Fluid dispensing anti-burglar booby trap device

• US 4,202,471 A
• Filed: 03/08/1978
• Issued: 05/13/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles R. Fegley
• Original Assignee: Charles R. Fegley
• Inventors: Fegley, Charles R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Application Number:
  US05/884,611
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 222/153, 222/180, 222/402.11, 222/402.14, 222/402.15, 222/402.22, 222/402.21, 222/505, 222/509, 239/274, 109/20, 109/29
• US Class Current: 222/153.11
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/267 by a separate device actuated by repeated, e.g. human, input, e.g. by a moving wing of a door or window, a ringing doorbell, a flushing toilet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/02 with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid

Abstract

A fluid dispensing anti-burglar booby trap device is disclosed which discharges a fluid, containing a chemical such as tear gas, into an area to be protected when an intruder opens a window or door to enter an unauthorized area with which the device is associated. The anti-burglar booby trap device employs an actuating member for causing the discharge of a pressurized fluid container. The actuating member may be re-positioned to place the device in a safe, deactivated, inactuatable condition when desired.

Claims

1. A fluid-dispensing anti-burglary booby trap device for attachment to a first surface such as a wall wherein said device is associated with a second surface such as a door and arranged such that movement of said second surface will cause said device to dispense a fluid such as tear gas in the event unauthorized movement of said surface is attempted, the device comprising:

(a) a body member;

(b) a container of pressurized fluid supported in said body member, said container having a fluid-dispensing element adapted to release fluid under pressure when actuated;

(c) a passageway in said fluid-dispensing element for directing fluid from said container;

(d) means for actuating said fluid-dispensing element, said dispensing element actuating means mounted for movement and associated with said fluid-dispensing element and said second surface, said dispensing element actuating means actuating said fluid-dispensing element when it is moved by said second surface thereby causing fluid discharge;

(e) means for movably positioning said dispensing element actuating means whereby said dispensing element actuating means may be moved between an inactuatable position and an actuatable position, said dispensing element actuating means in said inactuatable position permitting movement of said second surface without causing movement of said dispensing element actuating means, said dispensing element actuating means when in said actuatable position being in position to be moved upon movement of said second surface;

(f) mounting means associated with said body member for fastening said body member to said first surface, said body member arranged on said first surface relative to said second surface whereby movement of said second surface from a first position to a second position will engage with and move said dispensing element actuating means when said dispensing element actuating means is in said actuatable position, said dispensing element actuating means including means for retaining said dispensing element actuating means in engagement with said fluid-dispensing element when said dispensing element actuating means is moved by said second surface, said retaining means including a spring biased projection attached to and moved by said dispensing element actuating means wherein said spring biased projection engages said body member upon movement of said dispensing element actuating means to retain said dispensing element in said discharge position.

2. The fluid-dispensing anti-burglar device of claim 1 wherein said fluid-dispensing element includes a dispensing valve which is actuated upon movement thereof.

3. The fluid-dispensing anti-burglar device of claim 1 wherein said fluid-dispensing element includes a projecting dispensing spout, said dispensing spout discharging fluid upon movement thereof.

4. The fluid-dispensing anti-burglar device of claim 1 wherein said means for movably positioning said element actuating means includes pivotably mounting said dispensing element actuating means on said body member, said element actuating means comprising a sliding extension movable between said inactuatable and said actuatable position.

5. The fluid-dispensing anti-burglar device of claim 4 wherein said element actuating means includes a means for releaseably retaining said actuating means in said actuatable position.

6. The fluid-dispensing anti-burglar device of claim 4 wherein said element actuating means includes a means for latching said element actuating means in said actuatable position or said inactuatable position.

7. The fluid-dispensing anti-burglar device of claim 1 and means for controlling the position of the element actuating means from either side of the first surface with which the device is associated.

8. The fluid-dispensing anti-burglar device of claim 1 and means for moving the element actuating means between said actuatable position and said inactuatable position by a locking means, said locking means positioned on the opposite side of the first surface from which the device is mounted.