Patent ID: 6644505
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B65D,F41H,G01F

Abstract:
A self-defense device for holding in a single hand of a user, the self-defense device comprising:(a) a chamber including: (i) a rigid outer wall having a butt for bracing the device against a palm of the hand, and (ii) a flexible outer wall attached to said rigid outer wall, and (b) an ejection assembly including: (i) a tube extending through said chamber, and having a first end for fluidly communicating therewith; (ii) a valve attached to said tube, for opening and closing thereof; (iii) a mechanism attached to said valve and configured to alter a position of said valve using a single digit of the single hand while grasping the device in a firing position, and (iv) a nozzle attached to a second end of said tube and communicating with an environment external to the device, said chamber being designed and configured such that external pressure exerted upon said flexible outer wall increases an internal pressure of said chamber, such that said fluid is forcefully and directedly ejected from the device through said tube and out said nozzle.