Claims
- 1. A quad cane apparatus comprising:
- an upper section having a handle and a hollow sleeve attached thereto, said hollow sleeve including a plurality of apertures therein;
- a lower section including a tubular means received by said hollow sleeve in an interlocking telescoping relationship;
- a foot portion attached to said tubular means, said foot portion including four feet having rubber-like tips;
- a locking means for locking said hollow sleeve relative to said tubular means, said locking means comprising a spring-loaded button at least partially housed inside of said tubular means, said spring-loaded button being adapted to pop through one of said apertures in said hollow sleeve; and, a stabilizing means including:
- a collar attached to said hollow sleeve, said collar including a threaded hole therethrough, said threaded hole being located opposite one of said apertures in said hollow sleeve; and,
- a connecting means for selectively connecting said collar to said tubular means through at least one of said apertures in said hollow sleeve, said connecting means comprising a wing-type threaded screw-like means threadably received in said threaded hole, the threads of said threaded screw-like means including a stop means thereon so that said threaded screw-like means cannot back out of said threaded hole, said collar further including a first section through which a portion of said threaded screw-like means is visible, a second approximately annular section with a diameter slightly less than the outside diameter of said hollow sleeve, and a third relief section for accomodating the flow of said hollow sleeve when said apparatus is assembled on said hollow sleeve.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said stop means on said threaded screw-like means comprises a portion of said threaded screw-like means which is deformed.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part application of my copending application, Ser. No. 683,978 filed May 6, 1976 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,056,115, and entitled "An Adapter for Manipulating a Spring-Loaded Pushbutton", the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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