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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Felipe Garcia, Panama City, FL (US);
Robert Woodall, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
Christopher Doyle, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system for arresting a fleeing seagoing vessel deploys a net using one or more self-propelled vehicles from a platform. The net is flown over and draped onto a seagoing vessel of interest such that a portion of the net's periphery resides in the water. Drag devices are coupled to the net to generate drag forces at the portion of the net's periphery in the water as the seagoing vessel moves through the water. The system can also include a variety of non-lethal weapon systems that are coupled to or incorporated with the net, and designed to subdue the crew of the vessel and/or the vessel's engine and electronic components.