Patents by Inventor Joseph F. Rivas

Joseph F. Rivas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5538164
    Abstract: An apparatus for spraying a disabling liquid at an attacker comprising a dispenser for a quantity of a liquid capable of disabling an attacker, the dispenser being fabricated in an oval configuration with a hollow interior containing a liquid and with a discharge opening formed in one side thereof, the dispenser also including an aperture for the feeding of additional fluid thereto; a valve assembly located within the dispenser; a reservoir of additional fluid; and a tube coupling the reservoir with the dispenser for supplying additional fluid from the reservoir to the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Inventor: Joseph F. Rivas