Hand weapon with rounded tips, hardened material, and holster

Abstract

A hand weapon which is intended to control combative individuals with minimal injury. The hand weapon generally made from a cudgel with a hand grip portion, a first abutment surface on one end of the hand grip portion, a first striking end portion, and a first stop surface between the first abutment surface and the first striking end. The first striking end portion is in the form of an outwardly extending generally cylindrical portion with a completely rounded generally hemispherical tip. In select embodiments, the hand weapon is made from a hardened material. In other select embodiments, the hand weapon includes a holster.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hand weapon comprising:
 a cudgel including:
 a hand grip portion 
 a first abutment surface on one end of the hand grip portion; 
 a first striking end portion; and 
 a first stop surface between the first abutment surface and the first striking end portion; 
 said first striking end portion being in the form of a first outwardly extending generally cylindrical portion with a first completely rounded generally hemispherical tip. 
   
     
     
         2 . The hand weapon of  claim 1 , wherein the first completely rounded generally hemispherical tip having no flat surfaces. 
     
     
         3 . The hand weapon of  claim 1 , wherein the cudgel being formed of a hardened material being selected from a group consisting of: a hard wood; a hard plastic; and a hardened coating;
 wherein the hard wood including grain running substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the cudgel; or   wherein the hard plastic being a polycarbonate hard plastic.   
     
     
         4 . The hand weapon of  claim 3 , wherein the hard wood being a rock maple with grain running substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the cudgel. 
     
     
         5 . The hand weapon of  claim 3 , wherein the hardened coating including a hardened primer paint and a hardened paint, wherein:
 the hardened primer paint including:
 Primer 13 at 250 milliliters; 
 standard primer at 19.25 milliliters; and 
 25% primer at 67.5 milliliters; and 
   the hardened paint including:
 2 paint at 250 milliliters; 
 1 paint at 125 milliliters; and 
 25% paint at 94 milliliters. 
   
     
     
         6 . The hand weapon of  claim 1  further comprising a holster. 
     
     
         7 . The hand weapon of  claim 6 , wherein the holster comprising:
 a first strap configured to loop around and secure to itself via a fast connector to form a loop;   said loop being sized larger than the hand grip portion of the cudgel but smaller than the first abutment surface for securing the cudgel in the holster; and   an attachment mechanism secured to the first strap, said attachment mechanism being configured to attach to a user for securing the holster with the hand weapon on the user.   
     
     
         8 . The hand weapon of  claim 7 , wherein:
 the fast connector being a snap connector, said snap connector comprising a male snap on one end of the first strap and a female snap on the other end of the first strap, whereby said male snap is configured to removably connect to the female snap for forming said loop; and   the attachment mechanism being a belt attachment configured to attach to a belt of the user, said belt attachment comprising a second strap folded over upon itself with a first end connected to a second end thereby creating a slot configured to receive the belt of the user, wherein the two ends of the second strap are connected together via a first rivet connection, wherein the second strap is folded over with one end inserted through the loop created by the first strap, whereby the loop is positioned under the fold of the second strap for securing the first strap with the second strap.   
     
     
         9 . The hand weapon of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the second strap is connected to the first strap approximate its center via a second rivet connection; and   wherein the first strap and the second strap are made of a leather material.   
     
     
         10 . The hand weapon of  claim 1  further comprising a thong configured to be disposed about a wrist of a user, the thong being interconnected with the cudgel, wherein the thong passes through an aperture extending through the cudgel. 
     
