| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 135075000 | Telescopic | 26 |
| 20090114258 | ADJUSTABLE POLE - A pole mechanism that can be adjusted with one hand that can be used in trekking poles, tool handles, and other applications requiring the use of an adjustable-length elongated member. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090159106 | MOBILITY DEVICES WITH INTERCHANGEABLE FEATURES - A mobility aid having interchangeable features is disclosed. A plurality of handles, shafts, and/or tips are provided of different shapes, sizes, and materials so that different users can select different features based on preference or changing support needs. Each handle and each tip is connectable to each of the provided shafts so that a user may switch out handles or tips as desired. Also disclosed is a shaft for a mobility aid having an upper portion and a lower portion with a telescoping relationship and a locking device, such as a rocking or rocker switch, interposed therebetween. The locking device allows the mobility aid to be locked into a fully expanded position, released for a semi-collapsed position, or released into a fully collapsed position. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100122718 | WALKING STICK - Provided is a walking stick having a pole configured by a plurality of connecting pipes. The walking stick includes: an upper connecting pipe; and a lower connecting pipe inserted into the upper connecting pipe, wherein first and second through-holes are provided in both sides of the lower connecting pipe at opposing positions to each other, first and second button members are slidably inserted into the first and the second through-holes, respectively, a spring for elastically supporting the first and the second button members in a radial direction is provided inside the first and the second button members, and third and fourth through-holes are provided in the upper connecting pipe at positions corresponding to the first and the second through-holes of the lower connecting pipe so that the first and the second button members are moved in and out through the first to the fourth through-holes. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100170547 | TREKKING POLE CLAMP AND METHODS - A clamp apparatus that includes a base portion and an adjustable clamping lever. The base portion defines an adjustable size aperture. The adjustable clamping lever is mounted to the base portion and is movable between an unlatched position and a latched position. The adjustable clamping lever has a length that is adjustable to clamp the base portion to elongate members having a cross-section. The adjustable clamping lever may include at least two link members. One of the link members may have an adjustable length. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100170548 | STICK WITH A SHOCK ABSORBER - The present invention relates to a stick ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110240078 | LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE POLE AND CLAMPING APPARATUS THEREFOR - The invention relates to a clamping apparatus ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110271992 | Cane and Method of Use - A cane comprising: a handle; a first tube attached to the handle; a second tube in slideable communication with the first tube, the second tube in communication with a cane tip; a spring located in the first tube, and in operable communication with the second tube; the spring preloaded such that when the second tube is fully extended from the first tube, the spring exerts generally about a value F1 of force on the second tube, tending keep the second tube extended from the first tube. A method for using a retractable cane to assist in sitting down. A method of using a retractable cane to rise from a sitting position. A method of using a retractable cane to assist in picking an object up. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120000497 | FIXING DEVICE OF SPORTS STICK WITH VARIABLE LENGTH - The present invention relates to a sports stick with a variable length including an upper tube to which a hand grip is connected, a lower tube adapted to be inserted into and withdrawn from the upper tube, and fixing means adapted to securely fix the lower tube to the upper tube, wherein the fixing means includes: a rod body disposed inside the lower tube at one side periphery thereof in such a manner as to be mounted inside the upper tube at the other side periphery thereof by the sequential formation of a screw thread portion and a flat portion along the outer periphery thereof; a tapered member adapted to be fixed to the flat portion formed along the outer periphery of the rod body and having a tapered surface formed along the outer periphery thereof; and a pressurizing member mounted at the screw thread portion formed along the outer periphery of the rod body in such a manner as to encompass the tapered member. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120031447 | CANE - A cane includes a rod, a primary handle, a ring, an auxiliary handle and a skid-proof device. The rod includes a first end for contact with the ground. The primary handle extends from a second end of the rod. The ring is provided on the rod in a rotatable and movable manner. The auxiliary handle extends from the ring. The skid-proof device is provided between the rod and the ring. The skid-proof device includes annular ribs on an internal side. A diameter of the annular ribs is at least equal to a diameter of the rod. The auxiliary handle is rotatable about and movable along an axis of the rod due to little friction between the rod and the annular ribs as the auxiliary handle is not pivoted toward the first end of the rod. The auxiliary handle is locked on the rod due to friction between the rod and the annular ribs as the auxiliary handle is pivoted toward the first end of the rod. