Patent Application
20230375305
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The disclosure and prior art relate to self-defense weapons and more particularly pertain to a new self-defense whip, which is a lightweight, portable, concealable weapon for protecting against would-be attackers and serves as an alternative to other available means of self-defense.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle having a first end and a second end. A flexible cord has a proximate end relative to the handle and a distal end relative to the handle, the proximate end of the flexible cord being coupled to the second end of the handle. Each of a plurality of annular weights receives therethrough the flexible cord proximate the distal end of the flexible cord. A catch is coupled to the distal end of the cable and has a width greater than an inner diameter of each annular weight wherein the catch is configured to prevent each annular weight from moving past the distal end of the flexible cord.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A cap 26 has a penetrating section 28 and a protruding section 30 wherein the penetrating section 28 extends into the inner tube 18 at the first end 14 of the handle 12 and the protruding section 30 extends away from the first end 14 of the handle 12. The penetrating section 28 has a cylindrical surface 32 adjacent to an inner surface of the inner tube 18, while the protruding section 30 has a diameter 34 equal to the outer diameter 22 of the inner tube 18.
A flexible cord 36 includes a cable 38 and a sleeve 40 and has a proximate end 42 relative to the handle 12 and a distal end 44 relative to the handle 12. The proximate end 42 of the flexible cord 36 is coupled to the second end 16 of the handle 12. The flexible cord 36 has a length of 33.87 centimeters but may have a different length. The cable 38 extends along the flexible cord 36 and is constructed of metal but may be constructed of another conventional material. The sleeve 40 extends along the cable 38 and has an inner surface adjacent to an outer surface 24 of the cable 38. The sleeve 40 has an outer diameter 46 less than the outer diameter 22 of the inner tube 18. The sleeve 40 is constructed of rubber but may be constructed of another conventional material.
Each of a set of 18 hexagonal nuts 48 receives therethrough the flexible cord 36 proximate the distal end 44 of the cable 38. A hexagonal nut 48 is just one example of an annular weight suitable for the apparatus, and there may be a different number of weights. A catch 50 is coupled to the distal end 44 of the cable 38 and has a width 52 greater than an inner diameter 54 of each hexagonal nut 48 wherein the catch 50 is configured to prevent each hexagonal nut 48 from moving past the distal end 44 of the flexible cord 36.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
