Light-weight portable fire extinguishers

Claim 1

A CONTAINER FOR A PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A HIGH PRESSURE GAS CARTRIDGE AND WHERIN THE CONTAINER MUST WITHSTAND HIGH INTERNAL PRESSURE UP TO APPROXIMATELY 500 P.S.I. COMPRISING TWO MOLDED CUPS EACH FORMED OF REINFORCED THEREMOSETTING RESIN OF HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH, SAID TWO CUPS BEING INTERCONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER BY MALE AND FEMALE THREADS FORMED ON THE RESPECTIVE CUPS AT THE OPEN ENDS THEROF, SAID TWO CUPS WHEN IN ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP DEFINING A GENERALLY BARREL-SHAPED OUTER CONFIGURATION FOR THE CONTAINER WITH ITS MAXIMUM DIMENSION AT AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE CONTAINER ADJACENT SAID THREADED ENDS OF THE CUPS, ONE OF SAID CUPS HAVING A GENERALLY DOME-SHAPED CLOSED END AND DEFINING A STRENGTHENED BOTTOM FOR THE CONTAINER, THE OTHER OF SAID CUPS INCLUDING A HEAVY SHOULDER PORTION SPACED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM THE THREADS FORMED THEREON, SAID SHOULDER PORTION JOINING WITH A RELATIVELY NARROW NECK HAVING AN OPEN END, A CAP CLOSING OFF THE OPEN END OF SAID NECK, A STRIKER MECHANISM MOVABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID CAP AND BEING ADAPTED TO REACH A VULNERABLE PART OF A HIGH PRESSURE GAS CARTRIDGE SUPPORTED BY THE CONTAINER, SAID SHOULDER HAVING A RECESS FORMED THEREIN, A MOUNTING RING SNUGLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID RECESS AND SEALED WITH RESPECT TO SAID CONTAINER, SAID RING HAVING A BORE FORMED THERETHROUGH, AND A TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH THE BORE IN SAID MOUNTING RING AND SEALED WITH RESPECT THERETO FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER OUTWARDLY OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER.