Patent ID: 7346958
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: F41B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing the leverage impact force obtainable with a baton having an elongated hand-graspable generally cylindrical handle defining the longitudinal axis of the baton and having a proximal end and a distal end, said method including the steps of: providing a leverage end cap having a unitary body defining an enlarged proximal end knob, a generally hour-glass shaped annular groove contiguous to said end knob and having a minor diameter substantially smaller than the end knob, and a generally cylindrical distal end contiguous to said groove and having an external diameter substantially the same as the diameter of the baton handle and greater than the minor diameter of said groove, said distal end defining means for releasable attachment to the proximal end of the baton handle; attaching the leverage end cap to the proximal end of the baton so that the end cap is generally axially aligned with the baton; grasping the baton such that the little, or pinky, finger of the user's baton-holding hand is received in and wraps about the annular groove of the leveraged baton cap such that the end knob abuts the hand adjacent the little finger with at least one of the remaining fingers of the hand wrapped about the baton on or adjacent the end cap; and maintaining said grasp throughout use of the baton.