ES1067761U - Baston empu¿adura (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Stick handle, of the type having a "T" shape with unequal arms and with respective curvatures, characterized by comprising, in the vicinity of the end of one of the arms (2, 3), preferably the longest, a device consisting of two parts (3, 4) coupled in a point of articulation (5), one of them (3) being fixed to the arm (2) and the other piece (4) being mobile and capable of: adopting a practically position perpendicular to the first. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Cane handle.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a cane handle, of the type used to assist in the walking of elderly, sick and convalescent people or physical handicapped

Field of the Invention

It is the manufacture of orthopedic material and  similar, especially canes for the people mentioned in the previous paragraph, walking sticks and sports, and the like.

Background of the invention

Various types of help sticks are known to walk, being one of them, used since time immemorial, the staff or the staff whose head is in the form of an inverted "J". Another type widely used today is a cane whose head is shaped like a "T" with a handle comprising the two sections of said figure, one of longer than the other. These sections have paths curvatures, intended to receive the hand parts of users, providing them with the greatest possible comfort during the use.

The canes mentioned, header in "T", have the disadvantage that, when not use, are occasionally difficult to hold in a safe and balanced vertical position, and often lose that position, falling to the ground or on other objects, forcing your owner to pick it up, which understandably means certain discomforts

It was therefore necessary to have some system to guarantee the maintenance of a header cane in "T" in a stable position during periods when use.

Brief Description of the Invention

It's about applying to a cane of the class mentioned a device that allows to temporarily hold it to a fixed element, such as a garment hanger, a umbrella and cane container, furniture such as a chair or a prominent part of furniture itself, etc.

To facilitate the explanation, the present description of some drawings in which it has been represented, by way of illustrative and non-limiting example, a case of realization of a cane handle according to the principles of  claims.

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1 shows the new handle with its functional device in the folded position.

Figure 2 shows the device of the handle in its deployed position and, next to it, a header of cane type classic or of staff.

Detailed description of the invention

The designated elements with numbers in the Drawings correspond to the parts indicated below.

The head stick 1 in the form of "T", It includes sections 2 and 3, of different lengths and equipped with respective curvatures.

The greater section 2 has in the proximity of its end and at the bottom of the mentioned device, which when folded (figure 1) is not visible, when it is deployed (figure 2).

The device in question has an element folding and folding by articulation, which, in its position of deployed, defines an appendix that, in practice, defines with the upper part of the cane a form comparable to the inverted J of the staff or primitive type. In its folded position, the device is virtually invisible.

The transition from one position to the other takes place thanks to an articulation between two pieces, one of them, 3, fixed and another, 4, mobile, related by a hinge system, 5. In articulation 5 there is a spring that, in freedom, tends to separate the two pieces 1 and 2, arranging them practically in right angle, according to figure 2.

When that (functional) position is not interested, the device can be folded manually, according to figure 2, by juxtaposition of its two pieces, overcoming without great difficulty the spring separating action located in the joint 5. That folding position, which corresponds to non-employment of the device, can be maintained by a push button male 6 of the busty or similar type, conjugated eyelet or element female 7.

The separation of these last two elements, 6 and 7, is carried out without great difficulty, through a simple effort of traction, when it is of interest to move to the position of figure 2.

Claims (2)

1. Handle of cane, of the type that presents a "T" shape of unequal arms and with two curvatures, characterized by comprising in the proximity of the end of one of the arms (2, 3), preferably the one of greater length, a device consisting of two pieces (3, 4) coupled at an articulation point (5), one of them (3) being fixed to the arm (2) and the other piece (4) being mobile and capable of: adopting a position practically perpendicular to the first. 2. A cane handle according to claim 1, characterized in that the articulation point (5) comprises a spring that tends to separate the two pieces (3, 4) and keep them at a right angle, and because the end of the moving part (4) includes the male part (6) of a pressure button whose female part (7) is integral with the end of the piece
fixed (3).