Patents by Inventor Harry Mattox

Harry Mattox has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for deploying an animal restraining net
    Patent number: 7398617
    Abstract: An apparatus and method uses a central firing chamber, a plurality of pipes extending outwardly and slightly downwardly from the central firing chamber, means for actuating an explosive charge within the central firing chamber, a deployable net, and a plurality of net-anchoring weights attached to the perimeter of the net, each weight being releasably retained within a pipe until the explosive charge is detonated thereby deploying a net downwardly to live-capture an animal situated below the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Inventor: Harry Mattox
  • Method and apparatus for deploying an animal restraining net
    Publication number: 20050166441
    Abstract: An apparatus and method uses a central firing chamber, a plurality of pipes extending outwardly and slightly downwardly from the central firing chamber, means for actuating an explosive charge within the central firing chamber, a deployable net, and a plurality of net-anchoring missiles attached to the perimeter of the net, each missile being releasably retained within a pipe until the explosive charge is detonated thereby deploying a net downwardly to live-capture an animal situated below the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventor: Harry Mattox