121 |
Crutches and Sitting Device |
US14641313 |
2015-03-07 |
US20170319423A1 |
2017-11-09 |
Nami Khademhosseini |
The New Design for Crutches and Sitting Device is an improvement of the basic crutch to provide needed support to ameliorate potential injuries and improve ambulation for persons suffering from injured lower limbs, lumbar region or other injuries and who frequently required using crutches for mobility. However, crutches require more energy from the user than merely walking, and frequently, a crutch user may require rest. Prior crutch systems have not provided a convenient way to provide the user with such rest. The current invention fulfills two functions: (i) providing improved walking aid for those recovering from orthopedic surgery of the spine and lower extremities—as well as those who suffer from permanent disability from the spine and lower limbs; and (ii) improved sitting aid for those recovering from orthopedic surgery of the spine and lower extremities—as well as those who suffer from permanent disability of the spine and lower limbs. |
122 |
Walking/wading staff with integral fishing net |
US14153136 |
2014-01-13 |
US09801436B2 |
2017-10-31 |
Jeffrey L. Blood; Carl Caylor |
A telescopic wading staff with a full size, integral fishnet is disclosed. The preferred embodiment includes a retractable, extensible pole that can be moved between a first, fully compacted (retracted) configuration for transport or storage and second, fully extended configuration for wading, especially when traversing a stream or riverbed for fly-fishing. Other embodiments include a hook extension from the lower staff end for retrieving tangled lines, lures and the like. |
123 |
SMART HYBRID SELFIE CANE |
US15469051 |
2017-03-24 |
US20170277021A1 |
2017-09-28 |
Amina Sultan; Ali Arwani; Iman Arwani |
A mechanism is described for facilitating a smart hybrid selfie cane. An apparatus of embodiments, as described herein, includes a hybrid selfie cane to serve as at least one of a selfie stick and a cane, wherein the hybrid selfie cane includes the selfie stick coupled to the cane. |
124 |
CALCULUS STRUCTURE |
US14990563 |
2016-01-07 |
US20170198491A1 |
2017-07-13 |
Chung-Chien LIN |
A calculus structure has a plurality of unit components and a plurality of joint components is provided. The unit components and the joint components are adapted to form a target structure. Each end of each of the joint components has an embedding construction or an embedded construction. Each of the unit components and the joint components has a bore therein for communication with each other. The bore is adapted to allow a cascading part to pass therethrough so that the unit components and the joint components are cascaded together by the cascading part, and the unit components and the joint components are movable relative to the cascading part so that the unit components and the joint components abut against each other in a cascading order to form the target structure. |
125 |
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COMBINING MOBILITY AND REACHING AIDS |
US15285463 |
2016-10-04 |
US20170020248A1 |
2017-01-26 |
Barbara Wood |
Devices and systems are provided that comprise a reaching apparatus removably coupled with a mobility device such that an individual can couple, uncouple, and/or use the reaching apparatus while concurrently using the mobility device for stability and/or mobility assistance. Related devices, systems, and kits further comprise a sheath for coupling with a mobility device using one or more attachment means, the sheath configured to slidably receive at least part of the reaching apparatus therein. Furthermore, methods for using such devices and systems are provided, providing both retrofit options and otherwise. |
126 |
Shock absorber cane systems |
US14662148 |
2015-03-18 |
US09516933B2 |
2016-12-13 |
Charlene E. Woodall; Joseph Lumia |
A cane system having an adjustable shock absorber, a multi-angle handle, a straight handle, and a knob. |
127 |
Telescopic tube, walking stick with the telescopic tube, and clothes pole with the telescopic tube |
US14829937 |
2015-08-19 |
US09512865B2 |
2016-12-06 |
Tsung-Hsiang Wang |
A telescopic tube has a tube assembly and a connecting assembly. The tube assembly has a first rod, a second rod, a third rod, and a fourth rod. The second rod, the third rod, and the fourth rod are mounted respectively around outer surfaces of the first rod, of the second rod, and of the third rod respectively. The connecting assembly has a first connecting unit, a second connecting unit, and a third connecting unit. The first connecting unit links together the first rod and the second rod. The second connecting unit links together the second rod and the third rod. The third connecting unit links together the third rod and the fourth rod. The telescopic tube is applied on a walking stick or a clothes pole which ensures that the walking stick or the clothes pole has a small size when retracted and ease of use when extended. |
128 |
MEDICAL CRUTCH |
US15152669 |
2016-05-12 |
US20160249715A1 |
2016-09-01 |
Jeffrey A. Hoogenboom |
