Police club

Claim 1

A combination of a police club, abutment ring and carrying thong, wherein the club comprises an elongate stick of extruded high impact polymer having a uniformly continuous circular cross section with a hand grip portion at one end, said stick having at the base of the hang grip portion annular grooves of two widths and two diameters, the first groove being axially wider than the second and the second groove radially deeper than the first and arranged symmetrically at the bottom of the first, said first and second grooves having a flat bottom wall and parallel radially extending side walls, said abutment ring being comprised of high impact elastically extendable polymer mounted on the club in engagement with the grooves, said ring having portions of lesser and greater diameter than the diameter of the stick, said portion of lesser diameter being of a width, depth and of a corresponding configuration to fit into said first groove and having an inwardly extending rib of a width, depth and of a corresponding configuration to fit into said second groove, said portions of lesser diameter and rib locking the ring to the club against movement longitudinally thereon at the base of the handle and said part of greater diameter projecting from the surface of the stick and having right angularly disposed flat annular circular surfaces providing radially extending shoulders and said thong being mounted to the club at the base of the handle portion at the proximal side of the ring with respect to the handle portion and embodying an annular loop constricted about the club at the base of the handle with an edge in engagement with the shoulder at that side and being of lesser thickness than the radial width of the shoulder.