Safety aerosol dispenser

A safety dispenser suitable for dispensing a jet of material, the active ingredient of which is capable of incapacitating an attacker, comprising:

• a rugged unitary housing defining a trigger finger access opening and an opening through which said jet may issue, a container for housing said material for incapacitating an attacker under pressure, the container being captively housed within the housing and being closed by a manually operable valve which is spring biased into a closed position, a valve cap attached to the valve and carrying a nozzle for emission of a jet of the material upon operation of the valve cap by application of pressure by a trigger finger, of a user, extending through the finger opening, the orientation of the nozzle being restrained such that a jet when emitted will pass through the jet emitting opening;
• wherein said housing is an elongate housing closed at both ends and defining a longitudinal axis, the container is an elongate container captively held within the housing with the valve structure extending along the axis for operation by a trigger finger extending through the finger opening said finger opening and jet emitting opening defined in a wall of the housing laterally of the axis.