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US 11,698,168 B2Granted
Convertible hiking sticks
OwnerTrent Ballentineinventor
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Abstract
A convertible hiking stick includes a handle extending along a center axis and a first leg and a second leg that couple to the handle and extend along the center axis. The hiking stick is convertible into a tripod such that the first leg is in a first bore of the handle, the second leg is in a second bore of the handle, the first leg extends transverse to the second leg, and the first leg, the second leg, and the handle together support the hiking stick with respect to a surface.
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A convertible hiking stick comprising:
- a handle extending along a center axis, the handle defines an interior space and a first bore and a second bore extend through the interior space;
- a first leg and a second leg that are selectively coupled to the handle such that the hiking stick is in a hiking configuration or a tripod configuration;
- wherein when the hiking stick is in the hiking configuration, the first leg and the second leg extend along the center axis and are retractable into the interior space;
- and
- wherein when the hiking stick is in the tripod configuration, the first leg extends through the first bore and the second leg extends through the second bore, and wherein the first leg, the second leg, and the handle together support the hiking stick with respect to a surface.
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A convertible hiking stick comprising:
- a handle extending along a center axis and having an interior space, a first bore extending through the interior space, and a second bore extending through the interior space;
- a first leg and a second leg that are selectively coupled to the handle such that the hiking stick is in a hiking configuration or a tripod configuration;
- wherein when the hiking stick is in the hiking configuration, the first leg and the second leg extend along the center axis;
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- wherein when the hiking stick is in the tripod configuration, the first leg is slidable through the first bore and the second leg is slidable through the second bore to thereby change the shape of the hiking stick such that the first leg, the second leg, and the handle together support the hiking stick with respect to a surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.