Personal security device

Abstract

A personal security device comprises a wrist band of electrical contracts attached by a lead wire to a hand-held body containing a battery power source at a first voltage, a transformer to step the first voltage to a second discharge voltage and a capacitor to store the discharge energy. The lead wire connects the positive and negative terminals of the capacitor to the sequentially disposed positive and negative electrical contacts on the wrist band respectively. A thumb switch is depressed to energize the capacitor so that if any two adjacent positive-negative terminals contact a conductive surface, the capacitor will discharge its energy onto that surface. The device is effective in deterring would be attackers whether they be human or animal.

1 . A personal security device comprising:
 a. A first body for comfortable placement within the palm of a user's hand;   b. Power storage means contained within said first body wherein said power storage means is of a first voltage;   c. An electrical discharge generating means contained within the first body wherein said electrical discharge is of a second voltage higher than said first voltage; and,   d. A second body in electrical communication with the first body by wire means, said second body remotely disposed from the first body, the second body worn on the person of said user and further wherein the second body includes means for discharging the electrical discharge onto the surface of a third body.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the first body has a pistol grip shape and further comprises a front surface, a back surface, a top half having a top surface, a bottom half having a bottom surface, a finger-side surface and a palm-side surface, and further wherein said top half and said bottom half are joined at a hermitical seal comprising an O-Ring. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein said power storage means comprises at least one battery having said first voltage, and wherein said first voltage is at least three volts but not more than 12 volts. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein said at least one battery is a rechargeable battery. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein said electrical discharge generating means comprises an electrical circuit mounted on a circuit board, said electrical circuit comprising a transformer for converting the first voltage into said second voltage and a capacitor for storing the electrical discharge. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the second voltage is at least 1000 volts. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the second voltage is at least 1500 volts. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the second body is an electrical contact pad comprising a plurality of electrical contacts. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein said electrical contact paid is mounted to a wrist band for wearing on a wrist of said user. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein said plurality of electrical contacts are disposed linearly on the electrical contact pad and further wherein the plurality of electrical contact pads comprise positively and negatively charged electrical contacts disposed sequentially so that a short circuit between a positively charged electrical contact and an adjacent negatively charged contact caused by touching said third body results in electrical discharge onto the third body. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein said wire means comprises a negative lead between the negative terminal of the capacitor and the negatively charged electrical contacts on the wrist band and an adjacent positive lead between the positive terminal of the capacitor and the positively charged electrical contacts on the wrist band. 
     
     
         12 . A personal security device comprising:
 a. A pistol grip body for comfortable placement within the palm of a user's hand;   b. An electrical circuit comprising a battery of a first voltage contained within said pistol grip body;   c. A transformer connected to said battery and housed within the pistol grip body for stepping up said first voltage to a second discharge voltage;   d. A capacitor for storing an electrical discharge, wherein said capacitor is housed within the pistol grip body and connected to and charged by said transformer at said second discharge voltage, and wherein the capacitor has a positive and negative discharge terminal;   e. A plurality sequentially aligned positive and negative electrical contacts disposed on a wrist band worn by said user, wherein said plurality of positive contacts are connected by a positive lead to said positive capacitor discharge terminal and wherein said plurality of negative contacts are connected by a negative lead to said negative capacitor discharge terminal; and,   f. A thumb-actuated trigger switch on the pistol grip body, wherein said trigger is disposed between the electrical contacts and the capacitor terminals, and wherein the trigger is spring biased so that said electrical circuit remains open until said thumb-actuated trigger is depressed by the user to close the electrical circuit and discharge the discharge voltage to the electrical contacts on the wrist band.   
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 12  wherein the electrical circuit comprises an ‘armed’ mode engaged by a first electrical switch and an ‘on’ mode, wherein said ‘on’ mode wherein the capacitor is charged with an electrical discharge upon depression of the thumb-actuated trigger. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein said capacitor can discharge and recharge with a discharge voltage in less than five seconds. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 14 , wherein the discharge voltage is 1500 volts.