Patent ID: 6961227

Claim:
A high voltage self-defense wearable for enabling a wearer to exact or threaten a high voltage electrical charge on a physical assailant, the self-defense wearable comprising: a body portion for overlying one or more body parts of a wearer wherein the body portion has an outer surface for being disposed distal to a wearer's body and an inner surface for being disposed proximal to a wearer's body and wherein the body portion is formed of at least one layer of material; a means for producing a high voltage electrical charge in electrical communication with the outer surface of the body portion comprising an electrically conductive material operably associated with at least a portion of the at least one layer of material, a power source for providing electrical power to the electrically conductive material wherein the power source is retained by the body portion, at least one activating switch for inducing the self-defense wearable into a charged condition wherein the power source provides electrical power to the electrically conductive material to produce a high voltage electrical charge that is in electrical communication with the outer surface of the body portion, and a means for producing an electrical association between the electrically conductive material, the power source, and the at least one activating switch; and a means for preventing the high voltage electrical charge from reaching the wearer through the inner surface of the body portion comprising an electrically insulative sub-layer of electrically insulative material disposed proximal to the electrically conductive material such that it would be interposed between the electrically conductive material and the wearer's body during a wearing of the self-defense wearable wherein the electrically insulative sub-layer is formed from a polymeric material and wherein the electrically insulative sub-layer traverses substantially the entire inner surface of the body portion.