Security cane with pepper spray dispenser
OwnerRussell R. Amesinventor
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Abstract
Pepper spray canister is mounted in the tubular bore of a cane or walker leg or handle, and is actuable by a trigger mounted adjacent, or in, the handle after release of a safety interlock. Several embodiments are shown, both with the canister in the handle or remote therefrom, and wherein the spray can exit the base (tip) of the cane leg or adjacent the handle. One embodiment comprises a trigger interlock button sleeve mountable at the top of the leg with the canister, actuable by a rod passing down the leg, located adjacent the lower end of the leg. Other embodiments include a straight, T-shaped or L-shaped handle which houses the canister. Several trigger mechanisms are shown: first at the rear juncture of the handle and leg; at the forward juncture thereof; or on the forward top surface of the handle.
Claims20
A security walking assist device comprising in operative combination:
- a) a handle member;
- b) at least one vertical leg attached to said handle member at a first end and having an anti-slip member at a second end of said leg;
- c) a self-defense protective spray canister disposed in either said handle or said leg;
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- d) protective spray triggering assembly which includes a trigger pivotally disposed in association with said handle for single-hand operation by a user for release of protective spray from said canister while said user's hand retains its grip on said handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.