ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,163, issued on March 17, was assigned to Defense Technology LLC (Casper, Wyo.).
"Locking assembly for telescoping baton" was invented by John Hultman (Casper, Wyo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking baton includes an outer tube having an inner circumferential surface with an outer locking groove. The baton also includes an inner tube telescoping within the outer tube and having an inner circumferential surface with an inner locking groove on its inner circumferential surface. A locking assembly is on the inner tube for selectively locking the inner tube to the outer tube. A manually actuatable release rod extends axially throu...