Abstract: A hand-held holder for pressurized chemical cartridges includes a casing having an opening therethrough between first and second ends and a cartridge-carrying frame member dimensioned to slide through the opening. A valve at the first end of the frame member is adapted to engage the cartridge for dispensing the chemical therein, and a lever pivoted at the second end of the casing holds the cartridge in a relatively fixed position while driving the frame through the casing toward the rearward, second end of the casing to cause movement of the valve toward and into engagement with the cartridge to effect the dispensing of the pressurized chemical contained in the cartridge.

Abstract: A portable flashlight burglar alarm apparatus has a flashlight with an annunciator attached thereto and powered by the flashlight batteries. The flashlight may be placed adjacent a door and the burglar alarm circuit enabled so that opening the door knocks the flashlight over to actuate the annunciator.