Patent ID: 9182192
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
1. A baton assembly which is elongate in a longitudinal direction and arranged for use against an assailant as an impact weapon, the baton assembly comprising: an inner baton section including a rigid shaft spanning in the longitudinal direction between a working end and a sliding end and a resilient material adjacent the working end thereof which is more resilient than the rigid shaft and which defines i) a striking portion suitably arranged for striking the assailant and ii) a handle portion having a reduced diameter relative to the striking portion which extends inwardly from the striking portion towards the sliding end along at least a portion of the shaft so as to be suitably arranged to receive a hand of a user gripped thereon; and an outer baton section including a rigid tube spanning longitudinally between a working end and a sliding end, the sliding end of the outer baton section being open and arranged to support the inner baton section slidably therethrough in the longitudinal direction between a working position of the baton assembly in which the working end of the inner baton section defines an outermost first end of the baton assembly and the working end of the outer baton section defines an outermost second end of the baton assembly and a stored position in which the inner baton section is substantially received within the outer baton section such that an overall length of the baton assembly between the outermost first and second ends is reduced in relation to the working position; wherein the handle portion of the resilient material at the working end of the inner baton section has an outer diameter which is sized relative to an inner diameter of the sliding end of the outer baton section such that the handle portion of the resilient material is compressed and frictionally engaged relative to the sliding end of the outer baton section when received within the sliding end of the outer baton section in the storage position whereby the inner baton section is retained within the outer baton section in the storage position by the compression of the handle portion of the resilient material at the working end of the inner baton section and the sliding end of the outer baton section.