ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,901, issued on Nov. 4.
"Hand-operated self defense device" was invented by Anthony Adrian Howley (Mariastein, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-operated self-defense device includes a first strap element for attachment to a palm, a second strap element for attachment to a wrist, a connecting element for connecting the first strap element to the second strap element, and a defense element connected to the connecting element or the first strap element. The defense element includes a support plate element including a plurality of tip element arranged on the support plate element so as to span a surface."
The patent was f...