GB2496873A - Walking sticks that combine to form a stool - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45B—WALKING STICKS; UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS
- A45B5/00—Walking sticks or umbrellas convertible into seats; Hunting sticks
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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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Abstract
The equipment 10 comprises a pair of walking sticks 12,14 or the like that are arranged so that they can be attached together to form a two-legged stool. Preferably the attaching means 56,52 connect the two seat members to each other. Optionally the seat members can be releasably attached together with locking means. Each stick member may be telescopically adjustable in length.
Description
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TITLE
Equipment for use when sitting and when walking, skiing or the like
DESCRiPTION
This invention relates to equipment for use when walking, skiing or the like and also for use when sitting.
When out in the countryside, many people like to take a stick, or a pair of sticks, with them.
They can then use the stick, for example, to steady themselves when walking and to push back brambles and nettles blocking their way. When out in the countryside, many people also like to sit down occasionally for a rest or while they take in a view.
A device called a "shooting stick" is known. A shooting stick comprises a stick member with a pair of seat members pivotally mounted at one end of the stick member. With the seat members in a closed-together position, they act as a handle and the shooting stick can be used as a walking in stick, whereas with the seat members in an opened-out position, they form a seat so that the shooting stick can be used as a single-legged stool.
A problem with using a shooting stick as a stool is that, because it is single-legged, it can lead to instability. In order to sit stably on a shooting stick, a person needs to keep both feet on the ground, with their feet and the bottom end of the shooting stick arranged at the corners of a is triangle.
An aim of the present invention, or at least of specific embodiments of it, is to overcome this problem.
The invention is also applicable to other forms of stick, such as ski-sticks. Therefore, in this specification, the term "walking stick" is intended to encompass not only walking sticks but also hiking sticks, canes, ski-sticks, alpenstocks, shillelaghs and the like Simply stated, the invention provides equipment that can be used as a pair of walking sticks but can also be configured as a two-legged stool.
Alternatively stated, the invention provides equipment comprising a pair of walking sticks, with each walking stick comprising an elongate stick member having a bottom end for placing on the ground and a top end, and a seat member disposed adjacent the top end of the stick membet The equipment further includes means for releasably attaching the walking sticks together adjacent the top ends of the stick members so that the seat members together form a seat and so that the stick members diverge from the seat so that the equipment can be used as a two-legged stool.
A person can sit on the stool with their feet and the two legs of the stool arranged at the corners of a rectangle, and the arrangement will be stable. If the person moves their feet together, so that their feet and the two legs of the stool are arranged at the corners of a triangle, or if the person lifts one of their feet off the ground, the arrangement will remain stable.
The means for releasably attaching the walking sticks together is preferably arranged to Jo attach the seat members directly to each other and may be arranged for rclcasably locking the seat members to each other.
Each seat member is preferably pivotally mounted to the top end of the respective stick member tbr movement between: a first position in which the seat member extends at an acute angle from the top end of the respective stick member; and a second position in which the seat is member extends alongside the respective stick member adjacent its top end. Each seat member is preferably prevented from pivoting beyond its first position relative to the respective stick member. Therefore, when used as a stool, if the stick members arc spread apart as far as possible and their bottom ends arc p'aced on the ground, the angles of the stick members to the seat will cffectivdy become locked. Nevertheless, means may also be provided for releasably locking each seat member in its first position and/or in its second position relative to the respective stick member.
Each stick member is preferably telescopically adjustable in length to suit the user when walking and also to enable the height of the two-legged sto& to be adjusted.
A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described, purely by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is an isometric view of a pair of walking sticks; Figure 2 is an exploded isometric view of the the pair of walking sticks (but showing only part of each stick portion); Figure 3 is similar to Figure 2, but with each each walking stick assembled and with the walking sticks detached from each other; Figure 4 is similar to Figure 3, but with the walking sticks attached to each other; Figure 5 is a sectioned front view of the pair of walking sticks attached to each other and configured as a two-legged stool; Figure 6 is an underplan view taken on the section line 6-6 shown in Figure 5; Figure 7 is a view of a person sitting on the stool; and Figure 8 is similar to Figure 6, but showing a modification.
