Normally, regardless of whether he or she is right or left-handed, a person should hold the walking stick on the side opposite their weakened leg, foot or hip.
As he or she walks they bring forward their weakened leg and the walking stick simultaneously. They then bring forward their healthy leg, which takes up the weight of the body, and so on.
When a person needs a walking stick to keep their balance, he or she must do what seems best for the body and find the most comfortable stance.
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When Actress Jill Ireland died and was cremated, her ashes were made into a walking stick for her husband Charles Bronson
The Ash stick is the ceromonial stick of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. It was originaly used to test the depth of the mud in WW1 to aid tank commanders.
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Throughout the ages walking sticks have been used in different roles. They have served as a faithful companion (the pilgrim’s crook), as a symbol of power (for a tribal chieftain or king), as a religious symbol (like the staff of Moses (Mussa) or a bishop’s crozier), or they have simply been used as an item of fashion. In all cases a walking stick has conveyed something about the nature of the person carrying it.
It is hard to know exactly when they were introduced. However, Tutankhamun has been dubbed the first “collector” of walking sticks as so many (more than 300) were found in his tomb.
Later on in history, no doubt walking sticks were brought into vogue by the kings of France. They became the height of fashion and were used at all levels of society.
The golden age of the walking stick was in the 19th century. At that time many famous jewellers were manufacturing walking-stick knobs (Fabergé, Cartier, Tiffany & Co. etc.).
Today, walking sticks are no longer widely used. The decline started at the beginning of the 20th century. People’s daily habits changed in the wake of the first world war. The walking stick fell victim to this change in habits. It stayed in fashion to some extent in the period between the two world wars, but did not survive the second.
Now walking sticks are used almost exclusively for medical or utilitarian purposes. There are, however, some collectors who are actively seeking out older designs of walking sticks in order to complete their collections.
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us patent gadget cane
1. A walking cane comprising:
an elongated, substantially hollow shaft having an upper end, a lower end and an interior;
a handle member positioned at the upper end of said shaft;
a pivotal claw positioned at the lower end of said shaft;
a slidable lever positioned immediately beneath said handle;
an arm extending from said lever and into the shaft interior, said arm having a distal end with an insert thereon, said insert sliding within a vertical channel coaxially positioned within the interior of the shaft to smoothly guide the lever upwardly and downwardly;
a spring-biased drive link having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end of said drive link pivotally attached to an upper end of said claw;
a cable having two opposing ends, one of said ends attached to said arm and another of said ends attached to the upper end of said drive link.
US patent gadget cane grasping device
1. A cane and grasping device comprising:
a. a first strut lying in a first vertical plane having a first handle end and a first tip end, said first handle end having a first open-ended slot in a first horizontal plane and a first closed-ended slot beneath said first open-ended slot in a second vertical plane, said first tip end having a first flat surface in a second horizontal plane parallel to the ground, a second flat surface in a third vertical plane adjacent said first flat surface;
b. a second strut lying in a fourth vertical plane having a second handle end and a second tip end, said second handle end of said second strut having a second open-ended slot in said first horizontal plane and a second closed-ended slot beneath said second open ended slot in a fifth vertical plane, said second tip end having a third flat surface in said second horizontal plane parallel to the ground, a fourth flat surface in a third vertical plane adjacent said second flat surface;
c. a pivotal connection between said first and said second struts proximate the center length of said struts and a releasable locking mechanism at said first and said second handle ends of said first and said second struts, said locking mechanism maintaining said first and said second struts in a normally closed position;
wherein said first and said second struts are in a normally closed position held together by said locking mechanism, said first and said second open-ended slots forming a closed ended slot sized and shaped to receive the fingers and thumb of one hand of a user and enables the combined struts to act as a cane to aid in walking; and
wherein said user inserts said fingers and thumb into said first and said second closed-ended vertical slots in said first and said second strut and releases said locking mechanism so that said user can cause said first and said second struts to pivot relative to each other and enables said second and said fourth flat surface to cooperate with each other for grasping objects at a distance from said user, and by pivoting said first and said second struts back together relative to each other, said locking mechanism securing said first and said second struts together thereby converting the grasping device back into said cane.
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The ornamental design for a baseball bat walking cane with baseball handle, as shown and described.
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1. A walking cane comprising:
an elongated, substantially hollow shaft having an upper end, a lower end and an interior;
a handle member positioned at the upper end of said shaft;
a pivotal claw positioned at the lower end of said shaft;
a slidable lever positioned immediately beneath said handle;
an arm extending from said lever and into the shaft interior, said arm having a distal end with an insert thereon, said insert sliding within a vertical channel coaxially positioned within the interior of the shaft to smoothly guide the lever upwardly and downwardly;
a spring-biased drive link having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end of said drive link pivotally attached to an upper end of said claw;
a cable having two opposing ends, one of said ends attached to said arm and another of said ends attached to the upper end of said drive link.
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Abstract of patent US6957750
A cane with a pepper spray dispenser. The cane comprises a horizontal handle and a vertical member. The vertical member is preferably permanently attached to the handle near a first end thereof. A substantially cylindrical cap covers the bottom portion of the vertical member and provides firm traction. A container of pressurized pepper spray extends vertically from the handle to the vertical member. A button is in fluid communication with the container and is located along the upper surface thereof. In its closed position, a cover shields the button from the external environment and prevents it from being accidentally activated. The user can slide the cover into an open position along a pair of tracks in the handle, aim the nozzle near the eyes of the criminal and depress the button. The released pepper spray incapacitates the attacker for a significant period of time and allows the user to escape.
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Abstract of DE10301170
Rifle support (1) comprises a monopod (4, 5) with a height-adjustable barrel bearing surface (3), and a support (11, 13) having a first end as a bearing surface and preferably as a stop for the butt end and/or the butt neck of a rifle (14). The support protrudes from the monopod when in use and is arranged parallel to the monopod when not in use. An Independent claim is also included for a walking, stalking and target stick comprising the above rifle support. Preferred Features: The monopod is connected at one end to a base part (2) designed as a monopod or tripod or a clamping device.
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