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US 10,502,519 B2Granted
Pepper spray phone case
AssigneeStilson, LLC
InventorEric Lyle Stilson
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Abstract
A phone case can be configured to also function as a dispenser of pepper spray or another agent. The phone case can be configured to house a phone in a typical manner. Additionally, the phone case can house an agent dispensing assembly behind the phone so that it is hidden within the phone case. The agent dispensing assembly can include a trigger assembly that, when actuated, causes an agent to be sprayed from the phone case. The agent dispensing assembly may also include a key assembly that prevents the trigger assembly from being actuated unintentionally.
Claims20
A phone case comprising:
- a case body having a rectangular shape corresponding to a rectangular shape of a phone, the case body having a front surface forming a screen opening, a flat back surface and sidewalls extending between the front surface and the flat back surface, a front portion of the sidewalls defining a phone portion of the case body that is configured to house the hone with the screen opening exposing a screen of the phone, a back portion of the sidewalls defining an agent dispensing assembly portion of the case body that is configured to house an agent dispensing assembly such that, when the phone is housed within the phone portion of the case body, the agent dispensing assembly is hidden between the phone and the flat back surface, wherein the front portion of the sidewalls includes one or more buttons or openings that correspond with one or more input components of the phone;
- the agent dispensing assembly that is housed within the back portion of the sidewalls of the case body, the agent dispensing assembly including an agent capsule for storing an agent under pressure and a trigger assembly that is configured to cause the agent to be sprayed from the phone case when the trigger assembly is actuated.
A phone case comprising:
- a case body having a rectangular shape corresponding to a rectangular shape of a phone, the case body having a front surface forming a screen opening, a back surface and sidewalls extending between the front surface and the back surface, a front portion of the sidewalls defining a phone portion of the case body that is configured to house the phone with the screen opening exposing a screen of the phone, a back portion of the sidewalls defining an agent dispensing assembly portion of the case body that is configured to house an agent dispensing assembly such that, when the phone is housed within the phone portion of the case body, the agent dispensing assembly is hidden between the phone and the back surface, wherein the front portion of the sidewalls includes one or more buttons or openings that correspond with one or more input components of the phone, and wherein the back portion of the sidewalls includes a nozzle opening and a trigger assembly opening;
- wherein the agent dispensing assembly comprises an agent capsule that stores an agent, a trigger assembly and a nozzle, the trigger assembly including an exhaust valve and an actuator, the actuator extending through the trigger assembly opening in the back portion of the sidewalls of the case body and the nozzle extending through the nozzle opening in the back portion of the sidewalls of the case body.
A phone case comprising:
- a case body having a rectangular shape corresponding to a rectangular shape of a phone, the case body having a front surface forming a screen opening, a back surface and sidewalls extending between the front surface and the back surface, a front portion of the sidewalls defining a phone portion of the case body that is configured to house the phone with the screen opening exposing a screen of the phone, a back portion of the sidewalls defining an agent dispensing assembly portion of the case body that is configured to house an agent dispensing assembly such that, when the phone is housed within the phone portion of the case body, the agent dispensing assembly is hidden between the phone and the back surface, wherein the front portion of the sidewalls includes one or more buttons or openings that correspond with one or more input components of the phone, and wherein the back portion of the sidewalls includes a key assembly opening, a trigger assembly opening, a nozzle opening and a filling valve opening;
- an agent dispensing assembly that includes an agent capsule, a trigger assembly, a key assembly and a nozzle assembly, the agent capsule including a filling valve that is positioned within the filling valve opening in the back portion of the sidewalls, the trigger assembly including an actuator that is positioned within the trigger assembly opening in the back portion of the sidewalls, the key assembly including a key that is positioned within the key assembly opening in the back portion of the sidewalls and the nozzle assembly including a nozzle that is positioned within the nozzle opening in the back portion of the sidewalls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.