US 5,495,867 AGranted

Dual handled cane

AssigneeMomentum Medical, Inc.

InventorRandall D. Block

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Abstract

A dual handled cane having the handles spaced at a predetermined distance to provide excellent uprisal characteristics is disclosed. The cane is a unitary structure having an upper handle which is useful whenever a user is in a standing position. A lower handle is spaced a preselected distance from the upper handle and a preselected distance from the tip of the cane. An infirmed user can use the lower handle as a grip when the user is rising from a chair. The second handle is connected to the shaft of the cane, that is, the straight shaft portion of the cane by a gooseneck wherein both handles are geometrically centered over the load bearing shaft of the cane. A load bearing shaft generally comprises two elements; one, a telescoping lower element which includes the tip of the cane and an upper element into which the lower element slides so that the length of the shaft may be adjusted to fit more comfortably the height of a particular individual.

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Dependent claims

A walking cane having a unitary structure and a pair of vertically spaced handles to provide uprisal characteristics comprising:

a continuous slender structural member forming the body and handles of the cane and terminating in a straight shaft load bearing member having a cane tip at its distal end;
a first handle member having a lateral aspect when said can is in a vertical orientation, said first handle forming the top most portion of the cane;
a second, lower handle member spaced a predetermined fixed distance from said first handle, said lower handle having a lateral aspect when said cane is in a vertical orientation;
a web portion of the structural member joining said first and second handles, said web member joining said handles by smoothly curved portions adjacent said handles;
a gooseneck curved portion of said structural member joining said second handle to the straight shaft load bearing portion of said cane;
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a straight shaft loading bearing member having a predetermined length to position said second handle a fixed preselected distance from the distal end of said cane, said shaft member positioned to have its longitudinal axis extending through said handles substantially at the geometric centers of said handles.

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