Hand-held personal defense weapon

Abstract

A hand-held personal defense weapon, including an elongate grip for being held in and grasped by a closed hand of a user and first and second enlarged, solid impact elements formed of a hard, durable material carried on first and second opposed ends of the grip, each of the impact elements including a distal impact zone of reduced surface area for permitting the weapon to be swung in either a forehand, backhand, downward or uppercut stroke against an assailant.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A hand-held personal defense weapon, comprising: 
 (a) an elongate grip for being held in and grasped by a closed hand of a user; and    (b) first and second enlarged, solid impact elements formed of a hard, durable material carried on first and second opposed ends of the grip, each of said impact elements including a distal impact zone of reduced surface area for permitting the weapon to be swung in either a forehand, backhand, downward or uppercut stroke against an assailant.    
     
     
         2 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 1 , wherein said grip is annular.  
     
     
         3 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 2 , wherein the diameter of the grip is greatest at a midpoint between the first and second opposed ends.  
     
     
         4 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 1 , wherein said grip includes grooves formed in the surface thereof to provide an enhanced grip on the weapon by the user.  
     
     
         5 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 4 , wherein said grooves are concentric and spaced-apart from each other.  
     
     
         6 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 1 ,  2  or  3 , wherein said first and second impact elements are integrally-formed with the grip.  
     
     
         7 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 1 ,  2  or  3 , wherein said first and second impact elements are separately formed and secured to respective first and second opposed ends of the grip.  
     
     
         8 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 7 , wherein said first and second impact elements include respective bores therein and receiving first and second mating attachment elements therein.  
     
     
         9 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 8 , wherein said bores and said attachment elements include mating threads thereon for permitting the impact elements to be threaded onto the attachment elements.  
     
     
         10 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 1 ,  2  or  3  wherein the impact elements are formed of a material selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic and metal.  
     
     
         11 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 1 ,  2  or  3  wherein the grip and the impact elements are formed of a material selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic and metal.  
     
     
         12 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 11 , wherein the impact elements include studs formed on the surface thereof for further reducing the surface area of the of the impact zone.  
     
     
         13 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 12 , wherein said studs are pyramid-shaped to provide outwardly extending impact points.  
     
     
         14 . A hand-held personal defense weapon according to  claim 13 , wherein the impact elements each include a surface proximate the grip and extending outwardly therefrom for retaining the weapon in the hand upon impact, said surface being at a right angle to the grip at the point adjacent thereto.  
     
     
         15 . A hand-held personal defense weapon, comprising: 
 (a) an elongate annular grip for being held in and grasped by a closed hand of a user and integrally-formed first and second enlarged, solid impact elements;    (b) said grip and impact elements each formed of a hard, durable material and carried on first and second opposed ends of the grip;    (c) each of said impact elements including a distal impact zone of reduced surface area for permitting the weapon to be swung in either a forehand, backhand, downward or uppercut stroke against an assailant;    (d) the impact elements each include a surface proximate the grip and extending outwardly therefrom for retaining the weapon in the hand upon impact; and    (e) said surface being at a right angle to the grip at the point adjacent thereto said weapon formed of a material selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic and metal.