Patent ID: 9482496
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F41H

Claim Text:
1. A wall-mounted nonlethal device for defending against an intruder to a building operable through a wall dividing first and second spaces, said nonlethal device comprising, in combination: a wall-mounted enclosure including a front wall having an enclosure opening therein and configured to be mounted to the wall of the building with threaded fasteners within the first space; wherein the wall-mounted enclosure further includes top, bottom, left side, and right side walls rearwardly extending from the front wall and cooperating with the front wall to form sealed interior compartment accessible through a rearward-facing access opening, and an access door for selectively accessing the interior compartment of the wall-mounted enclosure through the rearward-facing access opening from the first space and selectively closing the rearward-facing accesses opening to seal the rearward-facing access opening; a container of a nonlethal chemical weapon secured within the sealed interior compartment of the wall-mounted enclosure and having an outlet located within the sealed interior compartment of the wall-mounted enclosure; wherein the nonlethal chemical weapon is configured to form a vapor cloud upon release to at least one of irritate the intruder and incapacitate the intruder and comprises at least one of tear gas, capsaicin, pepper spray (OC gas), o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile, CS gas, dibenzoxazepine (CR gas), phenacyl chloride (CN gas), nonivamide, bromoacetone, xylyl bromide, and syn-propanethial-S-oxide; a conduit extending through the enclosure opening in the front wall of the wall-mounted enclosure to seal the enclosure opening, and having an inlet end located within the sealed interior compartment of the wall-mounted enclosure in fluid flow communication with the outlet of the container of the nonlethal chemical weapon and an outlet end located outside the wall-mounted enclosure and configured to be in fluid flow communication with the second space; a valve located within the sealed interior compartment of the wall-mounted enclosure and operable to selectively release the nonlethal chemical weapon from the container and through the conduit to form a cloud of the nonlethal chemical weapon within the second space; and wherein the threaded fasteners sealingly extend through the front wall from the sealed interior space to seal the sealed interior space and prevent release of the nonlethal chemical weapon except through the conduit when the access door is closed.