Patent ID: 8356614

Claim:
A self-defense walking stick comprising of: (A) a shaft, the shaft having two ends, a first end and a second end; (B) a grip, the grip having a body with a top end and a bottom end, the top end having a top aperture connected to a top open-ended channel, the bottom end having a bottom aperture connected to a bottom open-ended channel that receives the first end of the shaft; (C) an aerosol irritant dispensing canister wherein a portion of the canister is retained within the top open-ended channel to expose a remaining portion above the top end, the canister being a hand-held, hand-operated, self-contained device having activating and dispensing mechanisms exposed and positioned above the top end of the grip, the activating mechanism including a hingedly movable safety cover that is hingedly connected to the retaining portion of the canister and at least partially and reversibly covers a trigger, the trigger being pressed to release an aerosol irritant spray through a nozzle of the dispensing mechanism with the cover being opened, and, the trigger, and the nozzle being located above the top end of the grip, the canister, the grip, and the shaft have a common longitudinal axis, wherein a thumb of an operator is able to be placed and maintained on and operate the activating and dispensing mechanisms while walking.