KR20110039615A - Multi-functional stick - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A multifunctional stick is provided to light a dark space without a dry cell when the stick is used in an outdoor place. CONSTITUTION: A multifunctional stick comprises: an upper body(100) in which a lower body supporting part is prepared; a lower body(200) in which an upper body connection part sliding to the top and bottom is formed and which is formed long upward and downward; a first spring(300) which elastically supports the top body connection part of the lower body downward; a magnet which is fixed in the upper body connection part; an electric wire coil prepared in the lower body supporting part; an electricity accumulating unit(160) storing the electricity generated from the electric wire coil; a lighting unit(130); and a power switch(140).

Description

Multi-Functional Stick

The present invention relates to a cane for the elderly.

With the aging trend of the world, various apparatuses and equipment for the elderly are being developed.

Among them, the cane is widely used by the elderly to hold it with one hand and support their weight.

In this way, the wand has become an essential necessity for the elderly.

Older people who are forced to rely on canes are using them both indoors and outdoors.

In this case, when the elderly leave the house after going out, it is common to clean the lower end of the cane and enter the house to prevent the house from becoming dirty.

In addition, in the elderly, the ability to maintain physical balance in the dark space and the ability to recognize objects are significantly reduced due to the slowing of the athletic nerve and the deterioration of vision compared to the healthy young people.

Therefore, in the case of the elderly, when waking up for a while to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, it is burdensome to turn on the interior light for a while, and often go to the bathroom stroking the dark space. This tendency is common in older people who live with their families, not to disturb their sleep.

However, it is very dangerous for the elderly, who are weak in their ability to balance their body in dark spaces, to walk alone.

In this case, you can walk depending on the cane, but this is also dangerous in a dark space where object recognition is difficult.

Therefore, if you feel burdened with these risks, you have no choice but to carry a cane in one hand and a flashlight in the other. However, if both hands are holding things, your ability to cope with the situation in the event of a dangerous situation is significantly reduced. This is also very dangerous.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, to provide a lighting unit such as LED on the cane so that the elderly can safely walk in the dark space, the lighting unit is developed by the operation of the elderly to step on the cane It is intended to provide a multifunctional wand equipped with a lighting unit that can use electricity to illuminate a dark space brightly without a battery.

In addition, the present invention allows the cane to be built in and out so that the cane can be used when the outdoor use and indoors can be closed on the ground differently when using the outdoor when using the same as a normal cane and indoors An indoor cane protrudes to the bottom of the cane to provide a multifunctional cane that can walk indoors on a clean indoor cane.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, the handle is provided on the upper, the lower body is formed to hang down below the upper body provided with a lower body support to form a lower body receiving space therein; A lower body inserted into the lower body accommodating space and formed to be slidable up and down in the lower body accommodating space, the lower body being elongated in the vertical direction; A first spring provided on an inner upper portion of the lower body accommodating space to elastically support the upper body connecting portion of the lower body in a downward direction; A magnet fixed to the upper body connection part; A power wire coil provided in the lower body support; A power storage unit provided in the upper body to store electricity generated from the power wire coils; An illumination unit provided in the upper body to emit light by electricity supplied from the power storage unit; A power switch provided to switch the electricity supply from the power storage unit to the lighting unit; Characterized in that comprises a.

In the above: The lower body comprises an indoor cane receiving space is formed in the vertical direction long inside and a tubular body formed with a hole in the lower end of the indoor cane receiving space; An indoor cane provided inside the indoor cane accommodation space and having a supporting jaw formed at an intermediate portion of the vertical cane; A second spring provided at an inner lower portion of the indoor cane accommodation space to elastically support a support jaw of the indoor cane in an upward direction; Knock means provided such that the indoor cane can be sunk into the haunting hole; It is preferable to comprise a.

In the above, it is preferable that the lower end opening and closing cover made of rubber material is provided at the lower end of the tubular body to open and close the projection hole.

The knock means may include: a rotary gear provided rotatably at an upper end of the indoor wand, and having wing portions formed in a vertical direction on a main surface at intervals; A protruding jaw formed on the inner circumferential surface of the tubular body to repeatedly form an inclined jaw in the lower portion and repeatedly forming vertical guide grooves in the vertical direction between the inclined jaws; A fixed gear knob positioned at an upper portion of the rotary gear and formed to be in contact with an upper surface of a wing piece of the rotary gear, and provided to be slidable only in the vertical direction; . ≪ / RTI >

As described above, the present invention provides a lighting unit such as an LED on the wand so that the elderly can safely walk in a dark space, and the lighting unit can use the electricity generated by the stepped person walking on the wand so that the dark without a battery or the like. By providing a multi-function walking stick equipped with a lighting unit that can brighten the space, it is possible to promote the safety and convenience of the elderly walking in the dark space.

