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US 2023/0248091 A1Published application
Personal safety device and method of use
AssigneePersonal Safety Labs Inc.
InventorKenneth Dennis Hoffmann
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Abstract
A personal safety device including a wearable garment, a housing disposed in the wearable garment, a retractable blade disposed in the housing wherein the retractable blade having a retracted position and extended position, and a biasing element disposed in the housing and biasing the retracted blade to the retracted position.
Claims26
An apparatus for personal safety, comprising;
- a wearable garment including:
- a palm portion;
- a thumb portion connected to the palm portion;
- and
- an index portion connected to the palm portion;
- a housing connected to the wearable garment at the palm portion, the housing having an opening positioned between the thumb portion and the index portion;
- a retractable blade disposed in the housing, wherein the retractable blade has a retracted position and an extended position, and wherein in the extended position, the retractable blade protrudes through the opening;
- and
- a biasing element disposed in the housing, the biasing element biasing the retractable blade to the retracted position.
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A method for activating a personal safety device, comprising:
- activating a lever mechanism for sliding a retractable blade out of an opening in a housing, wherein the housing is attached to a wearable garment, wherein the opening in the housing is positioned between a thumb portion and an index portion of the wearable garment, and wherein activating the lever mechanism extends a biasing element;
- and
- retracting the retractable blade inside the housing when the lever mechanism is deactivated, wherein the biasing element is biasing the retractable blade to a retracted position.
An apparatus for personal safety, comprising;
- a wearable garment including:
- a palm portion;
- a thumb portion connected to the palm portion;
- and
- one or more finger portions connected to the palm, the one or more finger portions including an index finger portion;
- a housing connected to the wearable garment at the palm portion, wherein the housing is nestled between the palm portion and the one or more finger portions, wherein the housing is positioned substantially parallel to the thumb portion, and wherein the housing has an opening positioned between the thumb portion and the index portion;
- a retractable blade disposed in the housing, wherein the retractable blade has a retracted position and an extended position, and wherein in the extended position, the retractable blade protrudes through the opening;
- and
- a biasing element disposed in the housing, the biasing element biasing the retractable blade to the retracted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.