KR100807304B1 - Stick for maintaining balance and absorbing a shock - Google Patents

Abstract

A stick for maintaining balance and absorbing shock is provided to protect a human body by absorbing shock given from the ground and storing the energy when an elderly or handicapped person walks. A stick for maintaining balance and absorbing shock includes a support bar(110), a contact plate(120) and three or more shock absorbing coupling unit(130). The support bar is gripped by a user to be supported by the ground. The contact plate is disposed on the lower side of the support bar, and comes into contact with the ground. The shock absorbing coupling unit is coupled to the lower end of the support bar, and is divided into three or more parts to face in an outer direction. When the shock absorbing coupling unit is compressed to absorb shock, it is restored by elastic force.

Description

Equilibrium and Shock Absorbing Cane {STICK FOR MAINTAINING BALANCE AND ABSORBING A SHOCK}

1 is a view showing a cane according to a first embodiment of the prior art,

2 is a view showing a cane according to a second embodiment of the prior art,

3 is a view showing a cane according to a third embodiment of the prior art,

4 is a perspective view of the equilibrium and shock absorbing wand according to the present invention;

5 is a perspective view showing the bottom of the equilibrium and shock absorbing wand in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the main portion of the equilibrium and shock absorbing wand in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 7 is a plan view of the equilibrium and shock absorbing wand in accordance with the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

110: support bar 111: handle

112: ball joint coupling portion 112a: ball housing

120: contact plate 121: hole

122: hinge coupling portion 123: hinge pin

124: bearing 130: shock absorbing coupling means

131: cylinder 132: spring

133: rod 133a: spring seat

134: cap 135: locking jaw

136: ball 136a: screw connection

137: hinge coupling pieces

The present invention relates to an equilibrium maintenance and shock absorbing wand, and more particularly, to protect the human body from impact by absorbing the impact with the ground when the elderly or disabled are walking and storing energy, and being in surface contact with the ground and standing up normally. The present invention relates to an equilibrium holding and shock absorbing wand which maintains state and generates propulsion force in a walking direction.

In general, the cane is formed in a rod-shaped body, a handle is formed on the upper end of the main body for easy gripping, and a rubber cap is attached to the lower end to prevent slippage. It is used for climbing or for the safety of mountaineers or for easy hiking when climbing.

Such a cane has many products developed for various functions or functions, and is divided into products that add other functions to the cane and products that absorb shocks when supporting the ground.

In the case of adding other functions to the cane, an umbrella, a fishing rod, a chair, or the like is added to the cane to provide convenience, and in the case of absorbing a shock, a method of reducing ground impact by using a spring device is used.

Referring to the conventional cane with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows.

1 is a view showing a cane according to the first embodiment of the prior art. As shown, the cane 10 according to the first embodiment of the prior art is a "cane usable as a simple chair" of Utility Model Registration No. 1997-0008443 filed in the Republic of Korea Patent Office, a support rod formed of a cylindrical rod 11 ) And a mounting plate 13 in the form of a triangular plate on which the handle portion 12 is formed. And, the support rod 11 is provided with a stopper (not shown) to be able to rotate between the retracted position in which the seating plate 13 is located in parallel and the chair position located in the vertical position.

2 is a view showing a cane according to a second embodiment of the prior art. As shown, the cane 20 according to the second embodiment of the conventional "Umbrella built-in umbrella" of Utility Model Registration No. 1997-014365 filed in the Republic of Korea Patent Office (22) It is built so that you can easily carry and carry the umbrella (22) as needed, such as when raining rain, male screw (23a) is mutually screwed to the lower portion of the handle portion 23 and the top of the rod (21) And female threads 21a, respectively, and open upwards in the rod 21 to form an accommodation space (not shown) in which the umbrella 22 is built.

3 is a view showing a cane according to a third embodiment of the prior art. As shown, the cane 30 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is to allow the buffer force to be selectively adjusted according to the climbing conditions, and the guide 33 is fixed to the upper pipe 32 by the pressure port 31. The projection 34 of the) is selectively positioned in the fixing groove 37 and the guide hole 38 of the shock absorbing force control pipe 36, which is fixedly installed by the lower pipe 35, to mitigate and absorb shocks or to generate shock absorbing force. Can be blocked.

