Patent ID: 8556125

Claim:
A personal self defense device comprising: a canister, the canister having a valve, a valve stem, and containing fluid; an actuator, the actuator having a through orifice in communication with a nozzle and the valve stem, wherein depression of the actuator causes the release of fluid from the canister; a housing, the housing having an interior to support the canister ends without completely encapsulating the canister, the housing having: a front wall, the front wall having an aperture aligned with the nozzle, wherein fluid leaving the nozzle travels through the aperture; a grip section, the grip section extending the length of the canister and terminating at a bottom section; a top wall, the top wall having a cylindrical bore, the cylindrical bore sized to receive a top flap, the top flap pivotally received with the cylindrical bore and movable in a direction upwards from the housing; the bottom section having a socket, the socket opening orientated perpendicular to the grip section and the bottom section having a means to adjust the diameter of the socket; a rear wall; and a channel, the channel perpendicular to the canister and extending from the front wall to the rear wall; a slide plate, the slide plate moveably received in the channel, the slide plate having: a central aperture, the central aperture sized to allow receipt of the actuator, wherein movement of the slide plate disrupts the receipt of the actuator within the central aperture preventing depression of the actuator; and an incline aperture, the incline aperture shape being angular; a shaft, the shaft located in the grip section parallel to the canister and movable, the shaft having: a top end, the top end having a inclined block, the inclined block sized for receipt within the incline aperture; a bottom end, the bottom end terminating within the socket; and an elastic member, the elastic member mounted on the shaft and biased in a direction parallel to the shaft; a ball, the ball sized for removable receipt in the socket and capable of both rotational and angular movement while retained within the socket, wherein the ball can be removed from the socket by force from multiple angles and directions, the ball having: a upper end, the upper end in frictional communication with the shaft when the ball is received within the socket, wherein receipt of the ball within the socket loads the elastic member moving the shaft and the incline block into the incline aperture aligning the central aperture with the actuator; and a lower end, the lower end having a stud, the stud having a bore for the attachment of a strap.