ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,082, issued on June 17.
"Telescopic item and mechansim therefor" was invented by Yair Shilo (Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel) and Amitai David Fried (Givat Shmuel, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing a telescopic assembly includes providing a power mechanism to rotate a threaded spindle which is coupled to telescopic segments. Rotating the threaded spindle causes the telescopic segments to extend out of a handle to an extended position. A safety feature is provided such that, if the telescopic segments in the extended position are pressed by a poking force against a person, the poking force causes the telescopic segm...