ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,784, issued on March 31.

"Handle assembly" was invented by Derrin Carelli (Aspen, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle assembly is described. Embodiments of the handle assembly can include a main body and a cap. The main body can be contoured to be gripped by a user and can include a chamber for receiving a canister of deterrent spray therein. The contour of the main body can generally index knuckles of a user holding the main body with a dispensing nozzle of a canister configured to dispense a deterrent. The cap can be removably coupled to the main body and can encapsulate the canister in the chamber. To dispense contents ...