Aerosol spray for self protection and identification of assailants

• US 5,084,097 A
• Filed: 01/18/1990
• Issued: 01/28/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cynthia D. Mccreary, Mccreary A. James
• Original Assignee: Cynthia D. Mccreary, Mccreary A. James
• Inventors: McCreary, Cynthia D., McCreary, A. James
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixon, Jr., William R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Klemanski, Helene
• Application Number:
  US07/467,011
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 106/19, 8/404, 8/436, 252/305, 424/43, 424/63
• US Class Current: 106/31.03
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 11/00 Inks

Abstract

A non-toxic dye in an aerosol container to be used for protection against an assailant is disclosed. The dye is an irritant to skin and eyes and is also a semi-permanent marking dye which is intended to aid in the identification of the assailant by police.

Claims

1. A skin marking composition operable as a personal security device, comprising a skin markingly effective amount of at least one water soluble dye, water for dissolving said dye and diluting said skin marking composition, a hydrocarbon propellant for propelling said dissolved dye as an aerosol, wherein said skin marking composition is propellable as an aerosol, whereby contact of said aerosol with skin of an assailant visibly marks said assailant under visible light for a prolonged period of time.

2. A skin marking composition operable as a personal security device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said skin markingly effective amount of a dye comprises from about 0.05% to 10.0% per cent by weight.

3. A skin marking composition operable as a personal security device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said dye is selected from the group consisting of FD&

C Green #15794, Ariavit Green S #312524, D&

C Green #5, or D&

C Green #3.

4. A skin marking composition operable as a personal security device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said skin marking composition comprises a surfactant.

5. A skin marking composition as recited in claim 1, where said composition is non-odiferous.

6. In a personal security device having a container and a reservoir therein containing a skin marking composition, the improvement wherein said container is pocket-sized and thereby concealable manually and has an actuator in communication with said marking composition in said reservoir, wherein said marking fluid comprises a skin markingly effective concentration of a dye, and wherein said marking composition is propellably deliverable as an aerosol from said container by depressing said actuator whereby contact of said aerosol with skin of an assailant visibly marks said assailant under visible light for a prolonged period of time.

7. A personal security device as claimed in claim 6, where said skin marking composition is non-odiferous.