Improvements in Clubs and Dumb-bells.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct.,
1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clubs and Dumb-bells.
1, ABIEL WARD NELSON of No. 1 Meridian Street, New London, State of
Connecticut, United States of America, Physician, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the construction of clubs and dumb-bells for purposes
of safety, and it more particularly relates to the construction of policemen's clubs,
with the object of reducing liability of inflicting permanent injury on the criminal
without necessarily lessening the effectiveness of the weapon for its intended use;
and the said invention consists in a club adapted as a weapon or as an exercising
implement, or a dumb-bell, or other similar article, composed of a central core
piece of comparatively stiff material enveloped and wholly enclosed within an
integral piece of india rubber or its equivalent, leaving no part of said core
exposed, presenting upon the exterior of the article a suitable and convenient form
adapted to be grasped by the hand.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1, represents an external side view of a policeman's club constructed
according to my invention;
Figure 2, a sectional side elevation of Figure 1; and
Figure 3, a cross section of Figure 2, taken on the line -;
Figure 4, represents a longitudinal sectional elevation showing the invention
modified for use as an exercising club or "Indian club"; and
Figure 5, a longitudinal section showing the application of the invention to &
dumb-bell.
Referring to all of the figures, the external covering A, is preferably composed
of india rubber, adapted to be moulded in an integral piece in suitable forms as
illustrated, closed by both ends when the article is complete as shown. The core B,
is composed of any suitable stiff material, such as steel, iron or wood. The
envelope A, may be moulded around the core B, in the manufacture of the
article, or the envelope A, may first be moulded, and by means of a suitable
perforation at one end, the core B, can subsequently be inserted and permanently
retained within the envelope.
I am aware that heretofore batons have been constructed of an internal core
and an external covering of layers of leather structurally united together, and I
am also aware that batons have been partially covered with an india rubber cylinder
extending a part of its length, but however exposing both ends of the rigid
interior part, and I do not therefore claim unqualifiedly the application of
cushioning material upon a club, but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A club or dumb-bell composed of a central core piece and an elastic envelope
constructed in an integral piece and wholly enclosing said core, substantially as
described.
Dated this 6th day of September 1893.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, Agents for the Applicant.