A walking stick may include a tube body, a first telescopic tube, a second telescopic tube, and a third telescopic tube. The tube body is a hollow tube, and at least a positioning hole is formed thereon, and a top end and a bottom end of the tube body respectively connect to a handle and a locating sleeve. The first telescopic tube upwardly inserted into the tube body comprises a first locating piece. Also, the second telescopic tube upwardly inserted into the first telescopic tube has a second locating piece while the third telescopic tube upwardly inserted into the second telescopic tube comprises a third locating piece. A user only needs to press the first locating piece when the walking stick needs to be retracted, and the second telescopic tube and the third telescopic tube are sequentially retracted, which is convenient for operation.

An adjustable and retractable rod apparatus includes an external pipe fitting, a multi-section rod unit and a positioning unit. The multi-section rod unit includes a first foldable rod and at least one second foldable rod, where the first and second foldable rods have the same outer diameter, and the positioning unit includes a linkage rope, a positioning component and a locking component, which are used to pull the external pipe fitting and the first foldable rod relative to each other. The linkage rope can be dragged, and the locking component and the positioning unit interlocked or separated. When the locking component and the positioning component are interlocked, the external pipe fitting can be connected to the multi-section rod unit in an unfolded state. When the locking component moves away from the positioning component, the first and second foldable rods of the multi-section rod unit are folded and in parallel relative to the external pipe fitting.

Disclosed is a hinged cane to assist in user mobility. The cane comprises an upper section and a lower section and a hinged mechanism that connects the upper and lower sections. The hinged mechanism comprises a lower block and an upper block and a hinge coupler pivotally connected to the lower block and to the upper block. This configuration enables the lower section to be moved from a use position over a range of travel into a fully folded position. The cane includes a catch mechanism for releasably securing the upper section to the lower section when in the use position. The cane may include a foot that has a relatively more pliable skirt and a relatively less pliable central nub to assist in maintaining the natural walking motion of the user.

A shock absorbing handle for a white cane for blind people or visually impaired, essentially providing a lengthy type of white cane, one that may be collapsible to reduce its size for packaging and conveyance, but once assembled, incorporates resilient members within its handle, primarily in the form of a spring located in the handle region of the cane, in order to cushion the impact when the lower tip of the cane encounters and obstruction, that impedes further movement. A length of resilient cord, such as a bungee cord, extends from the top of the handle of the cane, to the lower tip of its bottom most segment, so that when the cord is stretched, the various segments can be separated from their connecting ferrules, and contracted into a smaller size for packaging. The various segments can be stretched, through their resilient cord, and secured together, to form the lengthy white cane, having cushioning impact provided within its handle, to relieve stress upon the user, when obstructions are encountered during usage of the cane during its application.

A folding cane with a first shaft member, a second shaft member, a third shaft member, a handle member, a foot member, a first hinge, a second hinge, a first hinge lock assembly and a second hinge lock assembly is disclosed. The handle member is attached to the top of the first shaft member. The first hinge member connects the first shaft member to the second shaft member. The second hinge member connects the second shaft member to the third shaft member. The foot member is attached to the bottom of the third shaft member. The hinge lock assemblies are capable of automatically locking the hinges when the folding cane is deployed to the use position and each hinge lock assembly includes a spring biased slide tab allowing a user to unlock the hinge lock assemblies when wanting to fold the cane into a compact stored configuration.

Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for adjustable length, multi-segment, weighted trekking pole are provided. Two or three-segment trekking (or other) poles may benefit from removable slotted annular-shaped weights that may provide liquid storage and may be configured to fit around the pins of a pin-and-hole coupling mechanism that attaches the pole segments together.

Examples described herein include mobility devices that may include a variety of enhanced features. For example, mobility devices are described which may more accurately assess a fall of a user by determining if a user is in proximity to a portion of the mobility device after a fall of the mobility device is detected. Examples of wall mounted chargers for mobility devices are also described. Moreover, examples of mechanisms for detaching and attaching tips to mobility devices (e.g. canes) are described which may facilitate swapping of different tips for different situations.

A walking assistance device includes: a base frame; two front wheels, the two front wheels on a traveling side of the base frame; and one rear wheel. An operation frame including a holding grip for an operator is height-adjustably attached to the base frame. A first axle support with the axle of the front wheels fixed is attached to the base frame, whereby the front wheels retain in contact with the ground even when the operation frame tilts. The axle of the front wheels is positioned on the traveling direction side with respect to the leading end in the traveling direction of the base frame. Providing a gap and a stopper above the rear wheel and downward pressing against the holding grip allows the stopper to come into contact with the rear wheel.

A package (200) for a selectively separable quad cane assembly can include an enclosed rectangular box (500), with a front face (201) defining an aperture (224) that is centrally located along a height (225) of the front face and offset from a medial line (227) defined by the front face. An upper face (205) can define a two-sided aperture (222) at a corner of the upper face, while a lower face (206) defines a peninsular aperture (221) that is centrally located along an edge (223) of the lower face. In the package, the aperture can concentrically circumscribe an a cane-receiving conduit (125) of a quadspider (221) of the cane, while an apex (501) of a gooseneck (108) of the cane is aligned with the two-sided aperture of the upper face and the lower leg is aligned with the peninsular aperture of the lower face.

The present invention provides a foldable stick (10), in particular a sports stick (10), comprising a plurality of stick segments (12, 14, 16) and at least one tensioning mechanism (18, 20), the stick (10) being adjustable between an assembled configuration in which all stick segments (12, 14, 16) are joined aligned axially with one another, and a disassembled configuration in which the stick segments (12, 14, 16) are detached from one another and can be folded together, the tensioning mechanism (18, 20) is adapted to pretension the stick segments (12, 14, 16) into the assembled configuration of the stick (10).