Police baton with rotatable crosshandle

Claim 2

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle, one end of said shaft being secured to a mounting base formed on said club and providing a rotary slide plane between said crosshandle and said mounting base; a rod provided internally of said crosshandle and having a round tip adjacent to the club, said rod having an axis parallel to said shaft and being axially movable relative to said crosshandle; a pin mounted in a bore formed in said club and a coil spring biasing said pin coaxially into abutment with the round tip of the rod internally of said crosshandle; whereby said pin is biased by said coil spring to extend across said slide plane and prevent turning movement of the club and said pin is movable by axial movement of the rod to a position flush with said slide plane to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 3

A crosshandled guard baton as defined by claim 1 and further including a trigger biased to extend through an aperture in a side surface of said crosshandle, said trigger having a ram extending transverse of said crosshandle toward an end of said rod which is remote from said club, a head having a beveled surface provided at said end of said rod with said trigger ram contacting said bevel surface, a coil spring biasing said rod away from said club and said trigger is operative through said ram and said bevel surface to move said rod to said position to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 4

A crosshandled guard baton as defined by claim 1 and further including a trigger biased to extend through an aperture in a side surface of said crosshandle, said trigger having a beveled surface internal of said crosshandle and in abutment with an end of said rod which is remote from said club, a coil spring biasing said rod away from said club, and said trigger is operative through said bevel surface to move said rod to said position to permit turning movement of said club relative to said crosshandle.

Claim 5

A crosshandled guard baton as defined by claim 1 and further including, a trigger biased to extend through an aperture in a side surface of said crosshandle, an L-shaped lever pivotally mounted internally of said crosshandle, one leg of said L-shaped lever is received in an undercut formed in said trigger and the other leg of said L-shaped lever abuts an end of said rod which is remote from said club, and said trigger is operative when pressed inwardly to pivot said L-shaped lever and move said rod to said position to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 6

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft supported internally of said crosshandle for rotary and axial movement relative to said crosshandle, one end of said shaft being secured to said club; and a stopper pin extending across a slide plane between said crosshandle and the club, one end of said stopper pin being secured to the club and the other end seated in a recess in said crosshandle and facing said club; whereby said stopper pin prevents turning movement of the club when the stopper pin is seated in said recess and said stopper pin is moveable out of said recess with said club upon axial movement of said shaft relative to said crosshandle to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 7

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft supported internally of said crosshandle for rotary and axial movement relative to said crosshandle, one end of said shaft being secured to said club; and a stopper pin extending across a slide plane between said crosshandle and the club, one end of said stopper pin being secured to the club and the other end seated in a recess in said crosshandle and facing said club; whereby said stopper pin prevents turning movement of the club when the stopper pin is seated in said recess and said stopper pin is moveable out of said recess with said club upon axial movement of said shaft relative to said crosshandle to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 8

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle, one end of said shaft being secured to a mounting base formed on said club and providing a rotary slide plane between said crosshandle and said mounting base; a rod provided internally of said crosshandle, said rod having a round tip at one end adjacent to the club and a distal end remote from the club, said rod having an axis parallel to said shaft and being axially movable relative to said crosshandle; a lever pivotally connected to said crosshandle, said lever having one end connected to said distal end of said rod internally of the crosshandle and an outer end formed as a trigger operative to pivot said lever and axially displace said rod internally of said crosshandle; a pin mounted in a bore formed in said club and a coil spring biasing said pin coaxially into abutment with the round tip of the rod internally of said crosshandle; whereby said pin is biased by said coil spring to extend across said slide plate and prevent turning movement of the club and said pin is moveable by said axial displacement of the rod to a position flush with said slide plane to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 9