However, such a cane absorbs the impact with the ground, but has a limitation in absorbing the impact energy with only a single spring, and the bottom is point-contacted to the ground, causing slipping and falling left and right, There was a problem that the elderly or disabled people do not give convenience to use because it does not help to promote when walking.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention is to protect the human body from the impact by absorbing the impact with the ground when the elderly and disabled people to save the energy from walking, surface contact with the ground and standing up in normal By maintaining the state to prevent slipping or falling to allow safe walking and to provide a propulsion force in the walking direction to provide an equilibrium and shock absorbing cane to make walking easier.

The present invention for realizing the above object, in the wand, the support bar to be held by the user to be supported from the ground, the contact plate which is located under the support bar, the surface contact with the ground, coupled to the bottom of the support bar Three or more branched to be connected to the contact plate facing each other, each end is coupled to the support bar and the contact plate by ball joint coupling and hinge coupling, respectively, and is restored by the elastic force during compression for shock absorption It characterized in that it comprises more than one shock absorbing coupling means.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a balance holding and shock absorbing wand according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a lower portion of the balance holding and a shock absorbing wand according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a balance holding and according to the present invention An exploded perspective view showing the main portion of the shock absorbing wand. As shown, the balance maintaining and shock absorbing wand 100 according to the present invention is a support bar 110 for supporting the user from the ground, a contact plate 120 located below the support bar 120, and support The bar 110 and the contact plate 120 includes three or more shock-absorbing coupling means 130 for absorbing the shock as well as connecting to each other.

The support bar 110 is provided with a handle 111 at the top so that the user grips, and a bar having a predetermined length so that the user grips the handle 111 to be supported from the ground.

The contact plate 120 is connected to the lower side of the support bar 110 by three or more shock absorbing coupling means 130 to be described later, the support bar 110 is in surface contact with the ground when supporting the user.

The contact plate 120 is preferably a plate in the form of a ring in which a hole 121 is formed in the center thereof. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the disturbance of the surface contact due to obstacles such as stones located on the ground during surface contact with the ground.

The shock absorbing coupling means 130 is coupled to the lower end of the support bar 110 is three or more branched to the outside facing the contact plate 120, each end is supported by the ball joint coupling and the hinge coupling It is coupled to the bar 110 and the contact plate 120, respectively, is restored by the elastic force during compression for shock absorption.

The shock absorbing coupling means 130 is a ball joint coupled to the lower end of the support bar 110 in the present embodiment and the lower end is hinged on the contact plate 120, on the contrary, the upper end of the support bar 110 In addition to being hinged to the bottom, the bottom may be coupled to the ball joint on the contact plate 120.

The shock absorbing coupling means 130 has a coil-shaped spring 132 mounted inside the cylinder 131 open at one side thereof, and the rod 133 is slidable to press the spring 132 inside the cylinder 131. The cap 134 inserted into the rod 133 to be slidably fitted to the outer circumferential surface thereof is fixed to the opening side of the cylinder 131 by a bolt 134a, and the rod 133 is restrained from being released from the cylinder 131. (133) The locking jaw 135 is formed to be caught by the cap 134 on the outer circumferential surface, the ball 136 for ball joint coupling is provided at any one of the end of the cylinder 131 and the end of the rod 133 and the other One hinge coupling piece 137 for hinge coupling is provided.

The shock absorbing coupling means 130 is provided with a hinge piece 137 on the rod 133 as well as a ball 136 is provided at the end of the cylinder 131 in the present embodiment, on the contrary hinged at the end of the cylinder 131 The coupling piece 137 may be provided with a ball 136 on the rod 133.

The cylinder 131 is screwed with the screwing portion 136a extending from the ball 136 to provide the ball 136 at the end.

On the other hand, the support bar 110 is provided with a ball joint coupling portion 112 in order to be coupled to the ball 136 and the ball joint of the cylinder 131 at the lower side of the ball joint coupling portion 112 of the ball 136 Three ball housings 112a having internal curvatures corresponding to the curvatures are provided, and the ball 136 is rotatable back and forth and left and right while the ball 136 is mounted to the ball housing 112a, but is separated from the ball housing 112a. Suppressed.

The rod 133 is provided with a spring seating portion 133a in which the end of the spring 132 is seated on the insertion side of the cylinder 131, and the hinge coupling piece 137 provided on the opposite side is provided on the contact plate 120. Hinged by the hinge pin 123 and the bearing 124 to the hinge coupling portion 122 is provided to be coupled to enable rotation in both directions.