In addition, the present invention allows the cane to be built in and out so that the cane can be used when the outdoor use and indoors can be closed on the ground differently when using the outdoor when using the same as a normal cane and indoors The indoor cane protrudes to the bottom of the cane, making it possible to walk indoors on a clean indoor cane, providing a multifunctional cane that does not need to be cleaned when entering the house after going out.

Hereinafter, the specific configuration and operation will be described based on the embodiment according to the present invention.

1 is a front view of an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a conceptual longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a conceptual sectional view showing the overall operating state of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an exploded conceptual view of main parts related to the indoor cane of FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a view for explaining an operation concept of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a state in which the indoor cane is shown in FIG. 3. to be.

This embodiment largely consists of the upper body 100, lower body 200, and the first spring (300).

The upper body 100 is provided with a handle 110 in the upper portion, and the lower body support portion 120 is provided in the lower portion.

The lower body support part 120 is formed to hang down to form a lower body accommodating space 121 therein.

At the lower end of the lower body support part 120 is provided a departure prevention jaw 122 for supporting the upper body connection portion 210 of the lower body 200 from the bottom.

In addition, the lower body support portion 120 is provided with a power wire coil 150 for wrapping the lower body receiving space 121.

The power generation wire coil 150 generates electricity by the relative vertical movement of the magnet 211 of the lower body 200 with respect to the power generation wire coil 150.

The electricity generated from the power generation wire coil 150 is stored in the power storage unit 160 provided in the upper body 100.

In addition, the upper body 100 is provided with an illumination unit 130 such as an LED emitting light by electricity supplied from the power storage unit 160 in front.

In addition, the upper body 100 is provided with a power switch 140 that can be switched to allow or block the power supply from the power storage unit 160 to the lighting unit 130.

Therefore, when the elderly need lighting, the power switch 140 is turned on to allow light to be emitted from the lighting unit 130 so that the elderly can easily and safely walk in a dark space.

The lower body 200 is coupled to the lower portion of the upper body 100.

The lower body 200 is formed long in the vertical direction, it can be seen that substantially constitute the body of the cane.

An upper body connecting portion 210 is provided on an upper portion of the lower body 200, the upper body connecting portion 210 is inserted into the lower body receiving space 121, and the upper body connecting portion 210 is the lower body receiving space 121. It is provided to be slidable up and down in the interior, and also the upper body connecting portion 210 is prevented from the upper body 100 by the separation preventing jaw 122.

The first spring 300 is provided in the upper portion of the lower body accommodating space 121, and the first spring 300 elastically supports the upper body connecting portion 210 in the downward direction.

Therefore, the upper body connecting portion 210 is located in the lower portion of the lower body receiving space 121 by the elastic force of the first spring 300 when there is no external force, the lower body by the force received from the ground when the cane on the ground The upper portion of the accommodation space 121 is moved (see FIG. 4A). After that, when the force received from the ground disappears (that is, when the cane is lifted to move), the upper body connection part 210 is moved back to the lower part of the lower body accommodating space 121 by the restoring force of the first spring 300. (See FIG. 4 (b)).

The magnet 211 is fixedly provided at the upper body connection portion 210.

Therefore, when the upper body connecting portion 210 moves up and down in the lower body receiving space 121, the magnet 211 also moves up and down.

In this structure, the magnet 211 moves up and down with respect to the power generation wire coil 150 fixed to the lower body support 120, thereby generating electricity in the power generation wire coil 150.

In other words, according to Faraday's law that induction electricity is generated in the wire coil due to the change of magnetic force when the magnet moves between the wire coils in which the wire is wound, the induction electricity is generated in the power wire coil 150 according to the vertical movement of the magnet 211. Is generated, and the induced electricity is stored in the power storage unit 160.

The electricity stored in the power storage unit 160 is supplied to the lighting unit 130 by turning on the power switch 140 so that the lighting unit 130 brightens the surroundings.

Hereinafter, a structure in which the indoor stick 240 emerges from the lower body 200 will be described.

The structure in which the cane for indoor use from the lower body 200 may be used as it is.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the structure for the ball pen shim of the knock-type ballpoint pen to be settled is referred to as the knocking means, and the knocking means of this embodiment is only one example.

The lower body 200 is provided with a tubular body 220 that forms an indoor cane accommodation space 221 that is formed long in the vertical direction therein.

In addition, the lower portion of the tubular body 220 is formed with a haunting hole 221a that can be housed in the indoor cane 240. That is, the haunting hole 221a is formed at the lower end of the indoor stick accommodation space 221.

In addition, the lower end of the tubular body 220, the lower opening and closing cover 230 of the rubber material is coupled.

