161 |
Adjustable-length tube, in particular for poles |
US10511294 |
2003-04-11 |
US07726898B2 |
2010-06-01 |
Klaus Lenhart |
An adjustable-length tube (10) for sticks, having an outer tube (12) and an inner tube (11) that can be inserted telescope-like into the outer tube (12) for adjusting the length of the tube, and having a spreading device (15) that is supported at the insertion end of the inner tube (11), the spreading device being able to clamp the inner tube (11) axially in the outer tube (12) and having a spreading element (16) that can be radially pressed apart and that is furnished with an inner cone (27), an interior element (17) that is provided with a reverse-oriented outer cone (22) and that is accommodated in the spreading element (16) so as to be axially movable, and an adjusting screw (18) that is axially oriented and is supported in a rotationally fixed manner on the inner tube (11), the adjusting screw having an operational connection to an internally threaded bore (21) in the interior element (17). So that an adjustable-length tube of this type responds to impact-like axial stresses by continuing to clamp rather than sliding or giving way, provision is made that the inner cone (27) of the spreading element (16) is situated such that it opens in the direction of the inner tube (11), and the spreading element (16) is supported between an inner limit stop (28) on the inner tube (11) and an exterior limit stop (26) on the free end of the adjusting screw (18) so as to be axially movable within narrow limits. |
162 |
MODIFIABLE WALKING-ASSISTANCE APPARATUS |
US12198223 |
2008-08-26 |
US20100051077A1 |
2010-03-04 |
Brian McGann; Gregory Foweraker; Shaye McGann; Kate Dulac |
An apparatus for facilitating walking and a method of using the apparatus. The apparatus includes a pole member, at least a first grip member and a second grip member, the first grip member is arranged to allow a user of the apparatus to move stably and the second grip member is arranged to allow a user of the apparatus to participate in a rigorous activity, and one or more ground contact members. The grip members are removably connectable to the pole member at a first end of the pole member, and the one or more ground contact members are removably connectable to the pole member at a second end of the pole member. The method includes the steps of participating in one or more diagnostic activities by an individual to generate data and selecting one or more walking-improvement activities that involve use of the apparatus based on the data obtained. |
163 |
ADJUSTABLE LENGTH POLE OR STICK |
US12541022 |
2009-08-13 |
US20100040406A1 |
2010-02-18 |
Klaus Lenhart |
An adjustable-length pole (10) for sticks, having an outer tube (12) and an inner tube (11) that can be inserted telescope-like into the outer tube (12) for adjusting the length of the tube, and having a spreading device (15) that is supported at the insertion end of the inner tube (11), the spreading device being able to clamp the inner tube (11) axially in the outer tube (12) and having a spreading element (16) that can be radially pressed apart and that is furnished with an inner cone (27), an interior element (17) that is provided with a reverse-oriented outer cone (22) and that is accommodated in the spreading element (16) so as to be axially movable, and an adjusting screw (18) that is axially oriented and is supported in a rotationally fixed manner on the inner tube (11), the adjusting screw having an operational connection to an internally threaded bore (21) in the interior element (17). So that an adjustable-length tube of this type responds to impact-like axial stresses by continuing to clamp rather than sliding or giving way, provision is made that the inner cone (27) of the spreading element (16) is situated such that it opens in the direction of the inner tube (11), and the spreading element (16) is supported between an inner limit stop (28) on the inner tube (11) and an exterior limit stop (26) on the free end of the adjusting screw (18) so as to be axially movable within narrow limits. |
164 |
Adjustable pole |
US12107558 |
2008-04-22 |
US07650898B2 |
2010-01-26 |
Robert W. Jarman; Fred J. Pretti |
A pole mechanism that can be adjusted with one hand that can be used in trekking poles, tool handles, and other applications requiring the use of an adjustable-length elongated member. |
165 |
Multifunctional walking stick with dog deterrent and adaptable base |
US11890580 |
2007-08-06 |
US20090038663A1 |
2009-02-12 |
Sylvia Juslin; Gloria Carpenter; Marilyn McCarty |
A multifunctional walking stick includes a telescopic stem having an adjustable handle and an interchangeable base. A modular safety device is detachably attached to the stem. The modular safety device includes a dog deterrent device, an audible alarm device and a location tracer device. The dog deterrent device can issue inaudible ultrasonic sound to deter barking dogs from a user. The interchangeable base can receive different selectable base bottoms for different activities i.e. walking, hiking, etc. The multifunctional walking stick also includes a compass, a flare compartment and a shock absorber for reducing vibrations caused by a walking surface. |
166 |
Ergonomic support staff apparatus |
US11257023 |
2005-10-25 |
US07451775B1 |
2008-11-18 |
Philip Henry Werner, III |
An ergonomic support staff apparatus for supporting a user upon a surface is provided. The apparatus generally includes a longitudinally extended support member. The apparatus also includes a grip handle member adjustably coupled in position along the support member. The grip handle member includes a grip portion which protrudes laterally outward from the support member to extend in inclined manner relative to the support member. Use of the resulting apparatus enables the range of requisite arm swing motion for manipulation of the support member into stable engagement of the given surface to be minimized. |
