Stepping staff
OwnerRichard J. Schaferinventor
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Abstract
A stepping staff is disclosed which comprises a plurality of sections coupled together in telescoping manner. A sighting target is arranged on the uppermost section. The sections have a plurality of sets of detents with which collars are engaged. The collars enable the sections to be rotated relative to one another to bring a corresponding set of detents on the sections into alignment with one another. The collars have engaging members which locate in detents in the set of detents and enable the sections to be moved relative to one another and to the section by an integral number of distances corresponding to the spacing of the detents in the set of detents by locating the engaging members in appropriate detents in the set of detents.
Claims12
A stepping staff, said stepping staff having a plurality of sections coupled together for movement relative to one another, one of said sections having a sighting target, at least one of said plurality of said sections having a plurality of sets of coupling means, and an adjacent one of the sections having engaging means for engaging with one of the coupling means in one of the set, each coupling means in each set of coupling means being spaced apart by a prescribed distance, the prescribed distance between coupling means in one set of coupling means being different to the prescribed distance between coupling means in another of the sets of coupling means, and wherein upon relative movement of the at least one section and adjacent section one coupling means on the at least one section can be coupled with the engaging means on the adjacent section and wherein said plurality of sections are rotatable relative to one another to enable the engaging means to engage with a coupling means in any of the sets of coupling means.
A stepping staff having a plurality of sections coupled together for telescopic movement relative to each other, a first section of said plurality of sections having a first collar mounted thereon, a second section of said plurality of sections having a plurality of sets of substantially vertically aligned coupling members spaced about said second section, said first collar supporting a first engaging member which is engagable with a coupling member in anyone of said sets of coupling members, said second section being rotatable about its longitudinal axis relative to said first collar so that the first engaging member can be brought into engagement with said coupling member in one of the sets of coupling members, and said first and second sections can be telescopically moved relative to one another to locate the engaging member in another of the coupling members in said one of said sets to adjust the height of the stepping staff by an incremental distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.