Cane with extensible fingers

A cane with extensible fingers comprising:

• a cane having an open internal chamber;
• a finger assemble movably mounted within the cane's chamber and movable from a closed retracted position to an open extended position;
• means for biasing the finger assembly toward the open extended position;
• and latching means for locking the finger assembly in an infinite number of positions as the finger assembly is moved from the open extended position to the closed retracted position which is achieved by pushing the finger assembly inwardly into the cane's chamber against the force of the biasing means.

A cane having extensible fingers for picking up and retrieving objects, comprising:

• a. a cane with an internal chamber formed therein;
• b. a finger assembly movably mounted within the chamber and including a pair of fingers movable from a retracted closed position within the chamber to an open extended position where the fingers project from the cane;
• c. the finger assembly further including an actuating rod secured to the fingers and extending upwardly therefrom through the cane chamber;
• d. a spring disposed within the cane's chamber and engaged with the actuating rod for biasing the actuating rod and finger assembly toward the open extended position;
• e. a cane tip secured to the bottom of the cane and having a pair of openings formed therein through which the fingers extend, the openings being particularly directed to spread and open the fingers as they move therethrough in the process of moving from their closed retracted position to the open extended position;
• and
• f. a latching assembly for latching the finger assembly in an infinite number of positions between the open extended position and the retracted closed position, the latching assembly including a lever movably mounted adjacent the exterior of the cane and operatively connected to a camming surface at least partially disposed within the cane's chamber and movable from an engaged position where the same engages and binds against the actuating rod and a disengaged position where the camming surface is spaced from the actuating rod such that the actuating rod can freely move there past, and biasing means for engaging the camming surface and biasing the same toward and into the engaged position, whereby by actuating the lever the camming surface can be released from the actuating rod and the fingers extended wherein the fingers can be latched in any number of positions between the fully opened and closed positions by simply disengaging the camming surface from the actuating rod and pushing the fingers toward the retracted position and releasing the camming surface at any desired position reached so as to lock the fingers in a particular position.