| CPC F41H 9/10 (2013.01) [B05B 9/0805 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |

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1. A personal defense device comprising:
(a) a main body to which a cartridge is removably mounted, the cartridge containing contents that repel humans and/or animals;
(b) a strap mounted to the main body and configured for attachment to a human limb;
(c) a housing removably mounted to the main body and extending over the cartridge; and
(d) at least one actuator having at least one component drivingly linked to the cartridge for displacing the cartridge to contact a structure and eject at least some of the contents through a discharge orifice formed through at least one of the main body and the housing,
wherein the at least one actuator is a manual button drivingly linked to the cartridge and configured to displace the cartridge upon displacement of the button.
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