An elongated walking assistance device includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and an adjustable system which couples the upper and lower portions. The lower portion includes a shock absorbing system attached to a surface contact heel. The adjustable system includes a threaded rod which extends from the upper portion along a longitudinal axis, a pushbutton assembly surrounding the threaded rod, and a tubular shaft capturing the pushbutton assembly. For fine adjustments, the user may rotate the threaded rod with respect to the tubular shaft to adjust the overall length of the device. For coarse adjustments, the user may disengage the pushbutton and slide the tubular shaft along the longitudinal axis. |
129 |
Swivel umbrella sheathing handle |
US14886277 |
2015-10-19 |
US09320331B1 |
2016-04-26 |
Edouard Gorouvein; Maksim Gorouvein |
The present invention is related to road accessories, in particular, to umbrellas and especially to the folding ones. The proposed umbrella has a sheath connected by a joint, with a fixing device, to a shaft connected to a system of ribs and a canopy. |
130 |
Shock Absorber Cane Systems |
US14662148 |
2015-03-18 |
US20160058140A1 |
2016-03-03 |
Charlene E. Woodall; Joseph Lumia |
A cane system having an adjustable shock absorber, a multi-angle handle, a straight handle, and a knob. |
131 |
TELESCOPIC TUBE, WALKING STICK WITH THE TELESCOPIC TUBE, AND CLOTHES POLE WITH THE TELESCOPIC TUBE |
US14829937 |
2015-08-19 |
US20160053789A1 |
2016-02-25 |
Tsung-Hsiang WANG |
A telescopic tube has a tube assembly and a connecting assembly. The tube assembly has a first rod, a second rod, a third rod, and a fourth rod. The second rod, the third rod, and the fourth rod are mounted respectively around outer surfaces of the first rod, of the second rod, and of the third rod respectively. The connecting assembly has a first connecting unit, a second connecting unit, and a third connecting unit. The first connecting unit links together the first rod and the second rod. The second connecting unit links together the second rod and the third rod. The third connecting unit links together the third rod and the fourth rod. The telescopic tube is applied on a walking stick or a clothes pole which ensures that the walking stick or the clothes pole has a small size when retracted and ease of use when extended. |
132 |
POLE INTENDED TO BE USED AS TRAINING EQUIPMENT DURING WALKING |
US14377305 |
2013-01-03 |
US20150335111A1 |
2015-11-26 |
Lena FREJLIN |
A pole, intended to be used as training equipment during Nordic pole walking on a surface, includes an outer tube and an inner tube that can be displaced telescopically one inside the other, a handle at the top of the outer tube and a wrist attachment, a spring means that allows the inner tube to slide, under a pre-determined resistance to motion, inside the outer tube to a compressed condition when the pole makes contact with the surface. The spring means comprises an extended elastic element that is so united with the telescopically opposing ends of the outer tube and the inner tube that the elastic element is placed under tension in its tensile direction when the ends of the tubes of the outer tube and the inner tube are inserted one inside the other. |
133 |
COLLAPSIBLE FISHING ROD AND PEDESTRIAN SUPPORT APPARATUS |
US14717826 |
2015-05-20 |
US20150335000A1 |
2015-11-26 |
Gerard Rudebeck |
A collapsible fishing rod and walking cane includes a base assembly comprising a plurality of tubular members foldably attached to one another for folding between a collapsed position in which the tubular members are arranged side-by-side and an elongate position in which the tubular members are arranged end-to-end. The proximal tubular member of the base assembly has a proximal handle portion. The distal tubular member of the base assembly has an open distal end. A telescoping end assembly includes a plurality of tubular members arranged concentrically for telescoping between a collapsed position and an elongate position. The proximal tubular member of the telescoping end assembly is secured in the open distal end of the distal tubular member of the base assembly such that the distal tubular member of the telescoping end assembly extends distally away from the base in the elongate position. A reel is secured to the base assembly. |
134 |
LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE TUBE, IN PARTICULAR FOR STICKS |
US14409632 |
2013-06-19 |
US20150320159A1 |
2015-11-12 |
Eberhard HEIM |
A length-adjustable tube for trekking sticks etc, comprising an outer tube and an inner tube insertable telescopically into the outer tube, and an expanding device with which the inner tube is clampable in the outer tube. The expanding device has an expanding element which can be pushed apart radially and is provided with a taper, and an inner element which is provided with an opposed taper and is accommodated in the expanding element. An adjustment screw held on the inner tube is operatively connected to an internally threaded bore in the inner element A clamping section is arranged on the expanding element, which, in a relaxed state, has a greater radius than the radius of the expanding element. The clamping section is elastically offsettable inwards counter to a restoring force. |
135 |
Adjustable positioning structure for a walking stick |
US14082240 |
2013-11-18 |
US08967170B1 |
2015-03-03 |
Hsiu-Chen Lai |