The lower opening and closing cover 230 is made of a rubber material to provide a buffering force while contacting the ground, and an opening and closing portion 231 is provided at the center of the lower opening cover 230.

The opening and closing part 231 is opened by the indoor cane 240 when the indoor cane 240 protrudes outwardly along the haunting hole 221a (see FIG. 7B), but the indoor cane 240 When only the inside of the indoor cane storage space 221 inside the closing hole (221a) (see Fig. 7 (a)), when using the cane outdoors dust, dirt, etc., the outside of the cane hole (221a) To prevent entry.

In addition, the knob opening 223 is formed at one side of the tubular body 220.

A fixed gear knob 260, a rotating gear 250, an indoor cane 240, and a second spring 270 are provided in the indoor cane accommodation space 221.

In addition, the upper jaw 222 is protruded from the upper inner peripheral surface of the tubular body 220.

Vertical guide grooves 222a are formed repeatedly on the inner circumferential surface of the tubular body 220 by the projection jaw 222, and the upper portion of the tubular body 220 is blocked, and a vertical guide groove 222a is disposed below the projection jaw 222. Between each inclined jaw 222b of the structure inclined in two steps is formed.

At this time, the structure of one inclined jaw 222b is composed of a short inclination 222b-1 of a short length and a long inclination 222b-2 of a long length as shown in FIG.

The knob 260 for the fixed gear is formed with a concave coupling hole 264 at the lower side thereof, and a sawtooth fixed gear 261 is formed along the lower surface thereof, and a guide protrusion 263 is formed at the lower outer circumferential surface thereof. It is.

The toothed fixed gear 261 is for contacting the upper surface of the blade piece 252 of the rotary gear 250, which will be described later, the blade piece 252 is rotated by the vertical movement of the fixed gear 261.

The guide protrusion 263 of the knob 260 for the fixed gear is inserted into the vertical guide groove 222a formed in the inner circumferential surface of the tubular body 220, so that the knob 260 for the fixed gear is along the vertical guide groove 222a. It can slide up and down.

In addition, a knob 262 is provided on one side of the knob 260 for the fixed gear, and the knob 262 protrudes to the outside through the knob opening 223 of the tubular body 220.

Of course, in some embodiments, the fixed gear knob 260 may extend upward along the axial direction of the indoor wand 240 to protrude upward from the upper body 100.

The rotary gear 250 has an upper pillar 251 protruding upward from the upper portion thereof to be inserted into the coupling hole 264 of the knob 260 of the fixed gear, and the lower coupling hole 253 is concave toward the upper portion thereof. ) Is formed.

In addition, in the middle of the rotary gear 250, the wing piece 252 is formed long in the vertical direction at intervals along the main surface is formed.

The upper surface of each blade piece 252 forms the same inclined surface mutually.

Indoor cane 240 has a rotary gear coupling column 241 is inserted into the lower coupling hole 253 of the rotary gear 250, the support jaw 242 is formed in the middle of the vertical direction have.

Therefore, the rotary gear 250 may be rotated about the rotary gear coupling column 241 of the indoor wand 240.

The second spring 270 is provided such that its lower end is supported by the lower portion of the tubular body 220 and its upper end is supported by the lower end of the support jaw 242 of the indoor walking stick 240.

The operation state of such a configuration is demonstrated.

The rotary gear 250 is in a state in which the rotary gear coupling column 241 can rotate by an external force.

The wing piece 252 of the rotary gear 250 has an upper end thereof inclined, and the upper end thereof is in contact with the fixed gear 261 of the knob 260 for the fixed gear, and the upper end thereof is inclined of the tubular body 220. It has a thickness enough to be in contact with the jaw 222b, and the upper end thereof has a thickness enough to slide along the vertical guide groove 222a formed in the tubular body 220.

Since the fixed gear knob 260 can only slide up and down, the fixed gear 261 can not rotate.

In addition, since the indoor cane 240 is elastically supported in the upper direction by the second spring 270, the rotary gear 250 is also always elastically supported in the upper direction.

In addition, the rotary gear 250 is moved up and down in the same way as the vertical movement of the indoor cane 240.

The relationship between the jaw 222, the wing piece 252 of the rotary gear 250, and the fixed gear 261 of the knob 260 for the fixed gear in this state was developed in a flat shape as shown in FIG.

6 (a) is a state in which the blade piece 252 is located at the upper point of the vertical guide groove 222a.

The wing piece 252 is subjected to an elastic force in the upper direction by the second spring 270, but the knob 260 for the fixed gear provided with the fixed gear 261 in contact with the wing piece 252 has a guide protrusion 263. The upper portion of the vertical guide groove 222a is limited in movement to the top.

This state corresponds to the state (a) of FIG.