     
         11 . The hand weapon of  claim 1 , wherein the cudgel further comprising:
 a second abutment surface that is opposed with the first abutment surface for engagement by the thumb and the heel of the hand, respectively;   a second striking end portion opposed with the first striking end portion;   a second radially outwardly extending stop surface positioned between the second striking end portion and the second opposed abutment surface;   said second striking end portion being in the form of a second outwardly extending generally cylindrical portion with a second completely rounded generally hemispherical tip;   the first and second striking end portions being generally coaxial with the hand grip portion and having a diameter sufficiently wide not to puncture the skin but sufficiently small to effectively transmit impact forces, each striking end portion also having a length short enough to prevent damage to internal organs but long enough to damage muscle or bone;   each of the first and second stop surfaces preventing excessive penetration of an associated striking end portion to prevent undue injury from the associated striking end portion; and   each of the first and second stop surfaces extending radially outwardly and away from the cylindrical striking end portions, where each of the radially outwardly extending stop surfaces initially forms an angle adjacent the cylindrical portion of approximately 45°, where the angle of the stop surface with respect to the axis of the hand grip portion progressively decreases to form a curved generally conically shaped surface;   wherein the cylindrical hand grip portion is contoured so that the hand grip can be comfortably engaged by a hand with the hand being in a handshaking position with the thumb extended so that it is in line with the user's forearm, wherein the first opposed abutment surface is curved so that it comfortably conforms to the tip of the thumb when the hand grip is engaged by the fingers of the hand, wherein the second opposed abutment surface is curved in such a manner that it may be comfortably engaged by the heel of the hand when the fingers of the hand are engaging the hand grip portion;   wherein the hand grip portion between the first and second opposed abutment surfaces is provided with a finger grip portion, the finger grip portion having reduced diameters adjacent the first and second opposed abutment surfaces and an enlarged diameter which may be engaged by the middle finger of the hand, wherein the finger grip portion is provided with a plurality of axially spaced apart circumferentially extending grooves to provide resistance to slipping of the hand, wherein the grooves are sufficiently deep to provide good resistance to slipping but not so deep as to pinch the flesh of the fingers; and   wherein the first abutment surface and the first stop surface intersect each other in a circular diameter greater than the intersection diameter of the second abutment surface and the second stop surface.   
     
     
         12 . A hand weapon comprising:
 a cudgel including:
 a hand grip portion 
 a first and second abutment surface on opposing ends of the hand grip portion; 
 a first and second opposing striking end portions; and 
 a first and second opposing stop surfaces between the first and second abutment surfaces and the first and second striking end portions, respectively; 
 wherein the cudgel being formed of a hardened material. 
   
     
     
         13 . The hand weapon of  claim 12 , wherein the hardened material being selected from a group consisting of: a hard wood; a hard plastic; and a hardened coating. 
     
     
         14 . The hand weapon of  claim 13 , wherein the hard wood including grain running substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the cudgel. 
     
     
         15 . The hand weapon of  claim 14 , wherein the hard wood being a rock maple with grain running substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the cudgel. 
     
     
         16 . The hand weapon of  claim 13 , wherein the hard plastic being a polycarbonate hard plastic. 
     
     
         17 . The hand weapon of  claim 13 , wherein the hardened coating including a hardened primer paint and a hardened paint;
 the hardened primer paint including:
 Primer 13 at 250 milliliters; 
 standard primer at 19.25 milliliters; and 
 25% primer at 67.5 milliliters; and 
   the hardened paint including:
 2 paint at 250 milliliters; 
 1 paint at 125 milliliters; and 
 25% paint at 94 milliliters; 
   
       wherein the hardened paint being applied with low voltage electrical current. 
     
     
         18 . A hand weapon comprising:
 a cudgel including:
 a hand grip portion 
 a first and second abutment surface on opposing ends of the hand grip portion; 
 a first and second opposing striking end portions; and 
 a first and second opposing stop surface between the first and second abutment surfaces and the first and second striking end portions, respectively; and 
 a holster comprising:
 a first strap configured to loop around and secure to itself via a fast connector to form a loop; 
 said loop being sized larger than the hand grip portion of the cudgel but smaller than the first abutment surface for securing the cudgel in the holster; and 
 an attachment mechanism secured to the first strap, said attachment mechanism being configured to attach to a user for securing the holster with the hand weapon on the user. 
 
   
     
     
         19 . The hand weapon of  claim 18 , wherein:
 the fast connector being a snap connector, said snap connector comprising a male snap on one end of the first strap and a female snap on the other end of the first strap, whereby said male snap is configured to removably connect to the female snap for forming said loop; and   the attachment mechanism being a belt attachment configured for attaching to a belt of a user, said belt attachment comprising a second strap folded over upon itself with a first end connected to a second end thereby creating a slot configured to receive the belt of the user, wherein the two ends of the second strap are connected together via a first rivet connection;   wherein the second strap is folded over with one end inserted through the loop created by the first strap, whereby the loop is positioned under the fold of the second strap for securing the first strap with the second strap; and   wherein the second strap is connected to the first strap approximate its center via a second rivet connection.   
     
     
         20 . The hand weapon of  claim 19 , wherein the first strap and the second strap are made of a leather material.