Cane and Method of Use
OwnerClement A. Senatroinventor
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Abstract
Methods for using a retractable cane to assist in sitting down, to rise from a sitting position, and to assist in picking an object up. One method comprising: standing with the cane slightly in front of the user, with one or two hands on top of the handle; bending knees and at the waist so that user's torso or chest approaches the cane's handle; applying a force down on the cane, causing the retraction of the second tube into the first tube; tilting the cane back towards torso or chest; resting chest or torso on hands located on the cane's handle; applying more down on the cane, causing more retraction of the second tube into the first tube; and easing into a sitting position or reaching and grabbing the desired object; and pushing down on the cane to rise to an upright standing position.
Claims3
A method for using a retractable cane to assist in sitting down, the method comprising:
- standing with the cane slightly in front of the user, with one or two hands on top of the handle;
- bending knees and at the waist so that user's torso or chest approaches the cane's handle;
- applying a force down on the cane, causing the retraction of the second tube into the first tube;
- tilting the cane back towards torso or chest;
- resting chest or torso on hands located on the cane's handle;
- applying more down on the cane, causing more retraction of the second tube into the first tube;
- and
- easing into a sitting position.
A method of using a retractable cane to rise from a sitting position, the method comprising:
- sitting with cane slightly in front of a user, with one or two hands on top of the handle;
- applying a force down on the cane, causing the retraction of the second tube into the first tube;
- tilting the cane back towards user's torso or chest;
- bending over the cane so that chest or torso rests on hands that are on the cane's handle;
- applying more force down on the cane, causing more retraction of the second tube into the first tube;
- and
- rising to a standing position by pushing down on the cane, and using his or her legs.
A method of using a retractable cane to assist in picking an object up, the method comprising:
- standing with the cane slightly in front of a user, with one or two hands on top of the handle;
- bending the knees and bending at the waist so that the user's torso or chest approaches the cane's handle;
- applying a force down on the cane, causing the retraction of the second tube into the first tube;
- resting user's chest or torso on user's hands located on the cane's handle;
- reaching and grabbing the desired object;
- and
- pushing down on the cane to rise to an upright standing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.