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US 5,859,588 AGranted
Purse equipped to disperse pepper spray and air siren
OwnerPatrick W. Malone, Jeffrey M. Smithinventors
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Abstract
A personal safety device including a handbag with pepper spray and air siren cannisters stored therein, a button on the handle of the handbag activating a switch to actuate the cannisters, the pepper spray being dispersed through a hole in the handle, the air siren being directed through a vent in the handbag, and including a safety lock in the handle to prevent accidental dispersion of the cannisters.
Claims1
A device which disperses pepper spray and activates an air siren comprising:
- a handbag having mounted brackets inside to store a pepper spray cannister and an air siren cannister;
- a means to activate said pepper spray cannister and said air siren cannister by depressing a button located in a handle of the handbag, which causes downward movement of at least one switch contact rod through the handle;
- said handle of the handbag having a hole through which pepper spray is dispersed;
- the handbag having a vent adjacent the air siren through which the sound of the air siren is released;
- and a safety locking device located in said handle of the handbag which serves as a means to prevent accidental depression of the pepper spray and air siren activation button.
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