Monostable multivibrator wherein input applied via first transistor turns on second transistor which turns off first transistor

Claim 1

AN AMPLIFYING MULTIVIBRATOR HAVING INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINALS AND COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A FIRST TRANSISTOR HAVING A BASE, EMITTER, AND COLLECTOR, SAID BASE BEING COUPLED TO SAID INPUT TERMINAL; MEANS FOR PROVIDING A FIRST BIAS LEVEL WHICH NORMALLY HOLDS SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR IN CONDUCTION; A SECOND TRANSISTOR HAVING A BASE EMITTER AND COLLECTOR, SAID OUTPUT TERMINAL BEING CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID EMITTER AND COLLECTOR; MEANS COUPLING THE COLLECTOR OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR TO THE BASE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR; MEANS FOR PROVIDING A SECOND BIAS LEVEL ON THE BASE AND EMITTER OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME VOLTAGE SO AS NORMALLY TO HOLD SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR OUT OF CONDUCTION; A REGENERATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP INCLUDING A SERIES APACITANCE CONNECTING THE EMITTERS OF SAID TRANSISTORS; SAID BIAS LEVELS BEING ESTABLISHED SO THAT WHEN A PULSE SIGNAL AT A MAGNITUDE ABOVE A PREDETERMINED LEVEL IS APPLIED TO SAID INPUT TERMINAL, THE RESULTING VOLTAGE CHANGE ON THE COLLECTOR OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR IS SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME SAID SECOND BIAS LEVEL AND TRIGGER SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR INTO CONDUCTION, AND SO THAT FEEDBACK ALONG SAID LOOP FROM THE CONDUCTING SECOND TRANSISTOR IS SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME SAID FIRST BIAS LEVEL AND FORCE SAID FIRST TRANSITOR INTO A NON-CONDUCTIVE STATE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME DETERMINED BY THE TIME CONSTANT OF THE FEEDBACK LOOP.