JP3127788U - Safety cane - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a safety cane that can surely know the location of a person who uses a cane around and can keep the safety of the user of the cane in a multifaceted manner.
In a safety cane having a function of notifying the location of a person using a cane around, a safety cane is composed of a pipe-like main body part and a handle part on an upper part of the pipe-like main body part. The pipe-shaped main body portion 10 is composed of an upper large-diameter portion 11 and a lower small-diameter portion 20, and includes a length adjusting means 30 for adjusting the length of the pipe-shaped main body portion 10. The large-diameter portion 11 is formed of a transparent material and includes a plurality of light-emitting portions 12 in which blinking of light by a plurality of light-emitting diodes can be visually recognized. The small-diameter portion 20 includes a foot illumination 21 and the handle. The unit 40 accommodates the light emitting diode and the battery 41 of the power source of the footlight 21, and further includes a safety buzzer 45 in the pipe-shaped main body 10 or the handle 40.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a cane, and more particularly, to a safety cane having a function for informing the location of a person using the cane.

  With the arrival of an unprecedented aging society, an increase in the number of people who need help from walking sticks is expected. A person who needs a cane for walking cannot move freely like a healthy person, so there is a risk of encountering a traffic accident caused by a car or a bicycle while walking in the dark at night. Moreover, the person who uses a cane is also assumed to have an emergency situation that suddenly loses physical condition. Therefore, a safety cane having a function for notifying the user of the location of the user of the cane has been provided. Many of such safety canes are configured to notify the location of the user of the cane by light emission of a light emitting diode. For example, a battery case as a power source is attached to the grip of the cane as a walking aid. The light emitting part of the surface emitting light that diffuses the light source by the high-intensity light emitting diode with the light diffusing agent blinks at the bottom of the cane, and when the daytime light emission is unnecessary, the switch is turned off to waste the battery. To prevent and replace the battery, replace the battery, and the light emitting part is equipped with a vibration sensor that emits light only when it is held in the hand, and a light emitting safety cane designed for people with traffic weakness who need a cane (Patent Literature) 1) or a cane body with a cylindrical shape, and a white light source body of an ultra-bright diode is mounted on the front side of the area that is about half or less, while a red light source body is flashed on the rear side. , The other battery used In addition to forming freely and out and loaded from the wand body bottom, operation switch is a cane (see Patent Document 2), characterized the structure attached to the handle portion of the wand body upper end.

JP-A-11-299518 JP 2002-119315 A

  However, conventionally, there is no proposal regarding a safety cane including the above-mentioned safety cane, which has a plurality of light emitting units that can visually recognize blinking of light from a plurality of light emitting diodes from any direction, and also has a foot illumination and a safety buzzer. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a safety cane that can know the location of the person who uses the cane around and can keep the safety of the user of the cane in a multifaceted manner. And

The device according to claim 1, which solves the above problem, is a safety wand having a function of notifying the location of a person using the wand around the safety wand, the safety wand comprising a pipe-shaped main body and the pipe-shaped main body. The pipe-shaped main body portion is composed of an upper large-diameter portion and a lower small-diameter portion, and includes a length adjusting means for adjusting the length of the pipe-shaped main body portion. The large-diameter portion is formed of a transparent material, and includes a plurality of light-emitting portions in which blinking of light by a plurality of light-emitting diodes can be visually recognized, the small-diameter portion includes a foot illumination, and the handle portion The gist of the present invention is a safety cane in which a battery for the light source of the light emitting diode and the foot lighting is housed, and a safety buzzer is provided in the pipe-shaped main body part or the handle part.

  With the above configuration, the blinking of the plurality of light emitting diodes can be visually recognized from any direction of the safety cane, and the walking of the user of the safety cane can be kept safe together with the foot illumination. In addition, a safety buzzer enables users to respond in an emergency. Further, the length of the cane can be easily set according to the height of the person using the cane.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned device, the length adjusting means is formed in a square-shaped locking hole formed in the large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion that is accommodated in the large-diameter portion and can move up and down. The gist of the present invention is a safety cane having a quadrangular locking protrusion whose cross section is movable forward and backward by the biasing force of the spring. With this configuration, backlash between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion can be suppressed.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the location of the user of the cane can be reliably notified around, and the safety of the user of the cane can be maintained in a multifaceted manner. In addition, it can be used regardless of the height of the person who uses the cane, and is excellent in usability.

  In addition to the above-described effect, the device according to the second aspect enables adjustment of the length of the cane in a state in which rattling between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion is suppressed.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by embodiments with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the safety cane, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the AA ′ portion of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of the AA ′ portion of FIG. 1, and FIG. Explanatory drawing, FIG. 5 is explanatory drawing which expanded foot illumination, FIG. 6 is an expanded sectional view of a handle part.

