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A telescopic hot stick or pole for manipulating a tool from a position a selected distance away from a workpiece wherein the hot stick includes a tubular first section having a female end and a predetermined non-circular cross-sectional shape. A second section has a male end slidably engaged within

A telescopic hot stick or pole for manipulating a tool from a position a selected distance away from a workpiece wherein the hot stick includes a tubular first section having a female end and a predetermined non-circular cross-sectional shape. A second section has a male end slidably engaged within the first tubular section and a predetermined non-circular cross-sectional shape conforming in a close-fit relation to the shape of the first section to prevent significant relative rotation of the second section therein. A locking assembly maintains the second section in an extended position where locking is accomplished in response to a sliding of the second section to the extended position and may be disengaged to permit ready removal of the second section from the first section.

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A telescoping pole for manipulating a tool from a position a selected distance away from a workpiece, said pole having an extremity with means for connecting the tool thereto and further comprising: a tubular first section having a female end and a predetermined non-circular cross-sectional shape de

A telescoping pole for manipulating a tool from a position a selected distance away from a workpiece, said pole having an extremity with means for connecting the tool thereto and further comprising: a tubular first section having a female end and a predetermined non-circular cross-sectional shape defined by a plurality of first side portions and a plurality of convex first arcuate portions, each mutually adjacent pair of said first side portions having one of said first arcuate portions disposed therebetween, said first section being formed of a dielectric material and including an interior which defines an axial path; a second section being formed of a dielectric material and having a male end slidably engaged within said interior of said first section through said female end, said second section having a predetermined non-circular cross-sectional shape corresponding to said shape of said first section which said cross-sectional shape of said second section is defined by a plurality of second side portions and a plurality of convex second arcuate portions, each mutually adjacent pair of said second side portions having one of said first arcuate portions disposed therebetween, each said second arcuate portion aligned in a facing relation with a respective one of said first arcuate portions when said first and second sections are engaged together so as to prevent rotation of said second section relative to said first section when engaged therein while being slidable along said axial path; and cooperating locking means between said first and second sections for releasably restraining said male end within said first section proximate said female end to maintain said second section in an extended position, said locking means being engagable so as to restrain said second section relative to said first section to prevent said sliding of said second section and being releasable so as to permit said sliding.