167 |
SELF-ORIENTING ADJUSTABLE LENGTH FITNESS POLE |
US11942836 |
2007-11-20 |
US20080121260A1 |
2008-05-29 |
William Stephens; Jeff Lunde |
Provided is an adjustable length fitness pole that includes an upper tubular section having an upper handgrip portion and a lower joint portion. The fitness pole also includes a lower tubular section having a lower foot mounting portion and an upper joint portion. The joint portions of the upper and lower tubular sections are sized and configured for slideable, registered engagement with each other thereby to prevent relative misalignment between the foot mounting portion and the handgrip portion. |
168 |
Walking cane assembly |
US11129565 |
2005-05-13 |
US20060254632A1 |
2006-11-16 |
Philip Willis |
A walking cane assembly including an elongated shaft having separable segments connected by joint assemblies, wherein the shaft is disposable between a collapsed position, and a elongated, substantially linear, operative position. A stabilizing assembly is operatively structured with one or more of the joint assemblies so as to facilitate stabilization of the shaft in the operative position. A handle assembly is adjustably connected to a proximal end of the shaft and is structured to facilitate selective adjustment thereof both axially and rotationally relative to the length of the shaft thereby allowing adjustment in the operative length of the walking cane as well as the angular orientation of the grip relative to the shaft. And end member is connected to the distal end of the shaft and is structured to provide a firm, non-slipping engagement with a supporting surface of a user of the cane assembly. |
169 |
Adjustable hiking stick having multiple sections and slide limit devices to prevent the sections from pulling entirely out of one another |
US10756055 |
2004-01-12 |
US20050150532A1 |
2005-07-14 |
Chi-Fu Lin |
An adjustable hiking stick includes a telescopic tube having multiple interconnected sections. Adjacent sections connect at a joint, and the joint includes an end sleeve, a slide limit device, an inside section and an outside section. The outside section has an outside end and an interior surface. The inside section is slidably extended into the outside section and has an inside end and an exterior surface. The end sleeve is attached to the outside end of the outside section and has an annular lip. The slide limit device can be ribs, rings or the like that protruded from the exterior surface of the inside section and is formed adjacent to the inside end of the inside section. The slide limit device will abut the annular lip and keep the inside section from being pulled completely out of the outside section when the inside section is adjusted. |
170 |
Adjustable fixture for an umbrella |
US10733299 |
2003-12-12 |
US20050126612A1 |
2005-06-16 |
Chao-Lin Chen |
An adjustable fixture for an umbrella includes a sleeve, a cam handle, and a block incorporated with an inner rod and an outer rod of the umbrella. The outer rod is inserted within the sleeve while the inner rod is inserted within the outer rod. The sleeve comprises a connecting wall bossing out from one side of the sleeve and holes on the same side exposing from the connecting wall. The cram handle has a cram at one end pivotally connected to the connecting wall by a pin. The block is located between the cram of the cram handle and the holes of the sleeve. Springs are located between the block and the outer rod. The block is urged by the springs towards the cam of the cam handle. When pushing down the cam handle, the cam urges the block to tighten the inner rod firmly. |
171 |
Lock release mechanism for foldable walkers |
US10397972 |
2003-03-25 |
US06886575B2 |
2005-05-03 |
Harvey Diamond |
A locking assembly is disclosed for use with a walker having foldable side members. The locking assembly includes a locking pin movable between a first position in which the corresponding side member is held in a locked, unfolded state and a second position in which the side member is in an unlocked, folded state. A lock plate extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the corresponding side member, and includes an aperture adapted to receive a locking end of the locking pin when the pin is in its first position. A lever is coupled to the locking pin such that when the lever is pivoted by upwardly applied pressure, the locking pin is moved from its first position to its second position to permit rotation of the corresponding side member to its folded state. |
172 |
Lock release mechanism for foldable walkers and rollators |
US10843683 |
2004-05-11 |
US20050005959A1 |
2005-01-13 |
Harvey Diamond |
A locking assembly is disclosed for use with a walker or a rollator having foldable side members. The locking assembly includes a locking pin movable between a first position in which the corresponding side member is held in a locked, unfolded state and a second position in which the side member is in an unlocked, folded state. A lock plate extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the corresponding side member, and includes an aperture adapted to receive a locking end of the locking pin when the pin is in its first position. A lever is coupled to the locking pin such that when the lever is pivoted by upwardly applied pressure, the locking pin is moved from its first position to its second position to permit rotation of the corresponding side member to its folded state. |
173 |
LOCK RELEASE MECHANISM FOR FOLDABLE WALKERS |
