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US 4,044,922 AGranted
Protective device
OwnerLewis O. Bordeloninventor
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An anti-personnel device, small enough to be concealed in the hand of the user, the anti-personnel portion being housed in a container having an appearance which belies its use, the container comprising a cap attached by complementary threads to a main body portion, the cap having a central bore in its end portion, and which cap supports the actuating means for a replaceable aerosol cartridge which is housed in the main body portion and which contains anti-personnel spray fluid under pressure. Actuating means which includes a safety latch which in closed position engages the top end of the cap and in deflected and depressed position constitutes a push button for actuating the valve system of the cartridge so that the liquid under pressure will escape through the bore in the cap, and a key ring detachably secured to the container at the end opposite the cap and which is readily disconnected therefrom.
An anti-personnel spray container having article retaining means, said container comprising a case having a cap removably fastened to the body of the case, a replaceable aerosol cartridge containing a fluid immobilizing agent under pressure enclosed in the main body of the case, said cartridge having a nozzle with a central opening therein, said nozzle extending into the cap, the cap having a central opening on the end thereof in alignment with the opening of the nozzle, mechanism within the container to effectuate release of the fluid under pressure, and pivotally mounted hook means associated with said mechanism and extending to the outside of the cap which acts both as a safety latch to prevent release of fluid under pressure and alternately as a push button to trigger the mechanism to release the fluid under pressure.
An anti-personnel spray container comprising an elongated case having a cap threaded to the body of the case, a replaceable aerosol cartridge containing an immobilizing fluid under pressure enclosed in the body of the case, said cartridge having a nozzle extending into the cap, a trigger mechanism within the cap comprising a plunger seated over the nozzle and having a portion of the plunger extending laterally through a vertical slot in the periphery of the cap, a latch member hooked at one end and pivotally mounted at the other end upon the plunger portion which extends through the slot, the hooked end being adapted to engage the top of the cap in which position the device is inoperable.
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