  The pipe-shaped main body 10 is formed of a pipe body made of a material having rigidity and light weight, such as stainless steel, aluminum, and an aluminum alloy. As shown in FIG. 1, the upper large-diameter portion 11 and the large-diameter portion 11 are formed. It is comprised from the small diameter part 20 of the lower part accommodated in the inside so that a vertical movement is possible. The large diameter portion 11 has light emitting portions 12 formed at two locations. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, each light-emitting portion 12 includes a pipe-like transparent portion 13 made of a transparent material such as acrylic resin and glass, and light-emitting diodes 14 and 15 provided in the transparent portion 13. , 16 and a printed circuit board 17. The light emitting diodes 14, 15 and 16 are composed of three different colors, and each blinks alternately. The blinking of light by the light emitting diodes 14, 15, 16 can be seen from any direction as well as from the front of the safety cane 70 through the transparent portion 13 formed of a transparent material. The location of the user can be surely notified to the surroundings. The transparent part 13 is fixed to the large diameter part 11 at the top and bottom.

  The small-diameter portion 20 is attached to the large-diameter portion 11 via the length adjusting means 30 so that the length of the pipe-shaped main body portion 10 can be adjusted. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, a plurality of rectangular locking holes 31 are formed in the lower portion of the large diameter portion 11, and a cross section urged by the spring 33 is formed in the upper portion of the small diameter portion 20. A rectangular locking protrusion 32 is formed. Since the small-diameter portion 20 accommodated in the large-diameter portion 11 is moved up and down, and the small-diameter portion 20 can be fixed to the large-diameter portion 11 by fitting the locking projection 32 into the locking hole 31 at a desired position. The length of the main body portion 10 can be adjusted. The length adjusting means 30 of the safety cane 70 of the present embodiment has a configuration in which a locking protrusion 32 having a square cross section is fitted into a rectangular locking hole 31, so that a generally used circular locking is used. Compared with a configuration in which a ball-shaped locking projection is fitted in the hole, the movement between the large-diameter portion 11 and the small-diameter portion 20 is strongly restricted, and rattling between the two can be suppressed.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a foot illumination 21 is formed in the vicinity of the lower end of the small-diameter portion 20. The foot lighting 21 is configured such that a miniature light bulb 23 is embedded in a fixture 22 made of silicon resin in the small diameter portion 20 so that water does not enter the small diameter portion 20. Further, the small-diameter portion 20 has a stone protrusion 25 at the lower end.

  The handle part 40 is fixed to the upper part of the pipe-shaped main body part 10. As shown in FIG. 6, a battery 41 serving as a power source for the light-emitting diodes 14, 15, 16 of the light-emitting unit 12 and the miniature light bulb 23 of the footlight 21 is housed in the handle 40. Further, a switch 42 is formed on the upper surface of the handle portion 40 so that the light-emitting diodes 14, 15, 16 can be turned on and the miniature bulb 23 can be turned on by turning on and off.

  Further, a safety buzzer 45 is attached to the handle portion 40 as shown in FIG. The safety buzzer 45 has a commercially available configuration, and a battery (not shown) and a buzzer that operates with the battery are connected to each other by an electric circuit. One end of the cord 47 connected to the safety buzzer 45 is connected to an electric circuit in the safety buzzer 45, and the other end is inserted into the insertion port 43 of the handle portion 40. Since the insertion port 43 is connected to the switch 44 of the handle portion 40, the safety buzzer 45 can be operated by operating the switch 44. Also, a switch 49 for operating the safety buzzer 45 is provided on the body of the safety buzzer 45. The safety buzzer 45 can be operated by operating the switch 49.

The present invention can be embodied by changing various forms as long as it belongs to the technical scope, and will be exemplified below.
(1) A light emission part is not limited to two places, You may provide three or more places.
(2) It is good also as a structure which incorporates the safety buzzer reduced in size in the handle part. In this case, the power source of the safety buzzer can be a battery accommodated in the handle portion.

It is a front view of a safety cane. It is an A-A 'part enlarged front view of FIG. It is an A-A 'part enlarged bottom view of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which expanded the length adjustment means of the pipe-shaped main-body part. It is explanatory drawing which expanded the foot illumination of the small diameter part. It is an expanded sectional view of a handle part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pipe-shaped main-body part 11 Large diameter part 12 Light emission part 13 Transparent part 14, 15, 16 Light emitting diode 17 Printed circuit board
20 Small-diameter portion 21 Foot illumination 30 Length adjusting means 31 Locking hole 32 Locking protrusion 40 Handle portion 41 Battery 42, 44, 49 Switch 45 Safety buzzer 70 Safety cane

Claims (2)

  A safety cane having a function for informing the location of a person using a cane around the safety cane, which is composed of a pipe-like main body part and a handle part on the upper part of the pipe-like main body part. The portion is composed of an upper large-diameter portion and a lower small-diameter portion, and includes a length adjusting means for adjusting the length of the pipe-shaped main body portion, and the large-diameter portion is formed of a transparent material, A plurality of light-emitting portions that can visually recognize blinking of light by a plurality of light-emitting diodes are provided, the small-diameter portion is provided with foot illumination, and the light-emitting diode and a battery of the power source for the foot illumination are accommodated in the handle portion. The safety cane further comprises a safety buzzer provided in the pipe-shaped main body part or the handle part.   The length adjusting means has a quadrangular locking hole formed in the large diameter portion and a quadrangular cross section that can be moved forward and backward by the biasing force of the spring formed in the small diameter portion accommodated in the large diameter portion and movable up and down. The safety cane according to claim 1, comprising a locking projection.

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