US 12,296,494 B2
Self-defense device
Deborah A. Donahoe, Mundelein, IL (US); and David E. Machamer, Wauconda, IL (US)
Assigned to SLEEPING TIGER, LTD., Mundelein, IL (US)
Filed by Sleeping Tiger, Ltd., Mundelein, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,120.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157586 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B26B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 1/042 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-defense device comprising:
a wearable holder;
a knife detachably coupled to the wearable holder and moveable relative to the wearable holder between attached and detached positions;
the knife comprising a handle, body, arm and blade, wherein the handle is coupled to the body and the arm is coupled to the body and blade;
the handle, arm and blade are each configured to move relative to the body between retracted and extended positions;
the body has a substantially round perimeter and the blade has a substantially curved outer edge matching the curve of the body's perimeter;
wherein the handle, arm and blade each substantially retract into the body's perimeter when in their retracted positions.