US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Handle for a concealed whip system" (Nevada Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,012, issued on June 16.

"Handle for a concealed whip system" was invented by Donald G. Richardson (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal defense belt for encircling a waist of a person comprises an elongated flexible web, a buckle mechanism, a whip, and a handle. The personal defense belt further includes an elongated flexible cover fixed with the outside surface of the flexible web and extends along the flexible web to a terminating location. A width of the flexible cover is larger than a width of the flexible web, such that when the top and bottom edges of the flexible cover are fixed with the top and bottom edg...