An adjustable positioning structure for a walking stick contains an outer rod, an inner rod, an actuation post, a pushing, and an expending member. The outer rod includes a griping head, a limiting sleeve with shoulder, and a first screwing section. The inner rod includes an anti-slip pad, a flange, and a slot. The actuation post includes a second screwing section, a bushing with a through hole, a holding sheath, a bolt, and a stopping piece. The pushing member includes a conical face defined thereon, a second end inserted into the inner rod, an orifice, and a spring being biased against the pushing member and the stopping piece. The expending member includes an aperture, a nut, a plurality of expansion sheets vertically extending around an outer wall thereof and surrounding around the actuation post, and a resilient loop fitted on a distal end thereof. |
136 |
Crutch system |
US13481126 |
2012-05-25 |
US08950415B1 |
2015-02-10 |
Barry Spletzer; Richard E. Fate |
Cylindrical first and second components have a joint between the components. The joint includes a male coupler with a first extent slidably received in the second component and a second extent formed with male coupling threads. Female carrier threads are provided on the male coupler. The joint also includes a female coupler slidably received in the first component. The female coupler has female carrier threads. The female coupler has female coupling threads adapted to removably couple with the male coupling threads of the male coupler. Tubular carriers have ends. Carrier threads are removably received in the carrier threads of the couplers. An elastic member has a central region located within the threads of the couplers and extending through the upper and lower carriers. |
137 |
Covering system |
US13914800 |
2013-06-11 |
US08931496B2 |
2015-01-13 |
Andrea Elgin Beyer; Steven Larsen Beyer |
A system is provided for protective elements that include, but is not limited to, an umbrella having a complete double canopy with pleats, a medially expanding frame, and a moisture mitigation vessel. The frame's linkage system and expanding double canopy enable their combined covering structure to take a downwardly concave form when fully deployed. Rounded outer frame edges provide enhanced safety. When retracted around the umbrella's stick, frame and canopy assume the form of a three dimensional envelope tapered up and down from its mid-section, thereby concentrated at top and bottom by the stick. This configuration provides canopy and frame with improved ability to move in and out of the invention's stick mounted moisture mitigation vessel. With an internal liner of wicking material and multiple surface apertures, the vessel encourages controlled release of evaporated moisture from the enclosed canopy. |
138 |
Covering System |
US13914800 |
2013-06-11 |
US20140360541A1 |
2014-12-11 |
Andrea Elgin Beyer; Steven Larsen Beyer |
A system is provided for protective elements that include, but is not limited to, an umbrella having a complete double canopy with pleats, a medially expanding frame, and a moisture mitigation vessel. The frame's linkage system and expanding double canopy enable their combined covering structure to take a downwardly concave form when fully deployed. Rounded outer frame edges provide enhanced safety. When retracted around the umbrella's stick, frame and canopy assume the form of a three dimensional envelope tapered up and down from its mid-section, thereby concentrated at top and bottom by the stick. This configuration provides canopy and frame with improved ability to move in and out of the invention's stick mounted moisture mitigation vessel. With an internal liner of wicking material and multiple surface apertures, the vessel encourages controlled release of evaporated moisture from the enclosed canopy. |
139 |
Walking Stick with S-Shaped Flexure Mechanism to Store and Release Energy |
US14273527 |
2014-05-08 |
US20140332045A1 |
2014-11-13 |
Neal H. Rudin |
A walking stick that takes inspiration from nature to absorb energy in the downward first motion of a walking stride and then return the stored energy to aid in propelling the walker forward in the final forward motion of the walking stride all the while keeping the walker in an ergonomically correct position which minimizes discomfort and reduces wasted energy. The walking stick that is the subject of this patent application utilizes a dual flexure spring configured in an S-shape (hereafter referred to as an S-flexure spring) as an extension of the straight shaft of the stick. The shape and location of the S-flexure spring are such that the spring force helps propel the walker forward. |
140 |
Mechanism for adjusting a telescoping member |
US13691812 |
2012-12-02 |
US08875724B2 |
2014-11-04 |
Jeremy Nootenboom |
In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates an improved mechanism for adjusting a telescoping member. The telescoping member includes at least two sections including a first pole member having an outer diameter and an inner diameter; and a second pole member having a second pole inner diameter larger than the first pole outer diameter; a collet having a top portion securely coupled to the inner diameter arranged on a lower portion of the first pole member and a bottom portion extending beyond a lower end of the first pole member, the collet further comprising an external thread; and a handle member arranged on top of the first pole member, the handle member comprising an actuator button coupled to an internal spring coupled to a rod extending through the first pole member, the rod terminating in a plunger end, the plunger end extending through the collet. |