in the housing which can receive the at least one effect charge.

4. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 3, wherein a respective one of the at least one cylindrical chamber is provided in the housing for each respective one of the at least one effect charge.

5. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one effect charge produces flash and/or bang effects.

6. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one blowout opening is closed by bursting membranes.

7. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one delay charge is arranged in the housing.

8. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 7, wherein at least one cross-chamber is provided in the housing which receives the at least one delay charge and is connected to at least one cylindrical chamber.

9. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one detonator head has a primer cap which is activated by the actuating element.

10. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the actuating element is configured as a lever.

11. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one detonator head is integrated in the housing.

12. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one detonator head is arranged on a side face and has the same depth as the housing.

13. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein a safety pin is provided which can be pulled out by a safety ring.

14. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein a label field is provided on the housing.

15. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the depth of the housing corresponds to less than half the width of the housing.

16. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the width of the housing corresponds to less than half the height of the housing.

17. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein a recess is provided in a side face of the housing, wherein the actuating element is accommodated in the recess such that the actuating element does not project beyond outer dimensions of the housing.

18. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front and rear sides of the housing are larger than the side faces.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus, are not limitive of the present invention, and wherein:

(2) FIG. 1: shows a perspective view of a stun grenade according to the invention with a detonator head integrated in the housing; and

(3) FIG. 2: shows a perspective view of a stun grenade according to the invention with the detonator head attached to the side.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) FIG. 1 shows a perspective representation of a stun grenade according to the invention having a housing 1, wherein the housing 1 has a front side and a rear side. The front and rear sides are each connected to one another via side faces in all four directions, wherein the side faces are very much smaller than the front and rear sides. The front and rear sides are larger in design than the side faces according to the invention.

(5) The stun grenade according to the invention furthermore has at least one blowout opening 2 arranged on the side faces. This means that the blowout openings 2 can be arranged in all four directions of the side faces.

(6) The stun grenade furthermore has an actuating element which is designed as a lever 4 in this case. For this purpose, the stun grenade has a recess in the housing 1 in which the actuating element can be received.

(7) In the non-operated state, the actuating element is therefore received in the recess during non-actuation, so that the lever 4 does not project beyond the outer dimensions of the housing and does not therefore increase the dimensions. In this way, the lever 4 is not immediately discernible as an actuating element and the shape of the stun grenade is not changed by the actuating element. When the lever 4 is actuated, it is raised from the side face on the side.

(8) The stun grenade also has a detonator head 6 which is integrated in the FIG. 1 in the housing 1. In order to guard against accidental actuation of the actuating element, a safety pin is provided which, through the detonator head 6 being arranged in the housing 1, can likewise be inserted into the housing 1. The safety pin can be pulled out by a safety ring 3 and thereby make the actuating element actuable.

(9) It is proposed that the stun grenade according to the invention should be provided with a label field 5, preferably on the front and/or rear side(s) of the stun grenade. The label field 5 enables functionally specific data to be applied, so that this information can be made available to the user of the stun grenade as quickly as possible.

(10) FIG. 2 shows a similar stun grenade according to the invention wherein, however, the detonator head 6 is attached to a side face of the stun grenade in this case. This means that the height 7 of the housing 1 is changed but not the remaining dimensions such as width 8 or depth.

(11) According to the invention, the stun grenade has a height 7, a width 8, and according to the design, a depth. The height 7 in this case is the longest side of the parallelepipedal housing 1 and the width 8 is the side running transversely to the height 7. The width 8 is of such a size that it is smaller than half the height 7. The depth is in turn of such a size that it is smaller than half the width 8.

(12) When using a detonator head 6 attached to the side face, it is proposed that said detonator head 6 should likewise be provided with the same depth as the housing 1, but in any event that a depth should be used which is no greater than the depth of the housing 1. It should thereby be achieved that the depth is not increased and therefore a different optical impression of the stun grenade results.

(13) With these embodiments and the aforementioned sizing, the proposed stun grenade is not immediately identifiable as such and its shape means that it is easy to handle and compact.

(14) The invention is not limited to the aforementioned features. Instead, further embodiments are conceivable. Hence, a modular design could be possible in which the detonator head is only placed on the housing during use. A corresponding interface between the detonator head and the housing must then be provided. Furthermore, it is conceivable for electrical detonation to be used in the detonator head rather than the primer cap.

(15) The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are to be included within the scope of the following claims.