Patent ID: 6463947
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A45B,A61H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A directionally illuminated walking aid comprising:a walking-aid shaft that is predeterminedly transparent intermediate a top reflector and a bottom cap; an internal light intermediate the top reflector and the bottom cap; the walking-aid shaft being a portion of a leg of a walking aid which is a structure selected from the group consisting of a cane, a crutch and a walker with or without wheels; an electrical power source in the walking aid in switchable communication with the internal light; at least one vertical reflector positioned selectively intermediate the bottom cap and the top reflector inside of the walking-aid shaft for reflecting light outwardly through the walking-aid shaft; and the vertical reflector including a reflective channel that is oriented vertically inside of walls of the walking-aid shaft for reflecting the light vertically through the walls of the walking-aid shaft oppositely from the reflective channel.