Patent ID: 7806281

Claim:
A telescoping rod comprising a first tubular member, a second tubular member shorter in length than said first tubular member, one of said first tubular member and said second tubular member being slidable within the other of said first tubular member and said second tubular member, said second tubular member extending from one end of said first tubular member, a third tubular member equal in length to said second tubular member, one of said first tubular member and said third tubular member being slidable within the other of said first tubular member and said third tubular member, said third tubular member extending from an end of said first tubular member opposite said one end, the length of said rod being continuously adjustable between a minimum length obtained when adjacent ends of said second tubular member and said third tubular member abut, and a maximum length obtained when said second tubular member and said third tubular member are separated, with an overlap between said first tubular member and said second tubular member having a length equal to the minimum length required to prevent sagging or separation of said first tubular member and said second tubular member and an overlap between said first tubular member and said third tubular member equal in length to the overlap between said first tubular member and said second tubular member, each of said second tubular member and said third tubular member having a length equal to the length of said first tubular member less twice the length of each overlap, wherein each overlap has a length of 6 percent of the length of said second member.