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle, one end of said shaft being secured to a mounting base formed on said club and providing a rotary slide plane between said crosshandle and said mounting base; a rod provided internally of said crosshandle, said rod having a round tip at one end adjacent to the club and a distal end remote from the club, said rod having an axis parallel to said shaft and being axially movable relative to said crosshandle; a lever pivotally connected to said crosshandle, said lever having one end connected to said distal end of said rod internally of the crosshandle and an outer end formed as a trigger operative to pivot said lever and axially displace said rod internally of said crosshandle; a pin mounted in a bore formed in said club and a coil spring biasing said pin coaxially into abutment with the round tip of the rod internally of said crosshandle; whereby said pin is biased by said coil spring to extend across said slide plate and prevent turning movement of the club and said pin is moveable by said axial displacement of the rod to a position flush with said slide plane to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 10

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle, one end of said shaft being secured to a mounting base formed on said club and providing a rotary slide plane between said crosshandle and said mounting base; a rod provided internally of said crosshandle, said rod having shaped tip at one end which is receivable in a bore provided in the club and a distal end remote from the club, said rod having an axis parallel to said shaft and being axially moveable relative to said crosshandle; a lever pivotally connected to said crosshandle, said lever having one end connected to said distal end of said rod internally of the crosshandle and an outer end formed as a trigger operative to pivot said lever and axially displace said rod internally of said crosshandle; and means normally biasing said shaped tip at one end of said rod into said bore, whereby said rod extends across said slide plane to prevent turning motion of the club and said outer end of said lever is manually actuable to retract said shaped tip of said rod across the slide plane and permit turning movement of the club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 11

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle, one end of said shaft being secured to a mounting base formed on said club and providing a rotary slide plane between said crosshandle and said mounting base; a rod provided internally of said crosshandle, said rod having shaped tip at one end which is receivable in a bore provided in the club and a distal end remote from the club, said rod having an axis parallel to said shaft and being axially moveable relative to said crosshandle; a lever pivotally connected to said crosshandle, said lever having one end connected to said distal end of said rod internally of the crosshandle and an outer end formed as a trigger operative to pivot said lever and axially displace said rod internally of said crosshandle; and means normally biasing said shaped tip at one end of said rod into said bore, whereby said rod extends across said slide plane to prevent turning motion of the club and said outer end of said lever is manually actuable to retract said shaped tip of said rod across the slide plane and permit turning movement of the club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 12

A crosshandled guard baton as defined by claim 7, wherein a roller is rotatably mounted to said distal end of said rod, an aperture is provided between said roller and an adjacent portion of said rod and said one end of said lever is inserted in said aperture.

Claim 13

A crosshandled guard baton as defined by claim 7 wherein an aperture is provided adjacent said one end of said lever, a head is formed at said distal end of said rod and said distal end of said rod is inserted through said aperture with said head connecting said rod to said lever.

Claim 14

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle with a sheathing tube, one end of said shaft being secured to said club; a lever pivotally mounted internally of said crosshandle and extending lengthwise in a direction substantially parallel to said shaft; means biasing one end of said lever to a position pressing on an end portion of said sheathing tube and a base member fixed on said club to prevent turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle; and the other end of said lever being formed as a trigger operative when pressed to withdraw said one end of said lever from pressing on said end portion of said sheathing tube and said base member to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 15

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle with a sheathing tube, one end of said shaft being secured to said club; a lever pivotally mounted internally of said crosshandle and extending lengthwise in a direction substantially parallel to said shaft; means biasing one end of said lever to a position pressing on an end portion of said sheathing tube and a base member fixed on said club to prevent turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle; and the other end of said lever being formed as a trigger operative when pressed to withdraw said one end of said lever from pressing on said end portion of said sheathing tube and said base member to permit turning movement of said club relative to the crosshandle.

Claim 16

A crosshandled guard baton as defined by claim 10 wherein said one end portion of said lever is shaped to press on an end portion of said sheathing tube and said base member, said means biasing said lever is a spring set transversely between said other end of said lever and an internal surface of said crosshandle, and said lever is pivotally mounted to said crosshandle at a midpoint of said lever.

