Patent ID: 7007704
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
1. A convertible walking aid comprising a pair of separate walking aids each having an upright support providing an exterior, a foot adjacent a lower end of the support and a handle to be grasped by a different hand of a user allowing the walking aids to be used separately and independently, the handles comprising an exterior, a long dimension for accommodating a width of a hand of the user and a short dimension providing a thickness of the handle, and a connector detachably securing the walking aids together in a position wherein the support exteriors, the handle exteriors and the long dimensions of the handles are in side-by-side juxtaposed relation so the walking aids, when secured together, can be used as a single device, and part of both handle exteriors, in the side-by-side position of the support exteriors, provide a combined handle for grasping by the user when the convertible walking aid is used as a single device.