On the other hand, the contact plate 120 is formed so that the hinge coupling portion 122 of the same number as the number of the shock absorbing coupling means 130 in this embodiment is arranged along the periphery on the upper surface.

As shown in FIG. 7 showing the case where the shock absorbing coupling means 130 is used by the right hand, the shock absorbing means 130 is composed of three, so that the angle A toward the front side during walking is greater than the remaining angles B and C. It is arranged to make a large angle. Therefore, when used, the jiba 110 is easily inclined forward as compared to the other direction, and the restoring force is excellent so as to obtain a driving force when walking.

On the other hand, the angle (A) of the side facing forward during walking of the angle (A, B, C) formed by the shock absorbing coupling means 130 is preferably 130 degrees to 170 degrees and preferably 150 degrees, the angle of the outside (B) is 100 degree | times-140 degree | times, Preferably it is 120 degree | times, and angle C of an outer side is 70 degree | times-110 degree | times, Preferably it is 90 degree | times.

The operation of the equilibrium holding and shock absorbing wand composed of such a structure is performed as follows.

A user, such as a disabled person, an elderly person, a patient, etc., grips the handle 111 of the support bar 110 and is provided at the bottom of the support bar 110 to have a ball joint coupling and a hinge coupling, and has three restoring forces by compression. The support bar 110 from the contact plate 120 by the shock absorbing coupling means 130 causes the three-way induction, such as vertical movement along with the front and rear and left and right movement, despite the inclination of the support bar 110, the contact plate 120 ) To maintain the surface contact with the ground, thereby preventing the sliding by expanding the contact area with the ground and to keep the support bar 110 collapsed by maintaining the support bar 110 upright. It prevents the user to walk comfortably.

In addition, when the spring 132 embedded in the shock absorbing coupling means 130 supports the support bar 110, the spring 132 moves up and down to store energy, and the user presses the support bar 110 for the next step. By the restoring force of the spring 132 serves to help the walking by transmitting the force in the forward direction.

On the other hand, the angle (A) toward the front when walking among the angle (A, B, C) between the shock absorbing coupling means 130 has a larger angle than the other angle (B, C) support bar 110 is The spring 132 when the support bar 110 is lifted off the ground while not to fall inside or outside to get a driving force by walking forward.

As described above, the equilibrium maintenance and shock absorbing cane according to the present invention protects the human body from impact by absorbing the impact with the ground when the elderly or disabled are walking, and stores energy, and is in surface contact with the ground and standing upright in a normal state. By maintaining the to prevent the slip or fall to allow safe walking and to create a driving force in the direction of walking has the effect of making walking easier.

What has been described above is just one embodiment for carrying out the equilibrium and shock absorbing wand according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, the invention as claimed in the following claims Without departing from the gist of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains to the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that various modifications can be made.

Claims (5)

For the cane, A support bar that allows the user to grip and support from the ground; Located on the lower side of the support bar, the contact plate which is in surface contact with the ground, Three or more branched to be coupled to the lower end of the support bar toward the outside is coupled to the contact plate, each end is coupled to the support bar and the contact plate by ball joint coupling and hinge coupling, respectively, and shock absorbing Three or more shock-absorbing coupling means restored by elastic force during compression Equilibrium and shock absorbing wand comprising a. The method of claim 1, The contact plate, Ring-shaped plates formed in the center of the hole Equilibrium and shock absorbing wand characterized by. The method of claim 1, The shock absorbing coupling means, Spring is mounted inside the cylinder that one side is open, The rod is slidably inserted to press the spring inside the cylinder, A cap slidably fitted to the rod outer peripheral surface is fixed to the opening side of the cylinder, A locking jaw is formed on the rod outer circumferential surface so as to prevent the rod from being separated from the cylinder. One of the end of the cylinder and the end of the rod is provided with a ball for coupling the ball joint and the other is provided with a hinge coupling piece for hinge coupling Equilibrium and shock absorbing wand characterized by. The method of claim 1, The shock absorbing coupling means, It consists of three and arranged so that the angle of the forward-facing side when walking is made larger than the remaining angle among these angles Equilibrium and shock absorbing wand characterized by. The method of claim 4, wherein The angle of the side facing forward at the time of walking, 130 to 170 degrees Equilibrium and shock absorbing wand characterized by.

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