Patent ID: 6394622
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: F21L,F21V,F41H

Abstract:
A self-defense device comprising:an elongate housing having a head portion, a handle portion, a transparent front end, an open back end, and side walls; a light source disposed in said head portion for shining a beam of light through said transparent front end; a cover member removably attached to said elongate housing for removably closing said open back end thereof; a strobe light source disposed in said head portion for shining rapidly intermittent beams of light though said transparent front end; and a pair of spaced electrode prongs mounted on said housing and extending forwardly from said front end of said elongate housing adjacent to said light source and said strobe light source; wherein said head portion is enlarged in width relative to said handle portion; batteries being disposed inside said handle portion of said housing and being removable through said open back end of said housing, and a switch movably mounted on said housing and being electrically connected to said batteries and to said light source and said strobe light source; wherein said head portion is partitioned into two halves, said light source occupying a first one of said halves of said head portion and shines a beam of light through approximately one-half of said transparent front end of said housing, said strobe light source occupying a second one of said halves of said head portion for shining a light through the other approximately one-half of said transparent front end of said elongate housing; means for carrying said elongate housing; a trigger switch movably disposed in one of said side walls of said housing and being connected to said electrode prongs for selectively energizing said electrode prongs for electrically shocking an attacker contacting said electrode prongs; and a spray nozzle being disposed in said front end of said elongate housing adjacent to said light source and said strobe light source.