Patent ID: 7488255
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
1. A baton comprising: at least an outer tube section and an inner tube section telescopically arranged within one another and adapted to interlock in an extended and retracted position; a radially adjustable locking crown arranged in an end region of the inner tube section, the locking crown adapted to be retracted into the outer tube section; and a circumferential locking groove arranged on an inside region of the outer tube section, wherein: the locking crown is composed of a number of parts formed as sectors of a circle and adapted to be joined to form a ring, the locking crown protrudes over the end region of the inner tube section with a locking bead, and an axially adjustable expanding cone for the locking crown is fixed on the end of a positioning rod and is arranged in the inner tube section opposite of the circumferential locking groove.