Referring to Figures 1 to 6 of the drawings, equipment 10 embodying the invention comprises a pair of walking sticks 12, 14. Each walking stick 12,14 includes a stick member 16 Jo having a number of telescopically adjustable and lockable tubes 18,18',] 8" with a hand grip 20 at the top end and a point 22, ferrule, pad andior depth limiter 24 at the bottom end. Each stick member 16 may be of conventional design, except that, as shown in Figure 2, the hand grip 20 does not close off the hole at the top of the top tube 18.
Each walking stick 12,14 also includes a connector 30 having a cylindrical peg 32 which is inserted into the top end of the respective stick member 16 and fixed therein, for example by adhesive, crimping, a rivet or a screw. Each connector 30 also has a pivot block 34 having a pivot hole 36 and a particularly shaped surface that will be described below.
Each walking stick 12,14 furthermore includes a seat member 38,40 having a scat portion 42 and a bracket 44. The bracket portion 44 is in the form ofa channel having a pair of side walls which fit to either side of the pivot block 34 of the respective connector 30. The channel side walls are formed with holes 48 for alignment with the pivot hole 36 in the pivot block 34. A pair of complementary screw fasteners 50 pass through the holes 36,48 to attach each seat member 3 8,40 to its stick member 16. The seat portions 42 are shown in the drawings as each having the form of a tear-drop shaped loop extending away from the bracket portion 44, but they may have other shapes.
The connectors 30 and seat members 38,40 may be made of any suitable material by any suitable method, such as injection-moulded plastics material, or die-cast alloy The pivot blocks 34 and brackets portions 44 arc shaped so that each seat member 38,40 can be pivoted with respect to its stick member 16 between (1) a first limiting position as shown in Figures 1, 3 and 4 in which the bracket portion 44 extends approximately at right angles to the top end of the stick member 16, and the seat portion 42 extends alongside and approximately parallel to the hand grip 20 of the stick member with a spacing such that a user can place their S hand between the seat portion 42 and hand grip 20 and grasp the hand grip 20, and (2) a second limiting position as shown in Figure 5 in which the seat member 3 8,40 has been pivoted through an angle of between about 500 and 75° relative to its stick member 16 so that there is an acute angle A between each seat member 38,40 and its stick member 16.
The bracket portion 44 of one of the seat members 40 is formed with a T-shaped slot 52 /0 facing in the opposite direction to the direction in which the seat portion 42 extends away from the bracket, portion The slot 52 extends along most of the length of the bracket portion 44, but is blocked by a stop 54 at its upper end as viewed in Figures 2 and 3. The bracket portion 44 of the other seat member 38 is formed with a complementary T-shaped key 56. The two seat members can therefore be aligned as shown in Figure 3, and the I-shaped key 56 can be slid into the T- /5 shaped slot 52 up to the stop 54 so that the two seat members 38,40 become aligned and held together, as shown in Figures 4 to 6, so as to form a seat.
The equipment 10 can therefore be used as a pair of walking sticks, as shown in Figure 1, with the seat members 38,40 in their first positions, and with the stick members 16 adjusted to provide a desired stick length. The equipment 10 can also be reconfigured by attaching the seat members 38,40 together as described above and by pivoting the stick members 16 to their second positions, so as to form a two-legged stool as shown in Figures 5 and 7, with the stick members 16 adjusted to provide a desired stool height.
Although the equipment 10 described above does not itself include any means for locking the seat members 38,40 together to prevent them sliding apart, or to lock the stick members 16 in their second positions, when the equipment 10 is being used as a stool, it has been found that such locking means are not necessary. Nevertheless, as shown in Figure 8, a releasable latch 58 may be provided for locking the seat members 38,40 together. As shown, the latch 58 may comprise a spring-loaded pin 60 which is held captive in the bracket portion 44 of the seat member 38 and has a projecting rounded end which can engage in a hole in the bracket portion 44 of the other seat member 40. A recess is provided around the hole, so that a user can depress the pin 60 to release the latch 58. Similarly, latches can be provided between the bracket portions 44 of the seat members 38,40 and the pivot blocks 34 of the connectors 30 for releasably locking the stick members 16 in their first positions and/or their second positions. These latches may, for example, employ spring-loaded pins which can engage in holes 62, as shown in Figure 5, in the side walls of the channels of the bracket portions 44.
