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  Handheld weaponRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Striking WeaponHandheld weapon description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070142115, Handheld weapon. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention generally relates to handheld weapons which in connection with Martial Arts are often referred to as `self defense weapons`, suitable for protecting a victim against a barehanded assaulter or one carrying a cold handheld weapon, e.g. a knife, and further for practicing a non-lethal attack on a potential attacker, or in order to gain control over an individual without having to apply excessive force. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND PRIOR ART [0002] The increase in violent crime and the need for law officers and the like to control individuals, result in that more people carry different types of weapons, e.g. knives, firearms and other deadly weapons, which form potential danger also to the victim and to the environment, not to mention the liability behind such acts. There is thus an increasing need for less-then lethal handheld weapons for warding-off an attacker with possibly injuring the attacker, as in the case of self defense, to thereby allow the victim to flee, or for controlling an individual, e.g. for carrying out an arrest by law enforcement personnel, etc. [0003] Many types of handheld self defense implements have been proposed, some of which are in the form of clubs or batons held by the defender. However, such devices are prone to being grasped by a potential attacker whereby he may be able to wrench the device from the defender's hands and in turn expose the defender to more danger. Thus, it is desired to provide a small device which may be inconspicuously carried. However, compact self defense weapons are useful, if at all, in striking defensive blows on the attacker, and not in use in warding-off an attack, like in the case of parrying knife blows. Furthermore, such compact devices are usually not fit for controlling an individual, i.e. applying some pain to a person for carrying out an arrest, etc. [0004] U.S. Pat. No. 5,829,643 discloses a self defense device including a grasping member adapted for grasping thereof in a user's hand, a plurality of spaced spikes protruding downward from the grasping member, and an end spike protruding from a second end of the grasping member. A self-defense chemical irritant is disposed within a hollow interior chamber of the grasping member and an actuator mechanism is provided at a first end of the grasping member for effectuating release thereof. The grasping member alternatively functions as key-chain wherein a key-ring is provided at the second end thereof. [0005] U.S. Patent Application No. 2003/0109315 discloses 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. [0006] U.S. Pat. No. 5,556,003 discloses a hollow housing defining an elongate handgrip including a strike bar connected to the housing and extending forwardly in spaced relation from the handgrip so that the hand of the user may surroundingly grip the handgrip with the strike bar exposed on the outside of the hand. The strike bar serves as a visible deterrent to an attacker may be used as a defensive weapon against the attacker. Fitted within the housing there is an aerosol canister of a defense fluid, such as tear gas and a battery-powered siren. The apparatus further includes a movable actuator button for selectively activating the alarm or the alarm and the canister of defense fluid. [0007] WO 90/07959 discloses a hand weapon comprising a cudgel with a central hand grip portion and cylindrical striking end portions separated from the hand grip portion by stop surfaces. The hand grip portion has a finger grip portion and first and second abutment surfaces are adapted to be engaged by the tip of the thumb and the heel of the hand when the hand weapon is in use. A thong is adapted to be passed through an aperture in the abutment surface which engages the heel, the thong being adapted to be passed about the user's fist to prevent accidental loss. [0008] U.S. Design Pat. Nos. 304,063 and 352,339 discloses handheld devices comprising a gripping portion with a spike projecting therefrom. U.S. Design Pat. Nos. 324,610 and 365,622 disclose a handheld self defense weapon comprising a gripping portion and finger protection loops. Some of the above are fitted with a connecting means for attaching keys thereto. [0009] It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel handheld self defense weapon which is compact and easily concealable on the one hand and, on the other hand, is useful both as a defense article for stopping parrying knife (or other items) blows and for delivering an opponent a debilitating yet non-lethal blow, thus allowing the user of the hand weapon to gain control and compliance of an opponent without unnecessary or excessive force. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010] The present invention calls for a fist-held weapon suited for stopping knife and other items attacks, as well as for conveying debilitating yet non-lethal blows and for applying concentrated pain in order to gain control over an individual without having to apply excessive force to an opponent. [0011] According to the present invention there is provided a handheld defense weapon comprising a hand grip portion fitted at a first end thereof with a first spike and at a second end thereof with a second spike, said spikes facing in the same direction and a third spike at the first end extending in an opposite direction. Some or all of the spikes may be at least 3 centimeters in length. [0012] According to some embodiments of the invention the weapon may further comprise some other functional portions, for example: [0013] at least one finger ridge extending between said first and second spikes; [0014] a fourth spike projecting between the index finger and the middle finger, said fourth spike facing in the same direction as the first and second spikes; [0015] a bulging portion at either end, whereby when the weapon is gripped said bulging portion laterally projects from a fist; [0016] a fifth spike at the second end, whereby when the weapon is gripped said fifth spike laterally projects from a fist. [0017] The weapon may be gripped about the first and third spikes, whereby the weapon may be manipulated between a first gripping position where it is grasped by an individual's fist over the hand grip portion, and a second position where it is gripped about the first and third spikes, said manipulation carried out by rotation about the index finger. [0018] The weapon may also have any one of additional features, such as: [0019] being disguised by a fur-like material applied thereto; [0020] serving as a key holder by attaching a key ring thereto; [0021] the hand grip portion may be further fitted with a utility tool (e.g., one or more of the spikes may be designed as a screwdriver, etc.); [0022] the hand grip portion may be fitted with a power source and an activating mechanism for illuminating a light emitting element integrated with the weapon; [0023] the hand grip portion may be fitted with a compartment holding an irritating material (e.g. a tear gas or a skin irritating material), selectively dischargeable; [0024] the grip portion may be fitted with an audible alert generating module, e.g., an electronic circuit or, according to a specific embodiment, the audible alert generating module is a gas discharge horn, optionally activated by discharge of an irritating gas; [0025] the weapon may be fitted with a blow whistle; [0026] at least the hand grip portion may be padded. [0027] The design of the weapon renders it suitable also for use as a bag carrier wherein the bag is suspendable form the device by hanging handles of the bag on the first and second spikes. [0028] According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a kit comprising a handheld defense weapon comprising a hand grip portion fitted at a first end thereof with a first spike and at a second end thereof with a second spike, said spikes facing in the same direction and a third spike at the first end extending in an opposite direction; and an instruction manual teaching how to use said weapon and how to train using same, where said manual is, for example, an illustrated publication or a digital carrying medium. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0029] In order to understand the invention and to see how it may be carried out in practice, some embodiments will now be described, by way of non-limiting examples only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: [0030] FIGS. 1A and 1B are a perspective view and a top view, respectively, of a weapon in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention; [0031] FIGS. 2A and 2B are top views illustrating different embodiments of a weapon in accordance with the present invention; [0032] FIGS. 3A and 3B are a perspective view and a top view, respectively, of a weapon in accordance with still another embodiment of the present invention; Continue reading about Handheld weapon... 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