Patent ID: 8800578
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A45B,A63C,B63C

Abstract:
1. A multi-functional walking staff comprising: (a) a hollow, elongated, handheld pole, which comprises one or a plurality of telescopically interconnected tubes, and which is dimensioned to conveniently and reliably aid in balance and support of a walking person, and to encapsulate, partly or wholly, a rescue line; (b) A buoyant rescue line consisting of (a) a tether line section, which is compactly stowed within said pole in a plurality of folds or windings, and is attached at one end thereof to said pole, and (b) a rescue loop formed at the other end of said tether line or adjoined thereto, thereby to engage an arm or the torso of a person who suffered an Involuntary Immersion in Freezing Water event; (c) a buoyant projectile, which is disposed atop said pole or uppermost of said interconnected tubes thereof, coupled frictionally, but releasably therewithin, which projectile being engaged with said loop and is of sufficient weight to carry the loop, when jointly cast, to the full extent of said tether line; (d) a tip unit, which consists of a metal spike having a top section thereof embedded within a cladding that is inserted within a bottom section of said pole, and having a pointed bottom section thereof projecting downwardly from said cladding; (e) a foot peg, which is mounted to said staff at a bottom part thereof, whereby said spike may be forcefully pressed by foot pressure onto the an underlying ice surface and lodged superficially within at an immovable point of contact.