Patent ID: 6889878

Claim:
A baton carrier adapted to hold a baton, the baton carrier comprising: a baton holder having an at least partially cylindrical interior wall defining an interior chamber and a back wall; an attachment assembly rotatably coupled to the baton holder, and adapted to removably attach the baton carrier to a belt, a detent mechanism interposed between the attachment assembly and the baton holder and comprising a recess carrying structure having a radial arrangement of a plurality of detent recesses facing a plurality of similar radially arranged protuberances on a protuberance structure, such that substantial engagement of the recesses with the protuberances defines one of a predetermined number of operating positions for the attachment assembly with respect to the baton holder and a spring mechanism associated with the detent mechanism for urging the protuberances toward the detent recesses releasably to lock the baton holder in one position on the baton carrier while permitting relative movement between the recess carrying structure and the protuberance structure from one releasably locked position to another releasably locked position.