Patent ID: 6488042
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
A walking cane having a multifunctional handle, where the handle functions in a unified mode as a sturdy, ergonomic grip for the walking cane, and alternatively the handle functions in an expanded mode, as an assembly that enables the cane to be self-standing when inverted; where said handle in the unified mode is sized and optimized in curvature so as to comfortably fit a user's hand, where said handler is comprised of close fitting subsections consisting of a base, a left element, and a right element, where said left element and right element are a pair of articulating elements; where said base and said pair of articulating elements have opposing magnets positioned so as to reversibly fasten the subsections into a unified assembly; where the right element and the left element are hingedly connected on opposing sides of a spine that longitudinally bisects the base, and where the right element and the left element can individually rotate away from a centerline of the base.