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120067385 | Cane and Method of Use - Methods for using a retractable cane to assist in sitting down, to rise from a sitting position, and to assist in picking an object up. One method comprising: standing with the cane slightly in front of the user, with one or two hands on top of the handle; bending knees and at the waist so that user's torso or chest approaches the cane's handle; applying a force down on the cane, causing the retraction of the second tube into the first tube; tilting the cane back towards torso or chest; resting chest or torso on hands located on the cane's handle; applying more down on the cane, causing more retraction of the second tube into the first tube; and easing into a sitting position or reaching and grabbing the desired object; and pushing down on the cane to rise to an upright standing position. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120160286 | STICK - A stick that is excellent in shock absorption and is also excellent in stability is provided. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120305040 | Cane and Method of Use - A cane that has: a handle; a first tube attached to the handle; a second tube in slideable communication with the first tube, the second tube in communication with a cane tip; a spring located in the first tube, and in operable communication with the second tube; the spring preloaded such that when the second tube is fully extended from the first tube, the spring exerts generally about a value F1 of force on the second tube, tending keep the second tube extended from the first tube. A method for using a retractable cane to assist in sitting down. A method of using a retractable cane to rise from a sitting position. A method of using a retractable cane to assist in picking an object up. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120305041 | STICK WITH CAM LEVER TYPE LOCKING DEVICE - A stick is provided in which a gripping tube is fixed to a front end portion of an upper connection tube having a large diameter and a circular-arc engagement portion formed by a front-end cut portion of the gripping tube is tightened or loosened with the operation of a cam lever so that the outer periphery of a lower connection tube is fixed in a pressurized and gripped state or the pressurizing force is released, wherein a contracted tube portion is formed in the outer periphery of the lower connection tube at the portion with which the circular-arc engagement portion comes into contact when the lower connection tube is pressed into the upper connection tube so as to reach a shortened position, and when the cam lever is locked at the shortened position, the circular-arc engagement portion comes into contact with the contracted tube portion having a small outer diameter. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130092203 | MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO MODULAR ELEMENTS OF TELESCOPIC POLES FOR PRACTICING SPORT, SPARE TIME ACTIVITIES AND THE LIKE AND TELESCOPIC POLES FOR PRACTICING SPORT, SPARE TIME ACTIVITIES AND THE LIKE PROVIDED WITH SUCH A MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY - A mechanical assembly ( | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130247947 | STICK WITH A SHOCK ABSORBER - The present invention relates to a stick ( | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130284222 | AUXILIARY DEVICE FOR DISABLED PERSONNEL TO GET OFF BED - An auxiliary device for helping disabled person to get off bed has a handle, a telescopic rod extended directly from a bottom of the handle and a foot support pivotally connected to a distal end of the telescopic rod. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130291914 | COLLAPSIBLE POLE ASSEMBLY - A releasable lock assembly for use with a collapsible pole assembly having a first shaft section slidably secured to a second shaft section includes a locking mechanism configured to selectively lock the first and second shaft sections in an extended position. The releasable lock assembly further includes a stop assembly having an elongated member having first and second ends, wherein the first end is secured to one of the first and second shaft sections and the second end secured to the other of the first and second shaft sections. The stop assembly further comprises a stop assembly biasing member configured to urge the first and second shaft sections into a collapsed position. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130312798 | LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE POLE AND CLAMPING APPARATUS THEREFOR - A clamping apparatus for a hiking/skiing pole for axially fixing a pipe section, comprising a plastic collar, which encloses the pipe section at least in an axial section and clamps the same in the closed state, wherein the plastic collar comprises at least one axial slot on either side of which a projection is arranged on the plastic collar, each comprising a coaxial passage opening arranged substantially perpendicular to the pipe section axis and through which a transverse pin penetrates, which on the outside of the second projection has a stop and which on the outside of the first projection has a rotational axis for a clamping lever comprising a lever arm, and a roll-off region, by means of which the distance between the stop and a metal counter surface on the outside of the first projection is reduceable by pivoting the clamping lever into the closed position. