Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Canes – sticks – crutches – and walking aids – Combined and convertible
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-27
2001-12-11
Canfield, Robert (Department: 3635)
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Canes, sticks, crutches, and walking aids
Combined and convertible
C135S078000, C223S118000, C223SDIG004
Reexamination Certificate
active
06328048
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to products for assisting movement impaired individuals and more particularly to a multi-use patient aid that includes an adjustable length cane body assembly, a cane foot assembly, an accessory adapter, a shoe horn accessory, and a dressing hook accessory; the adjustable length cane body assembly including a handle member and a cane shaft assembly; the handle member including a handle portion and a tubular shaft connecting portion provided with a number of spaced locking pin receiving apertures provided therethrough; the cane shaft assembly including an elongated shaft portion having a first end provided with a first spring loaded lock pin assembly and a second end provided with a second spring loaded lock pin assembly; the first end being slidably positionable into the tubular shaft connecting portion of the handle member; the cane foot assembly including a tubular foot support and a resilient cane foot attached to a bottom end of the tubular foot support; the tubular foot support having a tubular foot support top end sized to receive therein the second end of the shaft portion and a locking pin receiving aperture provided therethrough for connecting with the second spring loaded lock pin assembly; the accessory adapter including a tubular accessory support having an internally threaded accessory connecting aperture at a bottom end of thereof and a tubular accessory adapter top end sized to receive therein the second end of the shaft portion and a locking pin receiving aperture provided therethrough for connecting with the second end of the shaft portion; the shoe horn accessory including a shoe horn portion having a threaded horn connecting rod extending from a top end thereof, the threaded horn connecting rod being companionately threaded to screw into the internally threaded accessory connecting aperture of the accessory adapter; the dressing hook accessory including a hook portion having a threaded hook connecting rod extending from a top end thereof, the threaded hook connecting rod being companionately threaded to screw into the internally threaded accessory connecting aperture of the accessory adapter.
BACKGROUND ART
Many movement impaired individuals find it difficult to walk without assistance from a cane or the like as well as simple tasks such as putting on shoes and picking up clothing and the like from the floor. It would be a benefit to these individuals to have an aid that could be converted to function as a cane, a shoe horn and a clothing retrieval hook.
GENERAL SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a multi-use patient aid that includes an adjustable length cane body assembly, a cane foot assembly, an accessory adapter, a shoe horn accessory, and a dressing hook accessory; the adjustable length cane body assembly including a handle member and a cane shaft assembly; the handle member including a handle portion and a tubular shaft connecting portion provided with a number of spaced locking pin receiving apertures provided therethrough; the cane shaft assembly including an elongated shaft portion having a first end provided with a first spring loaded lock pin assembly and a second end provided with a second spring loaded lock pin assembly; the first end being slidably positionable into the tubular shaft connecting portion of the handle member; the cane foot assembly including a tubular foot support and a resilient cane foot attached to a bottom end of the tubular foot support; the tubular foot support having a tubular foot support top end sized to receive therein the second end of the shaft portion and a locking pin receiving aperture provided therethrough for connecting with the second spring loaded lock pin assembly; the accessory adapter including a tubular accessory support having an internally threaded accessory connecting aperture at a bottom end of thereof and a tubular accessory adapter top end sized to receive therein the second end of the shaft portion and a locking pin receiving aperture provided therethrough for connecting with the second end of the shaft portion; the shoe horn accessory including a shoe horn portion having a threaded horn connecting rod extending from a top end thereof, the threaded horn connecting rod being companionately threaded to screw into the internally threaded accessory connecting aperture of the accessory adapter; the dressing hook accessory including a hook portion having a threaded hook connecting rod extending from a top end thereof, the threaded hook connecting rod being companionately threaded to screw into the internally threaded accessory connecting aperture of the accessory adapter.
Accordingly, a multi-use patient aid is provided. The multi-use patient aid includes an adjustable length cane body assembly, a cane foot assembly, an accessory adapter, a shoe horn accessory, and a dressing hook accessory; the adjustable length cane body assembly including a handle member and a cane shaft assembly; the handle member including a handle portion and a tubular shaft connecting portion provided with a number of spaced locking pin receiving apertures provided therethrough; the cane shaft assembly including an elongated shaft portion having a first end provided with a first spring loaded lock pin assembly and a second end provided with a second spring loaded lock pin assembly; the first end being slidably positionable into the tubular shaft connecting portion of the handle member; the cane foot assembly including a tubular foot support and a resilient cane foot attached to a bottom end of the tubular foot support; the tubular foot support having a tubular foot support top end sized to receive therein the second end of the shaft portion and a locking pin receiving aperture provided therethrough for connecting with the second spring loaded lock pin assembly; the accessory adapter including a tubular accessory support having an internally threaded accessory connecting aperture at a bottom end of thereof and a tubular accessory adapter top end sized to receive therein the second end of the shaft portion and a locking pin receiving aperture provided therethrough for connecting with the second end of the shaft portion; the shoe horn accessory including a shoe horn portion having a threaded horn connecting rod extending from a top end thereof, the threaded horn connecting rod being companionately threaded to screw into the internally threaded accessory connecting aperture of the accessory adapter; the dressing hook accessory including a hook portion having a threaded hook connecting rod extending from a top end thereof, the threaded hook connecting rod being companionately threaded to screw into the internally threaded accessory connecting aperture of the accessory adapter.
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Breaux Joseph N.
Canfield Robert
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