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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166989 | Nordic walking pole with rubber buffer A pole, in particular a Nordic walking pole, comprises a pole body (1), with a tip body (2) and a buffer (3) provided at its bottom end. The buffer (3) is displaceably mounted such that it can be arrested in an axial direction in relation... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7360547 | Walking assist device and associated methods A walking assist device includes an elongate shaft having an adjustable length, a handle detachably connected to a proximal end of the elongate shaft, and a curved elongate base that matingly engages a distal end of the elongate shaft. The curved elongate base may h... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7278436 | Adjustable walker A walker includes a frame and two frame supports. The frame supports provide arms and legs and are coupled to the frame to support the arms in elevated positions above ground underlying the frame. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7252105 | Rolling cane, walker-trainer, shopper with automatic braking A lightweight metal or plastic framework which has a handle (11) at the top of a vertical shaft (12) with built in arms (13,14) below the handle and a bottom shaft (15) attached to the end of the vertical shaft (12). The said botto... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237302 | Wrap around furniture guide A furniture glide is provided for mounting to a leg of a piece of furniture. The furniture glide having an inner surface for engaging a bottom of the leg of the piece of furniture and an outer surface for engaging a supporting surface. A first and second sidewalls p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 6932095 | Crutch support system A crutch support system including a pair of crutches is disclosed. Each crutch includes a pair of support shafts. Each support shaft includes a plurality of hand grip adjustment holes and a seat support pin received in hand grip adjustment holes in each support shaf... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6651684 | Free standing cane According to the present invention, there is provided a cane including a handle, a hollow shaft, and a stand mechanism for standing the cane in an upright position upon its shaft. The stand mechanism is releasably retractable from within the hollow shaft ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6390109 | Pole provided with a quick-releasing interchangeable lateral support extension The object of the invention is a pole provided with a quick-releasing interchangeable lateral support extension, especially a walking, skiing, alpine skiing or other sports pole. Around the lower end of the pole (1) is injection molded a sleeve socket (2)... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6328048 | Multi-use patient aid An aid for movement impaired individuals that converts to function as a cane, a shoe horn and a clothing retrieval hook. The multi-use patient aid includes an adjustable length cane body assembly, a cane foot assembly, an accessory adapter, a shoe horn ac... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6216713 | Support device having interchangeable tips A traction assembly that may be coupled to the distal of the leg of a mobility assisting device such as a cane, crutch, or walker. The distal end of the leg is provided with a threaded rod which extends axially from the end thereof. Interchangeable foot o... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6085766 | Geary convertible crutch system A compacting, adjustable walking aid comprising a shaft (20) made up of three rigid tubular members (22, 23, 24) arranged in telescopic fashion adjustably connected to one another by spring-loaded push button release pins (25) in cooperation with aperture... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5810038 | Medical walker foot with collapsible tip A medical walker foot includes a shell having a base portion for engaging a floor or the ground when weight is applied to the walker and a sleeve portion for receiving the lower end of the medical walker leg. A biasing member is disposed within the shell ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5787913 | Stairs climbing walker A walker to assist physically impaired persons in ascending and descending stairs, has two rear legs pivotally attached to two front legs. When the walker is in use, the rear legs are locked against any pivotal movement; when stairs are to be negotiated, ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5778605 | Glide cap for walker A glide cap for a walker of the type has four legs that extend into contact with the ground and support an upper handgrip portion. The glide cap encompasses at least a portion of the bottom of an elastomeric tip placed on the end of at least one of the le... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5482071 | Crutch combination having rescuing tools A crutch includes a tube having a handle fixed on top. The handle includes a knife engaged in the tube. An extension is slidably engaged in the tube and includes an upper end adjustable relative to the tube and secured to the tube by a projection. A tool ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5377710 | Temporary crutch tip cleat assembly Disclosed is a temporary crutch tip cleat assembly for preventing lateral slippage of a ground engaging tip of a crutch during use on icy and/or snowy supporting surfaces. The temporary crutch cleat assembly has a stud plate attachable to a ground engagem... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5353825 | Radial crutch tip assembly A crutch tip assembly (12) comprises a crutch tip base (14) with a laterally protruding lip (28) adjacent a base bottom surface (26) and a resilient boot (16) having the shape of a rocker. The boot defines a mounting cavity (36) for snugly receiving the b... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5307828 | Support foot assembly A support foot assembly (10) for use with a elongated load bearing device such as a cane (16) or crutch. The support foot assembly includes a mounting structure (12) having a generally planar bottom surface (12.1) and an upper surface (12.2) which, in the... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5301704 | Walking cane usable on slippery and icy surfaces A walking cane has an enlarged foot piece, formed with a convex arcuate lower surface, that functions as a small rocker. One, or two, rows of spikes extend downwardly from the arcuate surface, for penetration and gripping of icy surfaces. An elastomeric, ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5163710 | Roller skating pole A pole useful when skating on in line roller skates. A rigid pole with a specially designed tip which is useful when skating on in-line roller skates and which assists a skater to control his speed of forward motion and may be used as a training aid for b... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5103849 | Hiker's staff with point A hiker's staff having a special hiker's point of rugged dimensions, telescoped over the lower end. The hiker's point has a vertically mounted plate with a truncated tapered notch at the lower end to define two square support areas on each side thereof, w... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5031827 | Spring whip defensive mechanism having means to permit disassembly thereof A knock down spring whip assembly including a hollow housing which serves as a handgrip, and also stores a spring subassembly formed of lengths of helically wound springs of sequentially increasingly larger diameter size to move between a telescoped posit... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4964430 | Walking aid ice gripper A walking aid is provided with an ice-gripper foot attachable to either the shaft of a walking aid or to an existing foot on a walking aid. The ice gripper is a toothed tubular member. One embodiment is a walking cane with the tubular ice-gripper member a... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4601302 | Cane having handle with stop member An ambulatory aid in the form of a cane is manufactured from plastics material including a handle and a stick portion. The stick portion is formed in two sections, one having a male screw thread and the other having a female screw thread so that the axial... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4562851 | Holding fixture for exchangeable sole pieces for walking aids What is described is a holding fixture for an exchangeable sole piece in walking aids, for example crutches or the like, having a support pod and a bottom mounting rim to which a sole piece is releasably attached. The sole piece (4) is affixed secure agai... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4450850 | Crutch for use on an icy surface A conventional crutch having a ground engaging blunted tip member adapted to frictionally engage a finished ground surface. A second ground engaging member having a sharp tip adapted to be stuck into an icy surface is fixedly attached to and spaced from t... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4196742 | Ski-pole or crutch A ski-pole or crutch is provided with a forearm yoke at its upper end and a pistol grip spaced below it. Both the yoke and pistol grip face rearward so that when the pistol grip is held in one hand the yoke can be swung into and out of locking engagement ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4141375 | Knee crutch-cane An upright is provided including upper and lower ends and the lower end of the upright includes a foot for frictionally gripping an upwardly facing support surface. The upper end of the upright defines a pair of horizontally spaced apart opposite side por... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4135536 | Tip members for crutches and the like A resilient tip member, preferably molded as a unit from rubber, having a gripper pad, a crutch holder and an interposed sleeve portion. A pivot pin preferably has a disc-like upper portion disposed within the crutch holder, and a depending pin portion ex... | 01/23/1979 |
| 3949773 | Convertible tip for crutch or the like A convertible tip for a crutch and the like having a pole and an elastomeric cup-shaped member disposed on the end of the pole for contacting the ground, and a cleat member attachable to the cup-shaped member, by means of a releasable fastener, and anothe... | 04/13/1976 |
