Balancing stick

Claim 1

AN ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT BALANCING ROD TOY ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED IN A VERTICAL POSITION BY THE FINGERTIP OF A PLAYER, SAID TOY COMPRISING: AT LEST TWO CONCENTRIC TUBES ADAPTED TO BE COLLAPSED INTO ONE ANOTHER, THE OUTERMOST OF SAID TUBES HAVING A LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE INNERMOST OF SAID TUBES AND THE LENGTHS OF SAID TUBES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL; MEANS ON EACH OF SAID TUBES FOR FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING THE SURFACE OF THE NEXT ADJACENT TUBE WITH SUFFICIENT FRICTION TO RETAIN THE LENGTH TO WHICH SAID TUBES ARE EXTENDED WHEN IN AN UNTELESCOPED POSITION, WHEREBY THE OVERALL LENGTH OF SAID DEVICE IS ADJUSTABLE TO ANY LENGTH BETWEEN A FULLY EXTENDED LENGTH AND A FULLY TELESCOPED LENGTH EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF A SINGLE ONE OF SAID TUBES, SAID MEANS COMPRISING AN ENLARGEMENT ADJACENT TO THE INTERFITTING ENDS OF EACH OF SAID TUBES, TO POSITIVELY PREVENT AN INNER TUBE FROM PULLING OUT OF AN OUTER TUBE; AND FINGER GRIPS AFFIXED TO ONE END OF THE INNERMOST AND THE OUTERMOST OF SAID TUBES AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, SAID FINGER GRIPS EACH BEING SHAPED WITH ONE FACE CONFORMING TO THE END OF SAID TUBES AND THE OPPOSED FACE HAVING A CONCAVE RECESS CONTOURED TO RECEIVE THE FINGERTIP ON WHICH THE BALANCING TOY IS TO BE SUPPORTED BY SAID PLAYER.