US 6,634,608 B2 · Walking aid stabilizing apparatus

Abstract

A walking aid stabilizing device that is useful for stabilizing walking aids when a user in travels over compressible and uneven areas and substances. The stabilizing device includes at least one entirely exteriorly mountable fastener for enabling the apparatus to be quickly and easily attached to and detached from the exterior of solid or hollow walking aids, such as canes, crutches, walkers, or the like, having standard and non-standard diameters or circumferential shapes. The device further includes a ground engagement member that may be quickly and easily disposed into an operative first operative ground engaging position and a second inoperative position. The ground engagement member has perforated areas to permit the passage of snow or wet sand, mud or earth which could otherwise clog the ground engagement member in use.

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Dependent claims

A stabilizing apparatus for use with a walking aid having a ground contacting area at a bottom thereof, said apparatus comprising:

ground engagement means for contacting a ground surface, said ground engagement means comprising a plurality of perforated areas and having a substantially larger peripheral area than the ground contacting area at the bottom of a walking aid;
means for fastening said apparatus to a walking aid, said fastening means being mountable entirely exteriorly of a walking aid;
and
means connected to said ground engagement means and said fastening means for disposing said ground engagement means into a first operative ground engaging position and a second inoperative position.

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Walking aid stabilizing apparatus

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