Patent ID: 8122900
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
1. A cane with grasping device comprising, in combination: a first end spaced apart from a second end; a sleeve disposed adjacent to the first end; a slot disposed downwardly within the sleeve; a handle affixed off-center and perpendicularly to the sleeve; a cylindrical insert disposed within the sleeve and affixed to the handle; a plurality of spaced apart fasteners affixing the sleeve to the cylindrical insert; a stationary stalk affixed to the handle and to the cylindrical insert, the stationary stalk extended to the second end; an end block affixed downwardly to the stationary stalk; a pair of mirror image spring jaws affixed downwardly to the end block, the spring jaws having an outward preload; an inwardly disposed horizontal tip on each spring jaw; a guide disposed within the sliding stalk at the second end; a divider disposed centrally and downwardly within the guide, each of the spring jaws disposed on an either side of the guide, the horizontal tips abutted downwardly to the guide divider; a sliding stalk disposed slideably and outwardly on the stationary stalk, the sliding stalk disposed slideably and inwardly on the sleeve; an opening disposed within the sliding stalk second end; a foot surrounding the sliding stalk second end; a lever having a vertical member seamlessly connected upwardly to a horizontal member, the horizontal member proximal to the handle, the vertical member affixed downwardly within the slot to the sliding stalk via an attachment block with a plurality of fasteners; a compression spring disposed within the sleeve and around the stationary stalk, the compression spring downwardly abutting the cylindrical insert and upwardly abutting the sliding stalk, the compression spring holding the spring jaws within the sliding stalk; whereby elevating the lever horizontal member toward the handle slides the sliding stalk upwardly and exposes the spring jaws with horizontal tips, a release of the lever retracting the spring jaws at least partially within the sliding stalk thereby automatically grasping a given object until released by lever elevation.