US10397972 |
2003-03-25 |
US20040187901A1 |
2004-09-30 |
Harvey
Diamond |
A locking assembly is disclosed for use with a walker having foldable side members. The locking assembly includes a locking pin movable between a first position in which the corresponding side member is held in a locked, unfolded state and a second position in which the side member is in an unlocked, folded state. A lock plate extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the corresponding side member, and includes an aperture adapted to receive a locking end of the locking pin when the pin is in its first position. A lever is coupled to the locking pin such that when the lever is pivoted by upwardly applied pressure, the locking pin is moved from its first position to its second position to permit rotation of the corresponding side member to its folded state. |
174 |
Device for locking two telescopic elongated elements |
US10257666 |
2003-06-27 |
US20040012210A1 |
2004-01-22 |
Pascal
Guidetti |
The invention concerns a device for locking two elongated elements the first of which slides in the second telescopically, comprising means (12, 22) for locking the first element (2) longitudinally relative to the second element (4), comprising a lock washer (13) arranged around the first element and whereof the circumferential part is placed between two longitudinally opposite supports of the second element and an elastic return member (18) placed between said second element and said washer and acting on the washer in a site at some distance from said supports so as to bring the lock washer in an extreme inclined position relative to the first element wherein the two opposite parts of said washer are in contact with the first element so as to lock the first element (2) relative to the second element (4) in the longitudinal direction. |
175 |
Stageless adjusting/locating device for sticks |
US09689669 |
2000-10-13 |
US06516821B1 |
2003-02-11 |
Shinichi Uemura |
A stageless adjusting/locating device for various kinds of sticks enables both right-handed user and left-handed users to conveniently stagelessly adjust the length of a stick. The stick is composed of multiple telescopic fitting tubes including mother fitting tubes and daughter fitting tubes nested in the mother fitting tubes. The adjusting/locating device is disposed at each of the mother and daughter fitting tubes. The adjusting/locating device includes a screw member formed by a threaded rod having outer threads and a locking member composed of two semicylindrical bodies mating with the threaded rod. A fastening ring is fixedly fitted around the locking member. The inner circumferential faces of the two semicylindrical bodies are formed with inner threads. An upper and a lower end of the inner threads are formed with thick sections converging from thin sections. The inner wall faces of the thick sections are formed with semielliptic arch faces. By rotating the daughter fitting tube in either a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction, the screw member is simultaneously rotated to expand the locking member so as to tightly abut against the inner circumferential face of the mother fitting tube and thus easily and reliably achieve an adjustment. |
176 |
Traction splint |
US10120784 |
2002-04-12 |
US20020120221A1 |
2002-08-29 |
Samuel
Slishman |
The present invention provides a splint that may be telescopically extendable, coarsely and finely adjustable, and providing a mechanical advantage while being readily transportable. The splint may have two to three telescoping members that nest inside one another when not in use, and may be triangular, rectangular, or circular in cross section. The present invention also provides a single member adjustable splint. |
177 |
Traction splint |
US09450434 |
1999-11-30 |
US06394972B1 |
2002-05-28 |
Samuel Slishman |
The present invention provides a splint that may be telescopically extendable, coarsely and finely adjustable, and providing a mechanical advantage while being readily transportable. The splint may have two to three telescoping members that nest inside one another when not in use, and may be triangular, rectangular, or circular in cross section. The present invention also provides a single member adjustable splint. |
178 |
Collapsible cane |
US200055 |
1988-05-26 |
US4887625A |
1989-12-19 |
Arvo T. Archer |
A collapsible cae or the like is disclosed as having a series of interfitting telescoping sections which are interlocked together when collapsed and interlocked against collapse when extended. The collapsible cane includes first interlocking elements for externally interlocking the interfitting telescoping sections together as a unit when collapsed, and also capable of being released, by hand pressure, to permit elongated extension of the interfitting telescoping sections. When extended, second interlocking elements are provided for internally interlocking adjacent telescoping sections together against collapse. The second interlocking elements may also be deactivated to permit collapse and telescoping of adjacent interfitting telescoping sections relative to one another for compact storage, when collapsed, and for subsequent re-engagement with the first interlocking elements to hold the telescoped interfitting sections together as a unit. |
179 |
Extendable cane |
US81641 |
1979-10-04 |
US4253479A |
1981-03-03 |
Andre Laurent |
A cane or similar article such as a crutch or ski pole is provided with a hand operated lever whereby the user can extend the cane by squeezing on a pair of hand grips. |
180 |
Adjustable resilient walking cane |
US50036355 |
1955-04-11 |
US2802479A |
1957-08-13 |
HICKMAN SAMUEL L |
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