Self-defense device

Abstract

A self-defense device for use by a victim or intended victim of an attack or intended attack by an attacker and includes the use of an audible alarm and/or a disabling spray device which will discharge a disabling spray toward and onto the attacker. The audible alarm can be manually actuated by the victim or intended victim or automatically actuated if the self-defense device is pulled away from the victim by the attacker. The spray device is manually actuated. Automatic actuation of the audible alarm also disarms the spray device in response to the self-defense device being pulled away from the victim thereby preventing the attacker from using the disabling spray device to temporarily disable the victim. The self-defense device is incorporated into a housing structure which is simulative of an item normally carried by a person in their hand when walking, jogging, shopping and the like thereby disguising the device to prevent the attacker from becoming aware that the intended victim has a self-defense device in their possession. The housing of the self-defense device also includes an opening defining a window to enable observation of a canister of spray material incorporated into the housing to enable a determination to be made as to the character of the spray material to be discharged.

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