Patent ID: 7416490

Claim:
An expandable baton comprising: a plurality of telescoping tubular sections; a second section of the plurality of sections moveable, along a longitudinal axis of the telescoping sections, between a retracted position and an extended position relative to a first section of the plurality of sections; the second section nesting within the first section, when the second section is in the retracted position; at least two locking lugs for releasably retaining the second section in the extended position; first and second ones of the locking lugs each having a respective first end surface; the respective first end surfaces of the first and second locking lugs being located at different distances along the longitudinal axis relative to each other; the locking lugs positioned about the longitudinal axis so that a locking surface aligns with at least one of the locking lugs to inhibit movement of the second section from the extended position toward the retracted position, regardless of an angular orientation of the second section relative to the first section about the longitudinal axis; the locking lugs positioned about the longitudinal axis so that for each one of the locking lugs there is at least one angular orientation, of the second section relative to the first section about the longitudinal axis, at which the locking surface and that one of the locking lugs can pass each other uninhibited, when the second section is moving from the extended position toward the retracted position; wherein the second section can move from the extended position to the retracted position by progressively rotating the second section, relative to the first section about the longitudinal axis, until each of the locking lugs passes the locking surface uninhibited.