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140150834 | Mechanism for adjusting a telescoping member - In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates an improved mechanism for adjusting a telescoping member. The telescoping member includes at least two sections including a first pole member having an outer diameter and an inner diameter; and a second pole member having a second pole inner diameter larger than the first pole outer diameter; a collet having a top portion securely coupled to the inner diameter arranged on a lower portion of the first pole member and a bottom portion extending beyond a lower end of the first pole member, the collet further comprising an external thread; and a handle member arranged on top of the first pole member, the handle member comprising an actuator button coupled to an internal spring coupled to a rod extending through the first pole member, the rod terminating in a plunger end, the plunger end extending through the collet. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20150013735 | ADJUSTABLE CANE WITH MEMORY FUNCTION - A cane includes a tube, an extension rod telescopically mounted within one end of the tube, and a control mechanism sandwiched between the tube and the extension rod. The tube defines a first aperture and a second aperture. The extension rod defines a plurality of holes. The control mechanism is movable among a first position where the control mechanism is positioned in a selected one of the holes in the extension rod, and the tube, the extension rod and the control mechanism are prohibited from moving axially with respect to one another; a second position where the extension rod and the control mechanism together are allowed to move axially with respect to the tube; and a third position where the extension rod is allowed to move axially with respect to the control mechanism and the tube. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150059816 | Hiking Stick - The present invention relates to a hiking stick, which enables the lengths of multi-stage support pipes to be quickly and simply adjusted by a simple touch and elastically supports the weight of a user when walking with the stick. The present invention provides a hiking stick ( | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150320159 | LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE TUBE, IN PARTICULAR FOR STICKS - A length-adjustable tube for trekking sticks etc, comprising an outer tube and an inner tube insertable telescopically into the outer tube, and an expanding device with which the inner tube is clampable in the outer tube. The expanding device has an expanding element which can be pushed apart radially and is provided with a taper, and an inner element which is provided with an opposed taper and is accommodated in the expanding element. An adjustment screw held on the inner tube is operatively connected to an internally threaded bore in the inner element A clamping section is arranged on the expanding element, which, in a relaxed state, has a greater radius than the radius of the expanding element. The clamping section is elastically offsettable inwards counter to a restoring force. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150335111 | POLE INTENDED TO BE USED AS TRAINING EQUIPMENT DURING WALKING - A pole, intended to be used as training equipment during Nordic pole walking on a surface, includes an outer tube and an inner tube that can be displaced telescopically one inside the other, a handle at the top of the outer tube and a wrist attachment, a spring means that allows the inner tube to slide, under a pre-determined resistance to motion, inside the outer tube to a compressed condition when the pole makes contact with the surface. The spring means comprises an extended elastic element that is so united with the telescopically opposing ends of the outer tube and the inner tube that the elastic element is placed under tension in its tensile direction when the ends of the tubes of the outer tube and the inner tube are inserted one inside the other. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150374081 | ADJUSTIBLE WALKING CANE - An adjustable walking cane includes an inner tube, an outer tube, a connecting rod, a pushing unit and an extending unit. A spring compresses the connecting rod against the extending unit and the pushing unit, a resilient sleeve bears against the inner threaded segment on the outer tube, and then the length of the outer tube and inner tube can be fixed. In the extending process, the inner tube and the outer tube extend outwardly by pulling the cane from two ends thereof, and the inner tube and the outer tube are released from compression while the resilient sleeve is detached from the inner threaded segment. In the retracting process, the inner tube and the outer tube are released from compression while the extending pieces on the extending unit driven by controlling unit is detached from the taper surface of the pushing unit. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160053789 | TELESCOPIC TUBE, WALKING STICK WITH THE TELESCOPIC TUBE, AND CLOTHES POLE WITH THE TELESCOPIC TUBE - A telescopic tube has a tube assembly and a connecting assembly. The tube assembly has a first rod, a second rod, a third rod, and a fourth rod. The second rod, the third rod, and the fourth rod are mounted respectively around outer surfaces of the first rod, of the second rod, and of the third rod respectively. The connecting assembly has a first connecting unit, a second connecting unit, and a third connecting unit. The first connecting unit links together the first rod and the second rod. The second connecting unit links together the second rod and the third rod. The third connecting unit links together the third rod and the fourth rod. The telescopic tube is applied on a walking stick or a clothes pole which ensures that the walking stick or the clothes pole has a small size when retracted and ease of use when extended. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160058140 | Shock Absorber Cane Systems - A cane system having an adjustable shock absorber, a multi-angle handle, a straight handle, and a knob. | 03-03-2016 |