Although it is preferable that the seat members 38,40 are pivotable, the equipment 10 described above may be modified so that the seat members 3 8,40 are in fixed positions relative to the stick members 16.
The equipment 10 described above does provide the user with two walking sticks 12,14. For people who prefer to walk using just one stick, one or each of the sticks may be provided with a sling so that it can be carried on the user's shoulder.
The embodiment of the invention has been described above by way of example only, and many other modifications and developments may be made thereto within the scope ofthe present invention.
Claims (1)
- <claim-text>CLAIMS(The reference numerals in the claims are not intended to limit the scope ott/ic claims.) 1. Equipment (10) comprising: a pair of walking sticks (12,14) each comprising: an elongate stick member (16) having a bottom end (22) for placing on the ground and a top end, and a seat member (38,40) disposed adjacent the top end of the stick member; and means (52,56) for releasably attaching the walking sticks together adjacent thc top ends of the stick members so that the seat members together form a seat and so that the stick members diverge from the seat and the equipment can be used as a two-legged stool.</claim-text> <claim-text>2. Equipment as claimed in claim], wherein: said means for releasably attaching the walking sticks together is arranged to attach the seat members directly to each other.</claim-text> <claim-text>3. Equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said means for relcasably attaching the walking sticks together includes means (58) for releasably locking the seat members to each other.</claim-text> <claim-text>4. Equipment as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein: each seat member is pivotally mounted to the top end of the respective stick member for movement between: a first position in which the scat member extends at an acute angle (A) from the top end of the respective stick member; and a second position in which the scat member extends alongside the respective stick member adjacent its top end.</claim-text> <claim-text>5. Equipment as claimed in claim 4, wherein: each seat member is prevented from pivoting beyond its first position relative to the respective stick member. -7-</claim-text> <claim-text>6. Equipment as claimed in claim 4 or 5, further including: means (62) for releasably locking each seat member in its first position relative to the respective stick member.</claim-text> <claim-text>7. Equipment as claimed in any of claims 4 to 6. further including: means (62) for releasably locking each seat member in its second position relative to the respective stick member.</claim-text> <claim-text>8. Equipment as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein: each stick member is telescopically adjustable in length.</claim-text> <claim-text>9. Equipment that can be used as a pair of walking sticks and as a two-legged stool, substantially as described with reference to the drawings.</claim-text>
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US952366A (en) * | 1909-11-22 | 1910-03-15 | John J Sheehan | Combination walking-stick and chair. |
GB109658A (en) * | 1916-09-21 | 1917-09-21 | Charles Warren Streeten | Improvements in and relating to Crutches. |
GB361609A (en) * | 1930-11-21 | 1931-11-26 | Herbert Weld | Improvements in and relating to shooting sticks and the like |
FR2680646A1 (en) * | 1991-08-27 | 1993-03-05 | Rossello Alain | Walking stick which can form a seat |
JP2002113058A (en) * | 2000-10-06 | 2002-04-16 | Tokuji Komatsu | Crutches with seat |
JP2003111807A (en) * | 2001-10-09 | 2003-04-15 | Naochika Kotajima | Seat-equipped crutches |
US20110030747A1 (en) * | 2009-08-06 | 2011-02-10 | Lee Loran L | Seat assembly for releasable attachment between crutches |
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US952366A (en) * | 1909-11-22 | 1910-03-15 | John J Sheehan | Combination walking-stick and chair. |
GB109658A (en) * | 1916-09-21 | 1917-09-21 | Charles Warren Streeten | Improvements in and relating to Crutches. |
GB361609A (en) * | 1930-11-21 | 1931-11-26 | Herbert Weld | Improvements in and relating to shooting sticks and the like |
FR2680646A1 (en) * | 1991-08-27 | 1993-03-05 | Rossello Alain | Walking stick which can form a seat |
JP2002113058A (en) * | 2000-10-06 | 2002-04-16 | Tokuji Komatsu | Crutches with seat |
JP2003111807A (en) * | 2001-10-09 | 2003-04-15 | Naochika Kotajima | Seat-equipped crutches |
US20110030747A1 (en) * | 2009-08-06 | 2011-02-10 | Lee Loran L | Seat assembly for releasable attachment between crutches |
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