JP2006129963A - Walking stick with electric retractable slip stopper - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking stick with an electric retractable slip stopper, allowing the elderly whose walking capability is deteriorated or a disabled person to safely walk on a snow-covered road, etc. with simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: The walking stick 10 with the electric retractable slip stopper comprises a hollow shaft 2, a grip 1 disposed at one end of the hollow shaft 2 and the slip stopper 5 provided inside the hollow shaft 2 on the other end side. The walking stick has a switch 6 near the grip 1 for the user to press while holding the grip 1. An electric driving means 3 is mounted inside the hollow shaft 2 for making the slip stopper 5 project from or retract into the hollow shaft 2 in the axial direction by the operation of the switch 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cane with an electric entry / exit anti-slip device, and in particular, even an elderly person with reduced walking ability or a physically handicapped person can safely walk on a snowy road etc. with a simple operation. The invention relates to a cane with an electric doorway type anti-slip device.

  Older people with reduced walking ability and physically disabled people use a lot of nerves when walking on a road where snow has been piled up or stepped down during the winter in a snowy country, or a road that has become an ice burner. It is still dangerous. The same applies to the case where the floor surface is slippery due to snow or the like indoors. Conventionally, in order to assist walking in such a case, a plurality of canes provided with anti-skid tools have been proposed.

  The proposal disclosed in Patent Document 1 below is a cane in which a non-slip tool configured to be positioned on the bottom surface of a rubber cap attached to the tip of the cane is rotatably attached to the lower part.

  In addition, the proposal disclosed in Patent Document 2 is to provide a mandrel whose stroke is variable by rotating a screw inside the cane and to put it in and out. In addition, the proposal disclosed in Patent Document 3 is to insert and remove a mandrel whose stroke is variable by a spring. Thus, a cane with a non-slip tool has been proposed for the purpose of ensuring walking safety on snowy roads by various methods.

JP 2000-300237 A. Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-148124. Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 09-10618.

However, none of the above-mentioned proposals can completely fix the anti-skid tool, or it is forced to be used in an unstable state, or its operation is not always easy. For example, it cannot be operated without using both hands, or the posture of the hand holding the grip part of the cane must be changed or released, or the tip of the cane is moved away from the ground when the anti-slip tool is moved in and out. It is not satisfactory in terms of maintaining the balance of the pedestrian's posture and operability, such as having to be troublesome and taking care of the operation. Therefore, it is not satisfactory in terms of ensuring safety, for example, there is a possibility of falling over by a cane operation on a snowy road or the like that is difficult to walk alone and is dangerous.
Also, when walking indoors in slippery places, it takes a certain amount of time to put in and out of the anti-slip tool in the conventional proposal. There was a problem because the tip would damage the floor and the like.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that, with the exception of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, even an elderly person with reduced walking ability or a physically handicapped person can walk safely on a snowy road etc. with a simple operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a cane with an electric doorway type anti-slip device. In particular, it is to provide a cane with an electric in / out type anti-skid device that can be easily operated with one hand without separating the tip of the cane from the ground. It is another object of the present invention to provide a cane with an electric entry / exit anti-skid tool that has a short operation time and can eliminate or reduce damage to the floor surface even when used indoors.

  As a result of studying the above problems, the inventor of the present application has found that the above problems can be solved by using an electric configuration, and has reached the present invention. That is, the invention claimed in the present application, or at least the disclosed invention, as means for solving the above-described problems is as follows.

(1) A cane with an electric doorway slipper comprising a hollow shaft, a grip provided at one end of the hollow shaft, and a slipper provided at the other end of the hollow shaft By operating a switch provided in the vicinity of the grip portion so that a user can perform a pressing operation while gripping the grip portion, by an electric drive means provided in the hollow shaft A cane with an electric doorway type anti-slip device, wherein the anti-slip device is moved in and out of the hollow shaft in the axial direction.
(2) The electric drive means includes a motor that rotates by operating the switch, and a conversion unit that converts a rotational motion by the motor into a linear motion, and the slip stopper is connected to the conversion unit. The electric drive means is capable of rotating the motor forward and backward, whereby the conversion unit enables linear movement of the anti-skid tool in forward and reverse directions. Electric cantilever with anti-slip tool.
(3) The electric slip-on / non-slip wand according to (1) or (2), wherein the anti-slip device has a protrusion with respect to the ground contact surface.
(4) The cane with an electric entry-and-exit slipper according to (3), wherein the protrusion is provided with two or more protrusions.

Since the cane with an electric doorway type anti-skid device of the present invention is configured as described above, according to this, even if it is an elderly person with reduced walking ability or a person with a physical disability, a snowy road or the like by a simple operation Can walk safely. In particular, it is possible to easily access the anti-skid tool with one hand without leaving the tip of the cane away from the ground, preventing the user from breaking the balance of the body, Since it is fixed securely, it is easy to walk on snowy roads.
Further, since the operation can be performed immediately with one touch and the operation time of the slip stopper is extremely short, damage to the floor or the like can be eliminated or considerably reduced even when used indoors.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a basic configuration example of a cane with an electric input / output type anti-skid device of the present invention. In the figure, a cane 10 with an electric entry / exit slip stopper includes a hollow shaft 2, a grip 1 provided at one end of the hollow shaft 2, and a slip provided at the other end of the hollow shaft 2. A switch 6 is provided in the vicinity of the grip portion 1 so that a user can perform a pressing operation while gripping the grip portion 1. The main configuration is that the electric driving means 3 for moving the anti-slip tool 5 in and out of the hollow shaft 2 in the axial direction by the operation of 6 is provided.

