ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,988, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Kantas Products Co. Ltd. (Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Safety locking mechanism for elastically expandable baton" was invented by Yang-Fu Cheng (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety locking mechanism is applicable to an elastically expandable baton including a plurality of hollow tubes that can be collapsed into a short baton or expanded into a long baton. The safety locking mechanism includes a positioning portion that can be fixed to one of the hollow tubes, a locking-releasing button pivotally connectable to the positioning portion, and a safety locking key arranged to the loc...