Patent ID: 8397953

Claim:
A personal protection device comprising a casing, a nozzle assembly, a light source coupled to a battery, and a trigger member; said casing comprising a head portion and a graspable portion extending from said head portion, said head portion supporting said light, said battery, and said trigger, and a graspable portion supporting said pressurized source of chemical irritant, said graspable portion of said casing further comprising a front side, a rear side, and a base, wherein said rear side has an opening to leave at least a portion of said pressurized source exposed, said opening in said rear side allowing quick removal of said pressurized source from said canister and said opening reducing the overall size of said graspable portion for grasping by a user, said base of said graspable portion comprising an opening that is adapted to allow said pressurized source to be insert into said graspable portion and said base further comprising an adjustable cover secured to said opening of said base wherein said cover obstructs at least a portion of said opening to secure said pressurized source within said graspable portion of said casing, said cover adjustable to allow said pressurized source to be removed from said graspable portion; said trigger member being mounted to said head portion of said casing to be slideable from a first position to a second position; said trigger member switching on said light when moved from said first position into said second position; said trigger member when in said second position being moveable downward from said second position to a third position; said trigger member being biased to move back into said second position from said third position; said movement of said trigger member into said third position causing said nozzle assembly to engage said pressurized source of chemical irritant, said engagement resulting in discharge of said chemical irritant out from said nozzle assembly.