Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Canes – sticks – crutches – and walking aids – Tips
Patent
1996-05-15
1998-02-03
Wood, Wynn E.
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Canes, sticks, crutches, and walking aids
Tips
135 77, 135 86, 135 44, D3 17, 2481889, A45B 904
Patent
active
057133824
ABSTRACT:
An improved walking aid tip that is easy to use and provides for better support on smooth or slippery surfaces. The tip combines the features of an enlarged base for better stability on sand and gravel, a combination of convex and flat base to provide support for the user when the walking aid is positioned at a wide variety of angles with the ground surface, where the user is walking or standing still, a base made of a non-flexible rubber material so that the cane does not wobble and become unstable when in use and so that the base does not crack easily and have to be replaced frequently, an enlarged rigid support member that entirely covers and supports the rubber base so that the cane is less apt to wobble and so that the base is less likely to crack and have to be replaced prematurely, and a socket, a threaded screw, and a threaded screw hole to allow for easy installation of the tip. The enlarged base also allows people who would normally have to use a more cumbersome quad cane (e.g., with four heads) to use a more streamlined but yet supportive single head cane tip.
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Bushnell Esq. Robert E.
Wood Wynn E.
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