US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Bear spray device" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,334, issued on Sept. 1.

"Bear spray device" was invented by Scott Colin Ruttle (Garibaldi Highlands, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bear spray device that is provided in a first embodiment and a second embodiment wherein both embodiments are constructed to provide emission of an audio signal ensuing removal of the trigger guard of a bear spray canister. The first embodiment is a trigger guard embodiment that is configured to be releasably secured to a trigger of a bear spray canister. A nozzle assembly embodiment is further provided wherein the nozzle assembly embodiment is operably coupled to a canister of bear spray and wi...