Patent ID: 9476680
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: F41B,F41H,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A self-defense device, comprising: a housing structure having two housing bodies, wherein at least one of the housing bodies has an interior space accessible through an opening within a first end portion thereof and wherein a first one of the housing bodies is slideably mounted within the interior space of a second one of the housing bodies through the opening at the first end portion thereof; and a sound generating mechanism within the interior space of at least the second one of the housing bodies and connected to at least one of the housing bodies, wherein the sound generating mechanism audibly simulates the sound of a firearm being mechanically charged when one of the housing, bodies is slid with respect to the other one of the housing bodies, wherein the sound generating mechanism includes at least one elongated member attached to the first one of the housing bodies and a coupling assembly slideably attached to the at least one elongated member and wherein the at least one elongated member and the coupling assembly are coupled between the housing bodies such that one of the housing bodies being longitudinally slid respect to the other one of the housing bodies causes a corresponding displacement of the at least one elongated member relative to the coupling assembly.