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James H Stade

Russell E Hattis

Hugh Hackett

An attack-repellent device includes a housing which can be carried like a wristwatch on the arm of the user, or attachable to a waling cane, or the user's belt or neck chain. The housing includes one or more nozzles which ejects an attack-repellent chemical under the force of a propellent fluid preferably stored in one or more canisters within the housing. The inner end of each nozzle forms a projection insertable into the discharge orifice in a canister which contains a one-way valve which normally closes the discharge orifice. A spring is provided for urging one or both of the nozzle and canister toward the other. Latching means is provided for normally separating each canister from the associated nozzle. A user-operable member is provided which could be a wall of the housing which normally covers over an entry recess through which the canister or canisters are placed within the housing. This member is normally latched into an inactive position and includes a member which is interposed between the nozzle and associated canister. Activation of the device preferably occurs with the pulling of this member from its normally latched position.

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Elk Grove Village, IL, United States of America

James H Stade