Patent ID: 6546661
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
A device for use on a firearm which has a barrel and a trigger, said device comprising:a canister containing a pressurized charge of a debilitating substance, said canister including a main body with a top end and a bottom end, and a nozzle stem extending from the top end and terminating at a distal tip, and wherein the pressurized charge of debilitating substance is released under force from said distal tip of said nozzle stem upon depressing said nozzle stem inwardly into said top end of said canister; a housing for holding said canister and including: a forward portion with a front cap and a discharge opening formed through said front cap; a rear portion with an end wall; means for supporting said forward and rear portions relative to one another so that said top end of said canister is held within said forward portion with said distal tip of said nozzle aligned with said discharge opening in said front cap and said bottom end of said canister is held against said end wall of said rear portion; actuator means for urging said canister forward relative to said housing so that said distal tip of said nozzle stem is forced against said front cap and said nozzle stem is depressed, thereby actuating release of the pressurized charge of debilitating substance from said discharge opening; means for adjustably positioning said forward and rear portions of said housing relative to one another for accommodating variations in size of said canister; and means for removably mounting said device to the barrel of the firearm forward of the trigger so that the release of the pressurized charge of debilitating substance is in a direction of the aim of the barrel of the firearm.