  The electric drive means 3 is electrically driven linearly to allow the anti-skid tool 5 connected thereto to enter and exit from the hollow shaft 2 in the axial direction based on an input operation of the switch 6. It is.

  With this configuration, in the cane 10 with the electric entry / exit slip-preventing device of the present invention, when the switch 6 is pressed, the electric driving means 3 is operated inside the hollow shaft 2, thereby the slip-preventing device 5. Is driven in and out in the axial direction of the hollow shaft 2. The operation of the switch 6 can be performed with one hand while maintaining the operation of gripping the grip portion 1.

  The anti-skid tool 5 is normally housed in the hollow shaft 2 and does not protrude from the tip of the cane 10, and the tip of the cane 10 is operated by operating the switch 6. The cane 10 is in a state where the anti-slip function is exhibited. By operating the switch 6 again, the anti-slip tool 5 is linearly driven in the direction of the grip portion 1, pulled from the tip portion, and stored in the hollow shaft 2, and returns to a normal use state.

The operation by the switch 6 is not limited to pressing only, and the mode of driving by the operation is not limited to this. However, a configuration in which a predetermined amount of linear movement is made in the opposite direction every time the pressing operation is performed is also convenient for the user.
Furthermore, the entry / exit operation of the anti-skid tool 5 is immediately performed by a one-touch operation, and the entry / exit operation time of the anti-skid tool 5 is extremely short.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional explanatory view and a front end face explanatory view showing an embodiment of a cane with an electric doorway type anti-slip device of the present invention. In the figure, in the 20th embodiment, in addition to the configuration described with reference to FIG. The anti-skid tool 25 is connected to the converter 234, and the electric drive means 23 is configured to rotate the motor 233 forward and backward. Features.

  Since the present embodiment 20 is configured as described above, when the switch 26 is operated, the motor 233 of the electric drive means 23 rotates, and the rotational motion thereof is converted into a linear motion by the converter 234. The converted linear motion causes the anti-skid tool 25 connected to the converting portion 234 to linearly move. Since the electric drive means 23 can rotate the motor 233 forward and backward by an operation on the switch 26, the conversion unit 234 enables linear movement of the anti-skid tool 25 in the forward and reverse directions. In other words, the anti-skid tool 25 can freely protrude from the tip of the cane 20 and be stored in the hollow shaft 22, that is, can be moved in and out of the cane 20, and can exhibit an anti-slip function as needed. It is. In addition, although the thing made from rubber | gum can be used suitably as a cane tip shown with the code | symbol 25, this invention is not limited to the material of a cane tip.

  In the cane with an electric doorway type anti-slip device of the present invention, the anti-slip device may have a protrusion with respect to the ground plane. With such a structure, it is possible to more reliably support the user's body by grounding the cane more securely so that the foot does not slip on a slippery road surface such as a snowy road or an ice burn.

  In the cane with an electric doorway type anti-slip device of the present invention, the protrusions may be provided more than one as illustrated in FIG.

  Since the cane with the electric entry and exit type anti-skid device of the present invention is configured as described above, even if it is an elderly person with reduced walking ability or a physically handicapped person, of course a healthy person, by a simple operation You can walk safely on snowy roads. In particular, it is possible to easily and instantly perform the slip-in / out operation of the anti-slip tool with just one hand without separating the tip of the cane from the ground, preventing the user from breaking the balance of the body, It is easy to walk on snowy roads because the anti-skid tool is securely fixed. In addition, since it is possible to walk safely on the easy-to-take road surface, slippery road surface, floor surface, etc., there is no utility value in the elderly, welfare industry field and other related industrial fields without being limited to regions. It is a high invention.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a fundamental structure of the cane with an electric entrance-and-exit type anti-skid tool of this invention. It is sectional explanatory drawing and front end surface explanatory drawing which show the Example of the cane with the electric entrance-and-exit type anti-skid tool of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Cane 1 with an electric in / out type anti-slip device ... Grip part 2 ... Hollow shaft 3 ... Electric drive means 5 ... Anti-slip device 6 ... Switch 20 ... Cane 20 with an electric in / out type anti-slip device
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Grip part 22 ... Hollow shaft 23 ... Electric drive means 26 ... Switch 231 ... Control circuit 232 ... Battery box 233 ... Motor 234 ... Conversion part 238 ... Cable 25 ... Non-slip tool 29 ... Rubber cane tip

Claims (4)

A walking stick with an electric entry / exit slip stopper comprising a hollow shaft, a grip provided at one end of the hollow shaft, and a slip stopper provided at the other end of the hollow shaft. By operating a switch provided in the vicinity of the grip portion so that a user can perform a pressing operation while gripping the grip portion, an electric drive means provided in the hollow shaft causes the slip prevention A cane with an electric entry / exit-type anti-skid device, characterized in that the device can be moved in and out of the hollow shaft in the axial direction. The electric drive means comprises a motor that rotates by operating the switch, and a conversion unit for converting the rotational motion by the motor into a linear motion, and the anti-skid tool is connected to the conversion unit, The electric drive unit according to claim 1, wherein the electric drive means can rotate the motor forward and backward, and thereby the conversion unit can linearly move the anti-skid tool in the forward and reverse directions. Cane with an anti-slip device. The walking stick with electric slip-in type anti-skid device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the anti-slip device has a protrusion with respect to the ground contact surface. The cane with an electric ingress / egress type anti-skid device according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion is provided with two or more.

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