Handheld weapon

Abstract

A handheld 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. The weapon comprises a hand grip portion fitted at a first end thereof with a first spike and at a second end thereof with a second spike, the spikes facing in the same direction, and a third spike at the first end extending in an opposite direction.

Description

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, t...

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Benefits of technology

[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.

Problems solved by technology

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.

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.

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.

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