Electronic stunning apparatus

An electrical stunning apparatus which is designed to be conveniently held in a hand of a human user, said electrical stunning apparatus being adapted to be used to stun a human aggressor, said electrical stunning apparatus to deliver an electrical shock to the human aggressor when contacting the skin of the aggressor with this shock being sufficient to temporarily immobilize the aggressor, said electrical stunning apparatus comprising:

• a housing having an internal compartment, said housing adapted to be conveniently held in a hand of the user, said housing having a forward-most end and an enlarged end, said forward-most end being tubular defining an internal chamber, said enlarged end surrounding said forward-most end, an annular chamber located between said forward-most end and said enlarged end;
• an electrical power source mounted within said internal compartment, a manually operable switch mounted on said housing, said manually operable switch usable to cause activation of said power source;
• a pair of spaced-apart contact probes mounted on a mounting plate, said mounting plate being fixed to said forward-most end, said mounting plate covering said internal chamber, said contact probes to apply the electrical shock to the human aggressor upon touching of said contact probes to the human aggressor;
• said housing having a protective cap, said protective cap being movable within said annular chamber between an extended position and a retracted position, with said protective cap in said extended position said protective cap covering said contact probes not exposing said contact probes, with said protective cap in said retracted position said contact probes being exposed;
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• said cap being connected to a biasing spring, said biasing spring exerting a constant bias tending to locate said protective cap in said extended position, said biasing spring being located in said annular chamber.