In such a state, when the knob 262 of the fixed gear knob 260 is operated to apply downward force, the fixed gear 261 moves downward, and thus the wing piece 252 also moves downward. (B) of FIG. 6)

6 (c), the fixed gear 261 is moved to the bottom, but proceeds to the state of Fig. 6 (b) to 6 (c) in the wing piece 252 by the inclined surface coupling with the fixed gear 261. It moves a little to the left and moves to the bottom.

After removing the force applied to the knob 260 for the fixed gear is moved to the upper again as shown in Figure 6 (d), (e) by the elastic force of the second spring (270).

At this time, the wing piece 252 is changed from the state of FIG. 6 (d) to the state of (e) of FIG. And stop in the state (e) of FIG.

This state corresponds to the state (b) of FIG.

When the force in the downward direction is applied to the knob 260 for the fixed gear again, it moves downward to the state (f) of FIG. 6, and when the force is removed, the second spring 270 up to the states (g) and (h) of FIG. 6. ) Is moved upward by the elastic force of

At this time, the wing piece 252 is in contact with the short inclination 222b-1 of the inclined jaw 222b in the state (g) of FIG. 6 and moved slightly to the left by the inclined surface coupling, and then along the vertical guide groove 222a. It moves upward to the state of FIG.

6H corresponds to the state of FIG. 7A.

Such knock means may be achieved by the rotary gear 250, the jaw 222, the fixed gear knob 260, and of course, when referring to the various types of knock-type ball-point pen is developed and appropriately applied and It may be modified.

By using the knock means as described above, the indoor cane 240 moves up and down as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B so that the indoor cane 240 emerges from the hole.

As a result, the indoor cane 240 maintained in a clean state in the room may be in contact with the ground.

Therefore, this multifunctional walking stick can improve the safety and convenience of the elderly walking in the dark space by turning on the LED-like lighting part when the elderly people walk in the dark space, and also use the indoor walking stick when entering the house after going out. This eliminates the need to clean the cane separately.

The above embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the technical idea of the present invention may be variously modified or adjusted by those skilled in the art. Such modifications and adjustments fall within the scope of the present invention if they use the technical idea of the present invention.

The present invention can be used as a walking stick for the elderly.

1 is a front view of an embodiment according to the present invention;

2 is a perspective view of FIG.

3 is a conceptual longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 1;

4 is a conceptual cross-sectional view showing the overall operating state of FIG.

5 is an exploded conceptual view of main parts related to the indoor wand of FIG. 1;

6 is a view for explaining an operation concept of FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a state in which the indoor stick wander in FIG.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100: upper body 110: handle

120: lower body support

130: lighting unit 140: power switch

150: power wire coil 160: power storage

200: lower body 220: tubular body

230: lower opening and closing cover 240: indoor stick

250: rotary gear 260: knob for fixed gear

270: second spring

300: first spring

Claims (4)

The upper body is provided with a handle, the lower body is formed to hang down below the lower body support portion to form a lower body receiving space therein; A lower body inserted into the lower body accommodating space and formed to be slidable up and down in the lower body accommodating space, the lower body being elongated in the vertical direction; A first spring provided on an inner upper portion of the lower body accommodating space to elastically support the upper body connecting portion of the lower body in a lower direction; A magnet fixed to the upper body connection part; A power wire coil provided in the lower body support; A power storage unit provided in the upper body to store electricity generated from the power wire coils; An illumination unit provided in the upper body to emit light by electricity supplied from the power storage unit; A power switch provided to switch the electricity supply from the power storage unit to the lighting unit; Multi-function walking stick, characterized in that consisting of. According to claim 1: The lower body is formed to include a tubular body formed in the bottom of the indoor cane accommodation space and the inner cane accommodation space is formed long in the vertical direction therein; An indoor cane provided inside the indoor cane accommodation space and having a supporting jaw formed at an intermediate portion of the vertical cane; A second spring provided at an inner lower portion of the indoor cane accommodation space to elastically support a support jaw of the indoor cane in an upward direction; Knock means provided such that the indoor cane can be sunk into the haunting hole; Multifunctional walking stick, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 2, Multifunctional walking stick, characterized in that the lower opening and closing cover of the rubber material is provided to open and close the shed hole in the lower end of the tubular body. The method of claim 2 wherein: The knock means are: Rotating gear is rotatably provided on the upper end of the indoor cane, the wing piece formed in the vertical direction on the main surface at intervals; A protruding jaw formed on the inner circumferential surface of the tubular body to repeatedly form an inclined jaw in the lower portion and repeatedly forming vertical guide grooves in the vertical direction between the inclined jaws; A fixed gear knob positioned on an upper portion of the rotary gear and formed to be in contact with an upper surface of a wing piece of the rotary gear and slidable only in a vertical direction; Multi-function walking stick, characterized in that consisting of.

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