Claim 17

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle with one end of said shaft secured to said club, a trigger mounted for movement relative to said crosshandle, a first lever pivotally mounted internally of said crosshandle and extending lengthwise in a direction substantially parallel to said shaft; means biasing one end of said first lever to a position pressing on a base member fixed on said club and a peripheral portion of an internal wall of said crosshandle, and a second lever pivotally mounted internally of said crosshandle, said second lever having one end positioned to contact a second end of said first lever and a second end positioned for contact by said trigger, wherein said second end of said second lever is movable in response to movement of said trigger to pivot said second lever thereby causing said first end of said second lever to move said second end of said first lever and pivot said one end of said first lever away from said position pressing on said base member and said internal wall thereby permitting turning movement of said club relative to said crosshandle.

Claim 18

A crosshandled guard baton which comprises: a club having a longitudinal axis; a crosshandle transversely branched on the club at a place toward one end of said club, said crosshandle having a cross-section of elliptic shape with the major axis of the elliptic shape substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said club and a branching length substantially equal to the width of a man's palm; a shaft rotatably supported internally of said crosshandle with one end of said shaft secured to said club, a trigger mounted for movement relative to said crosshandle, a first lever pivotally mounted internally of said crosshandle and extending lengthwise in a direction substantially parallel to said shaft; means biasing one end of said first lever to a position pressing on a base member fixed on said club and a peripheral portion of an internal wall of said crosshandle, and a second lever pivotally mounted internally of said crosshandle, said second lever having one end positioned to contact a second end of said first lever and a second end positioned for contact by said trigger, wherein said second end of said second lever is movable in response to movement of said trigger to pivot said second lever thereby causing said first end of said second lever to move said second end of said first lever and pivot said one end of said first lever away from said position pressing on said base member and said internal wall thereby permitting turning movement of said club relative to said crosshandle.

Claim 19

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in any of claims 1, 5, 6, 7 or 10, wherein the crosshandle is provided with a ring strap for engagement with a user's hand.

Claim 20

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in any of claims 1, 5, 6, 7 or 10, wherein the club is formed internally as a hollow cylinder, one end of said club close to the crosshandle is plugged and the other end of the club is open; an elongate member is inserted in said club, said elongate member includes at least one telescopically extendable inner member and has a larger diameter at one end which is inserted toward the plugged end of the club; whereby said at least one inner member extends telescopically outward of said club by centrifugal force produced by swinging motion of said club.

Claim 21

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in any of claims 1, 5, 6, 7 or 10, wherein the club is wrapped with an anti-slip elastic material.

Claim 22

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in any of claims 1, 5, 6, 7 or 10, wherein the club is provided longitudinally with a plurality of interior hollow spaces separated from each other, a hollow space at one end of the club is open to communicate externally of the club and a hollow space at another end of said club is closed by a plug.

Claim 23

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in claim 16, wherein a weight is provided internally of the hollow space closed by a plug.

Claim 24

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in claim 16, and further comprising a gas ejecting device in said hollow space at said one end of the club, said device is operative to direct gas outside the club, and manual means for operating the gas ejecting device.

Claim 25

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in claim 16, wherein the guard baton further includes an illuminating device in the hollow space at said one end of the club, said device is operative to direct light outside the club, and manual means for operating said illuminating device.

Claim 26

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in claim 16, wherein the club is separated at the mounting base into two interior hollow spaces, an illuminating device is provided in one of said hollow spaces, a gas ejecting device is provided in the other hollow space, and manual means for independently operating the illuminating device and the gas ejecting device are provided adjacent the crosshandle.

Claim 27

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in any of claims 1, 5, 6, 7 or 10, wherein the club is provided with a removable anti-slip device at at least one end of said club.

Claim 28

A crosshandled guard baton as claimed in any of claims 1, 5, 6, 7 or 10, wherein the club is provided with a removable anti-slip cap at at least one end of said club.