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US 12,507,782 B2Granted
Personal defense tool
AssigneeSusan Monahan
InventorsSusan Monahan, Eric Cotton
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Abstract
A personal defense tool has a secondary function as a hair styling tool. The personal defense tool includes a handle portion for grasping by a user's hand or fingers, and a plurality of prongs extending from the handle portion. The prongs are configured to puncture a skin surface of an attacker while also being configured to comb or be retained within a user's hair.
Claims15
A personal defense tool, comprising:
- a plurality of rings for receiving a user's fingers;
- and
- a plurality of piercing elements extending from the plurality of rings, each piercing element of the plurality of piercing elements forming an oblique end surface configured to pierce a clothing and skin surface of an attacker, a top surface of the piercing element forming an obtuse angle with the oblique end surface and a bottom surface of the piercing element forming an acute angle with the oblique end surface, wherein the bottom surface providing a surface depression formed therein configured to retrieve and retain a sample of organic material, the plurality of piercing elements further comprises:
- a middle piercing element extending perpendicularly from an outer circumference of a middle ring of the plurality of rings;
- a first outer piercing element positioned adjacent a first side of the middle piercing element;
- and
- a second outer piercing element positioned adjacent a second side of the middle piercing element, the first and second outer piercing elements being angled inwardly toward the middle piercing element in a direction from a first end of each of the plurality of piercing elements to a second end of each of the plurality of piercing elements;
- and
- an arcuate surface extending between the first and second ends,
- wherein the middle piercing element is longer than the first and second outer piercing elements.
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A hair styling tool, comprising:
- a gripping structure including a plurality of rings configured for receiving a user's fingers;
- a plurality of piercing elements extending from the gripping structure, including a central piercing element, the central piercing element being the longest piercing element and outer piercing elements are angled inwardly towards the central piercing element, and each piercing element of the plurality of piercing elements further comprises:
- an oblique end surface configured to pierce a clothing and skin surface of an attacker, a top surface of the piercing element forming an obtuse angle with the oblique end surface and a bottom surface of the piercing element forming an acute angle with the oblique end surface;
- a convex top surface extending along a length of the piercing element;
- and
- a concave bottom surface extending along the length of the piercing element;
- wherein each piercing element comprises a metallic core enclosed in
- a plastic sheath and the central piercing element extending perpendicularly from an outer circumference of a middle ring of the plurality of rings.
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A personal defense tool, comprising:
- a gripping structure including a plurality of rings configured for receiving a user's fingers;
- a middle piercing element extending perpendicularly from an outer circumference of a central ring of the plurality of rings, the middle piercing element having a convex top surface extending along a length thereof, and a concave bottom surface extending along the length thereof, the middle piercing element having an oblique end surface, wherein the top surface of the piercing element forms an obtuse angle with the oblique end surface and the bottom surface of the piercing element forms an acute angle with the oblique end surface;
- a first outer piercing element positioned adjacent a first side of the middle piercing element and extending from the gripping structure, the first outer piercing element being shorter than the middle piercing element and angling inwards towards the middle piercing element;
- and
- a second outer piercing element positioned adjacent a second side of the middle piercing element and extending from the gripping structure, the second outer piercing element being shorter than the middle piercing element, angling inwards towards the middle piercing element.
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