CELL PHONE COVER SELF-DEFENSE APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A cell phone cover incorporating a personal defense system, the cell phone cover adapted to encase a cell phone having a front surface with a display screen located thereon, the cell phone comprising a body having a substantially rectangular prismatic form with a long side, a short side and a thickness, the cell phone cover comprising:
- a housing formed of an impact-resistant material having an inner surface adapted to conform closely to the outer surface of a cell phone, the housing having a front wall with an opening to reveal the cell phone screen and a rear wall opposite the front wall;
a compartment comprising an external bulge located on the rear wall of the housing, the external bulge having a top end, a bottom end and a longitudinal axis extending between the top end and the bottom end, the external bulge further comprising an interior cavity adapted to receive a substantially cylindrical canister, the canister being received so that the center of volume of the canister is located behind the rear surface of the cell phone and the longitudinal axis of the canister is transverse to the long side of the cell phone.
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Abstract
A cell phone cover includes a compartment comprising an external bulge located on the rear wall of the housing. The compartment is adapted to contain a canister of pepper spray oriented so that the longitudinal axis of the canister is transverse to the long edge of the cell phone and is offset towards the top edge of the cell phone. The rearward and longitudinal orientation of the pepper spray canister compartment enables the compartment to act as a prop to incline the screen toward the user when the cell phone is placed on a table with the screen in a “portrait” orientation. The rearward and longitudinal orientation of the pepper spray canister also enables the compartment to act as a kickstand when the cell phone is placed on a table with the screen in the “landscape” orientation.
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11 Claims
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1. A cell phone cover incorporating a personal defense system, the cell phone cover adapted to encase a cell phone having a front surface with a display screen located thereon, the cell phone comprising a body having a substantially rectangular prismatic form with a long side, a short side and a thickness, the cell phone cover comprising:
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a housing formed of an impact-resistant material having an inner surface adapted to conform closely to the outer surface of a cell phone, the housing having a front wall with an opening to reveal the cell phone screen and a rear wall opposite the front wall; a compartment comprising an external bulge located on the rear wall of the housing, the external bulge having a top end, a bottom end and a longitudinal axis extending between the top end and the bottom end, the external bulge further comprising an interior cavity adapted to receive a substantially cylindrical canister, the canister being received so that the center of volume of the canister is located behind the rear surface of the cell phone and the longitudinal axis of the canister is transverse to the long side of the cell phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A cell phone cover incorporating a personal defense system, the cell phone cover adapted to encase a cell phone having a front surface with a display screen located thereon and a rear surface having a camera lens located thereon, the camera lens having a field of view, the cell phone comprising a body having a substantially rectangular prismatic form with a long side, a short side and a thickness, the cell phone cover comprising:
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a housing formed of an impact-resistant material having an inner surface adapted to conform closely to the outer surface of a cell phone, the housing having a front wall with an opening to reveal the cell phone screen and a rear wall opposite the front wall; a compartment comprising an external bulge located on the rear wall of the housing, the external bulge having a top end, a bottom end and a longitudinal axis extending between the top end and the bottom end, the external bulge further comprising an interior cavity adapted to receive a substantially cylindrical canister, the canister being received so that the center of volume of the canister is located behind the rear surface of the cell phone and the longitudinal axis of the canister is transverse to the long side of the cell phone; and an aerosol canister contained within the interior cavity of the external bulge, wherein the aerosol canister comprises a discharge nozzle having an exit opening oriented substantially parallel to the camera lens field of view, the discharge nozzle adapted to be depressed axially to release the contents of the canister.
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Specification